MELDE – Project

Media Literacy in the Digitalised Era: supporting teachers through a whole-school approach

About

‘WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN CHILDREN’S AND STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND MEDIA LITERACY, SO THEY CAN JUDGE AND OVERCOME THE EVER-PRESENT THREATS OF FAKE NEWS, CYBER BULLYING, RADICALISATION, CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND FRAUD’. (COM2018) What does that mean? Today, most information is provided through an interwoven system of media technologies. The ability to read many types of…

Aims

The project aims to develop relevant and high quality skills and competences and to open education and innovative practices in the digital era by offering open and free access to the tools to be developed both for participation in the MeLDE programme and for online assessment and validation of the skills acquired. It also aims…

Target Groups

Direct – SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS whose profiles will be upgraded and strengthened through the professional development programme to be developed to acquire essential media literacy skills to support, protect and educate students in the topics identified. Indirect – SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS who will be the end beneficiaries.

‘While there are many opportunities arising from digital transformation, the biggest risk today is of a society ill-prepared for the future. If education is to be the backbone of growth and inclusion in the EU, a key task is preparing citizens to make the most of the opportunities and meet the challenges of a fast-moving, globalised and interconnected world’. (COM/2018)

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