Resources
Explore a wide range of valuable resources on GCED to deepen your understanding and enhance your research, advocacy, teaching, and learning.
2 Results found
Media Literacy: eMedia Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: e-Media project Consortium The eMedia: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship for All project aims to promote education for all by producing educational guidelines (handbooks) related to digital practices. These handbooks support possibilities for a new and innovative way of teaching different subjects at school. They address educators who are interested in developing their digital competence and improving their understanding of educational robotics as a pedagogical approach in formal or non-formal education.The handbooks are devoted to three aspects of digital competence:Educational robotics: to develop computational thinking with hands-on activities.Media literacy: to understand the power and the risks of online social media.Online Expression: to promote a more responsible use of social media, blogs, web radios and web TVs.In addition to the printed manuals, their electronic versions are also available, with additional information on the topic in question. Free online courses have been created on the Moodle platform.The handbook on Media Literacy gives an insight on the influence of media on young people development and the role of of new information technology in manipulating reality. It is intended to be used as a guideline and source for inspiration for teachers who are willing to expand their knowledge thanks to the practical examples that the handbook provides in order to deal with media literacy in class. The handbook:explains in brief the influence of media on young people developmentgives technical considerations on what media literacy isprovides an overview of the legislative frame, licenses and media ownershipgives practical examples to deal with media literacy in class. 
Online Expression: eMedia Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: e-Media project Consortium | Erasmus+ The handbook on Online Expression gives an insight on what is online expression, and intends to promote a more creative, active and wise use of the web, exploring the opportunities given not only by social media and blogs. The aim of the handbook is to help teachers guide young people to hone their online expression skills by explaining how to be proactive in their online expressions and less reactive, to become a digital prosumer and not a consumer. The hanbook focuses on the following elements that characterizes online active participation: The creation of relationships; The building of a community or the fact of representing a community; The collective interest; The intention to produce a change, to influence society.