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.

We ask you to please register for the webinars at THIS LINK; places are limited! 

The schedule is as follows. Click on each webinar title to access the full abstract.

1. Wednesday 15 May, 2024, from 17:00 to 18:30 (CET) 
   Webinar 1. Presenters: Elena Forzani (Boston University) and Chu Ly (Fairheim University, USA). 
   Using the integrative multimodal literacy assessment to understand the literacy practices young children bring into the classroom from home.  
2. Wednesday 29 May, 2024,  from 17:00 to 18:30 (CET) 
   Webinar 2: Carita Kiili and Pirjo Kulju (Tampere University, Finland)
   Empowering pre- and in-service teachers in teaching online credibility evaluation. 
3. Wednesday 12 June, 2024, from 17:00 to 18:30 (CET)
   Webinar 3: Angela Colvert (Sheffield University, United Kingdom)
   Exploring Digital Literacies through Transmedia Storying in Schools: Technical Skills, Cultural Connections and Critical Questions