UPDATE. The recordings of the first two webinars are available to watch now. Click on the title

Webinar 1 15 May 2024. Presenters: Elena Forzani (Boston University) Using the integrative multimodal literacy assessment to understand the literacy practices young children bring into the classroom from home.  

Webinar 2 29 May 2024: Carita Kiili and Pirjo Kulju (Tampere University, Finland) Empowering pre- and in-service teachers in teaching online credibility evaluation. 

This spring, starting on 15 May, ELINET will bring to you a series of three webinars of interest to teachers, teacher educators and anybody interested in educating young students for digital literacy.

Our presenters are all researchers and educators who have developed research-based, high-quality, open-access materials and resources for digital literacy education. In the webinars, they will present the materials and the research behind them, give participants a chance to have a closer look and engage in a hands-on activity related to the materials and discuss them with the authors.… Read the rest

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.

In the last few decades, in modern society, we have been witnessing many significant changes in reading and writing initiated by the digital revolution.… Read the rest