{"id":440,"date":"2021-11-16T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medialiteracyireland.ie\/?p=440"},"modified":"2022-11-25T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:58:11","slug":"new-ec-expert-group-to-tackle-disinformation-through-education-and-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medialiteracyireland.ie\/ga\/new-ec-expert-group-to-tackle-disinformation-through-education-and-training\/","title":{"rendered":"New EC Expert Group to tackle disinformation through education and training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a joint action by DG EAC and DG CNECT, the main task of the group over the next 12 months will be to assist the Commission in preparing common guidelines for teachers and educators to tackle disinformation and promote digital literacy through education and training \u2013 in line with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/education-in-the-eu\/digital-education-action-plan\/action-7_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Action 7<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/education-in-the-eu\/digital-education-action-plan_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final guidelines will published in the autumn of 2022 as part of a \u2018back to school\u2019 campaign across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medialiteracyireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo-en.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Expert Group were selected from applications in response to an open call launched earlier in the year and brings together 25 individuals and organisations representing sectors such as broadcast, journalism, technology, civil society, media, teaching, education and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF), the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) were invited to join the group due to their prior expertise in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the group and its members is available on the dedicated page of the Expert group in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/transparency\/expert-groups-register\/screen\/expert-groups\/consult?lang=en&amp;groupID=3781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commission Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/news\/expert-group-tackling-disinformation-promoting-digital-literacy-launched_en\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information on the Expert Group page of European Commission website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a joint action by DG EAC and DG CNECT, the main task of the group over the next 12 months will be to assist the Commission in preparing common guidelines for teachers and educators to tackle disinformation and promote digital literacy through education and training \u2013 in line with&nbsp;Action 7&nbsp;the&nbsp;Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-opinion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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