by Mario PIACENTINI and Luis Francisco VARGAS-MADRIZ, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a world where internet users regularly encounter false or manipulated…
The MEDEA Awards Competition 2026 is now officially open for submissions. Organised annually by the Media & Learning Association (MLA), the competition recognises excellence in the use of media and…
The European Commission has published DigComp 3.0, the fifth version of the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens. DigComp 3.0 reflects recent and emerging digital technological…
by Laura Vandenbosch and Jasmina Rosič, KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science, Media Psychology Lab, Belgium. In the years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization urged…
by Nino Gelashvili, Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia. Mila and Kira, Mimi and Dete, Dr. Fake, alongside beloved characters from Georgian fairy tales, and other figures from online games…
This month, the Media & Learning Association is pleased to welcome two new organisational members: Lie Detectors, Belgium and the Somali Digital Media Academy * SODMA*, Somalia. SODMA Academy is a non…
by Jacqueline Rother, the German Press Agency (dpa), Germany. A classroom transforms into a stage for an augmented reality adventure. Students point their phones at walls and floors…
It’s heartening to see tools emerging that not only support literacy but also promote inclusion and diversity. Read&Write by Everway (formerly Texthelp) is one such example: a cross-platform literacy…
Video editing has traditionally relied on powerful desktop machines and large amounts of storage. Elevate.io, the latest platform from cloud-editing specialist Blackbird, aims to remove those barriers…
The Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC), in collaboration with researchers from the EU Kids Online network and partners in Brazil, India, Kenya and Thailand, is leading the RIGHTS.AI project.
In today’s fast-moving digital environment, misinformation spreads rapidly while young people face increasingly complex online landscapes. Media literacy is more essential than ever.