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ELINET wants to draw your attention to the 4th International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ on May 12 and 13 in Cyprus. The conference will be held online as a virtual conference.
From ELINET the chairs of the TWG Digital Literacy, Fabio Nascimbeni, and  Jeroen Clemens will give  presentations at this conference. 

The 4th International Conference Literacy and Contemporary Society: Transitions in Digital Learning focuses on the transformation of learning, being, and communicating, as an inherent characteristic of modern societies but as yet intensified due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year.… Read the rest

ELINET  wants to share longer reflections with you. We started to use Blogs for this. 
The authors of the Blogs are Elinet members or invited guests.
If you want to share your wisdom, related to Literacy, contact TWG chairs or the board. 
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Fabio Nascimbeni, member of the ELINET Board of Directors, authors the UNICEF Scoping Paper on Children Digital Literacy. Fabio has been leading a research on behalf of UNICEF that has culminated with the publication of the UNICEF Scoping Paper “Digital Literacy for Children”.
The paper presents a definition and some possible competencies frameworks for children digital literacy, closing the gap connected to the fact that children are not specifically targeted by most existing definitions and frameworks, and is particularly relevant in the present moment, as digital literacy of young people has become even more important due to the increase of time spent online by children.… Read the rest

#3 Blog from the TWG International Literacy Assessments. See other blogs through this page.

Bill Brozo & Sari Sulkunen What Should We Make of the Overall Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Reading Literacy on PISA 2018?

In previous posts, broad-level findings from PISA 2018 have been presented and analyzed.  In this post, we focus more narrowly on patterns of gender performance in reading literacy. 
For Bill, this has been an area of scholarly interest for over 20 years, culminating in his newest book on the topic (Engaging Boys in Active Literacy: Evidence and Practice, 2019, Cambridge University Press). … Read the rest

This running Call addresses experts to contribute to our Annual Topic 2020-2021: Enhancing digital literacy skills in early and primary years’ education.
We are looking for good practice examples for three age groups: 0-3 years, 3-6 years, 6-10 years.

Submit: You can submit your project descriptions using an online form in the following languages: Deutsch, English, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Português, Español, Türkçe.… Read the rest

Update: The Conference Making Sense of History scheduled for June 4-5, 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

Conference Making sense of history invites researchers, graduate students and practitioners interested in the pedagogy of history to submit proposals that address the learning and teaching history in schools, universities, and, more generally, society. The topics include (but are not limited to) historical thinking, skill-based history teaching, and disciplinary literacies in history.… Read the rest

Update The Language Education for Social Justice conference that was scheduled for June 2020 has been postponed due to Covid-19. The conference will take place from June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. All accepted papers, colloquia, workshops, roundtable discussions and rants will stay accepted, unless the participants prefer to cancel their presentation. Also all four keynote speakers have agreed to join us also in 2021. For details, see the website: https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/lang-education-social-justice/home… Read the rest