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30 April 2025

MLI April Newsletter

Welcome to the MLI Monthly Update! Have something you want to share with the membership? Tell us about it by emailing us at info@medialiteracyireland.ie. We are particularly interested in including your resources in…

29 April 2025

Safer Internet Day 2025: Ireland’s Biggest Campaign Yet

by Catriona Mulcahy, Project Officer, Webwise Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 saw over 200,000 children and young people across Ireland participate in activities and initiatives, making it the largest SID celebration to date. This…

28 April 2025

The Hidden Light Project

by Fiona Stack, General Manager, Radio Kerry The Hidden Light was a special project. It came from a chance meeting I had with Child and Adolescence Psychotherapist Edel Lawlor at a Business Leaders dinner in Kerry. Edel has her own…

28 April 2025

Media Literacy to Play Central Role in National Counter Disinformation Strategy

by Martina Chapman, National Coordinator of MLI The National Counter Disinformation Strategy was published on 17 April. Developed by a cross-sector working group, this strategy outlines the complexity of the problem and sets out nine…

25 April 2025

Mobile Stories: An Innovative Media Literacy Tool for Classrooms

by Charlotta Bergseth & Jenny Sköld, journalists and founders of Mobile Stories and Voice4You Mobile Stories is a tool that teaches students aged 12–19 critical thinking and responsibility towards information they share and…

25 April 2025

Building Democratic Resilience: Reflections on the Media Literacy for Democracy Skills Training Lab

by Ricardo Castellini da Silva, Media Literacy Consultant Participants in the ‘Media Literacy for Democracy Skills Training Lab’ training programme Earlier this year, I had the privilege of creating and delivering a programme…

25 April 2025

Training the Trainers: Strengthening Media Literacy in the Irish Radio Sector

by Ricardo Castellini da Silva, Media Literacy Consultant Participants in the Learning Waves/MLI media literacy training programme There is a growing need for media literacy trainers and ambassadors worldwide. In Ireland, with more…

25 April 2025

Age-Friendly AI: Ireland’s National Artificial Intelligence Literacy Initiative for Older People

by Emma O’Donoghue, Manager of Media Literacy and User Education, Coimisiún na Meán Launched in Grangegorman, TU Dublin on 27 March, Age-Friendly AI is an initiative that works to listen to, understand and act on the hopes of…

3 April 2025

Webwise Resources for Educators and Parents/Guardians

Webwise is the online safety initiative of the Department of Education and co-funded by the European Commission. Webwise promotes safer, better internet use through awareness-raising and education initiatives targeting teachers,…

31 March 2025

MLI March Newsletter

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23 February 2023

MLI Working Group Panel meeting

The next MLI Working Group Panel meeting will take place on February 23 at 10am. If you are a member of the MLI Working Group Panel and you have not received the meeting invitation please email info@medialiteracyireland.ie. If you are…

21 February 2023

Supporting Teens Online

Webwise; the Irish internet safety awareness centre is hosting the ‘Talk, Listen, Learn Online Safety Webinar’ for parents/guardians of teens. The webinar will explore the opportunities and risks for children online, offer practical…

9 February 2023

Fighting Misinformation Online Conference – What Finland has Uncovered

Alongside the European University Institute, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and YouTube, Google’s Northern Europe team is kicking off the year with a Fighting Misinformation Online event as part of Media Literacy Week in…

8 February 2023

Launch of History of the Future podcast series

The Schuler Democracy Forum are launching a new podcast series called ‘History of the Future’. The six-part series is co-hosted by Ellie Payne and Mark Little will interrogate ideas about the future, truth, fear, identity, freedom,…

7 February 2023

Supporting Children Online

Webwise in partnership with the National Parents Council Primary are delighted to organise an Online Safety Webinar for parents of young children. The webinar will discuss the opportunities and risks for children online, offer…

7 February 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023

The Irish Safer Internet Centre is pleased to invite you to the flagship Safer Internet Day 2023 event exploring the theme of building empathy and respect online. Discussions will explore some of the opportunities and challenges around…

19 December 2022

MLA4MedLit Conference

Teachers play a hugely important role in empowering young citizens to tackle disinformation by promoting digital, media and information literacy in their classrooms. This one-day online conference from the Media Learning Association aims…

16 November 2022

Exploring Media Literacy at National, Regional and Local Level – the work of the EDMO Hubs

EDMO has set up national and multinational hubs in Europe to tackle disinformation and one of the core tasks of these hubs is to organise media literacy activities at national or multinational level. This series will highlight specific…

4 November 2022

Nordicom/Media & Learning Association Wednesday Webinar series

The first part of the webinar will introduce Media Literacy in the Flemish region of Belgium and provide an overview of the status of Media Literacy in Flanders, describe the relevant policy framework and the extent to which media literacy…

27 October 2022

Nurturing Trust by evaluating impact: Why understanding what works in MIL interventions is essential

Marking Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022, this webinar has been jointly developed by Media Literacy Ireland (MLI), the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and the Irish EDMO Hub and will take place on 27 October. It…

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