On September 26, from 15:00 EET, on the Zoom platform, an online conference will be held, dedicated to the topic of media literacy with a focus on its acquisition by adult users over 55 years old. The event, which is in working English, will look at the issue in a broad perspective by inviting participants from all over Europe to engage and interact: experts in the field of media and digital literacy, librarians, adult educators, policymakers, representatives of non-governmental organizations whose practice has intersections.
The topic of the conference is Information Matters: Enhancing Adults Digital and Media Literacy and its realization is planned within the framework of the Information Matters project of the same name, coordinated by the “Global Libraries – Bulgaria” Foundation and implemented in the period March 2023 – October 2024 with the financial support of the program European Union under the Erasmus + program
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE VIA THE LINK here
PROGRAM:
Spaska Tarandova (GLBF, moderator of the conference)
Introduction to the event and its participants
Presentations
Vanya Grozdanova (GLBF)
The Information Matters project: challenges and success stories – main objectives, partners, activities and products of IM projects
Paolo Celot (EAVI)
The current media literacy trends in Europe and the importance of media literacy training for senior citizens
Nikola Tulechki
“Tailored content for everyone?”How artificial intelligence is helping propaganda and hurting democracy
Workshop
Justin Toms
How to fight fake news, disinformation, and AI content
Practical and fun ways to introduce main concepts and to discover new ways of working with adults on the topics of media literacy, fake news, disinformation and AI content.
Open discussion
Q&A with the audience participation
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Agreement number: 2022-1-BG01-KA220-ADU-000085514
