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“We are the last generation that can still prevent the unleashing of accelerating climate change”, says author of rewarded science article

News story. To fight climate change, an alternative to selfish "homo economicus" is needed.

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Who should start educating badly-behaving adults?

Editorial. The media literacy skills of school children are a hot topic at the moment. However, the ones most in need for such skills seem to be we adults, who are even more lost in the digital era. T...

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Escape into Virtual Worlds

Essay. The increasing occurrence of internet-related addictions must not be addressed in medicine alone but should be discussed broadly in society and politics - and in the educational sector.

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The deepening gap in digital media literacy

Feature. In the era of misinformation, digital literacy skills are needed more than ever before. Most countries around the world have adopted media literacy education at various levels. However, despi...

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Fake News plagues India’s WhatsApp users

News story. Due to rapid technology advancement in India, digital literacy has had too little time to develop. Now both the government and social media platforms have woken up to the massive problem o...

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Towards platform literacy

Spot on. By giving everyone a voice on the net we assumed that people would use this new power wisely, but we greatly underestimated our potential for hate and manipulation, writes e-learning speciali...

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Can games really help adults learn better?

News story. The US-based Institute of Play wants to unlock the power of games and play to transform 21st century education.

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Wikis: New ways to learn old things

Interview. Wikipedia events demonstrate that heritage institutions are not dusty throwbacks or exclusive clubs for academics but are vibrant, modern, welcoming community hubs, says Jason Evans, Nation...

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Learning prison – inmate education needs an update

Reportage. Is transformative education the path to active citizenship, both old and new, for people in English and Welsh prisons?

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Learning Life Skills Online

Reportage: The video-sharing website, YouTube, has become an increasingly popular educational platform. One company employing this medium is The School of Life who offer something rather appealing to ...

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Critical awareness in the realm of abundance

Essay  If books are dying, what does it mean to be literate in a social media-laden world?

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From social to engaging? – learning groups and gamification

Toolkit. Introducing game elements into the learning process may work wonders for the learning experience. Gamification designer Oliver Simko explains how.  

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What exactly is “digital dementia”?

Brain researcher Manfred Spitzer claims that digital media is destroying the brains of the young generations.

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Distraction machine or learning utopia?

Debate Net theorist Geert Lovink and broadcaster Marianna Fridjonsdottir both make their living on the web but are worlds apart in their appreciation of social media’s learning potential. Elm ch...

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Social media for low-skilled adults: new opportunities

Interview. Using social media as a learning platform could be an outreach strategy for low-skilled adults.

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SUBJECTS

  • Advocacy (39)
  • Citizenship & society (105)
  • Culture (36)
  • Environment (14)
  • Formal learning (45)
  • Gender (16)
  • Good practices & innovation (74)
  • Media (39)
  • Migration (25)
  • Minorities (33)
  • Nonformal learning (102)
  • Pedagogy (33)
  • Policy (38)
  • Project (29)
  • Research (50)
  • Technology (15)
  • Third age (3)
  • Wellbeing (15)
  • Working life (25)
  • Youth (18)

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  • Advocacy
  • Citizenship & society
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • Formal learning
  • Gender
  • Good practices & innovation
  • Media
  • Migration
  • Minorities
  • Nonformal learning
  • Pedagogy
  • Policy
  • Project
  • Research
  • Technology
  • Third age
  • Wellbeing
  • Working life
  • Youth