Digital Literacy

Conference Digital literacy and strategies for digital inclusion, Zagreb, Croatia,

20/07/2021 Comments 0 Comment

The Croatian Reading Association (CroRa) is a national association that promotes literacy and holds an annual professional conference on September 8, date of the International literacy day. Goal of the conference is to gather professionals and initiate discussions in Croatian society on literacy and the importance of reading.

Jeroen Clemens will represent Elinet and give a presentation as a special guest.

This year, in cooperation with the Croatian Library for the Blind and Školska knjiga (publisher), professional conference Digital literacy and strategies for digital inclusion, will take place (live or online, depending on the epidemiological situation), on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Zagreb.… Read the rest

Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

29/04/2021 Comments 0 Comment

Renate Valtin and Tiziana Mascia Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy
Full Paper can be dowloaded here.

In the knowledge-based societies of the 21st Century, the rapid spread of new technologies and a constantly changing work environment, literacy learning is no longer limited to childhood and adolescence; but must be recognized as a lifelong need and requirement. However, in early childhood in the family and in preschool and the first years of primary school the foundation is laid for the rest of development.… Read the rest

UPDATE: Keynotes Online Conference of The Reading Association of Russia 19-11-2020

02/11/2020 Comments 0 Comment

Update: We did it. The first day of the conference was wonderful. If you were not able to participate online, fore a while (don’t know how long) you can (re)view the keynotes HERE. (1) Colin Harrison starting at -2.40 min., (2) Bill Brozo at -1.48 and (3) Jeroen Clemens at -43 (strange timetable, but you’ll find it this way)

On November, 19, Bill Brozo and Jeroen Clemens, board members of ELINET will provide keynotes on the conference of The Reading Association of Russia in Moscow.… Read the rest

UNICEF Draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children

25/09/2020 Comments 0 Comment

Interesting activity from UNICEF. Please read and comment.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week’s launch of the draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children, in partnership with the Government of Finland. We hope you enjoyed our event and wanted to share a few follow-up links with you:

Recording of the webinar.
The draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children.
Video of the child consultation workshops.

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MOOC Free Course on Digital Literacy starting September 16, 2020

13/09/2020 Comments 0 Comment

The Digital Literacy Lab for Educators announces their next project, a 5-week free online course on digital literacies, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning and Dilectae. The facilitator is Dr Emma Pauncefort, the founder of Dilectae and its headline initiative, The Critical Literacy Project. You can enrol here.
ELINET thinks this to be an interesting MOOC.

The uncertain future facing society at large due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis makes the need for widespread digital literacy even greater.… Read the rest

ELINET

The European Literacy Policy Network

Category: Digital Literacy