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Algowatch and Media Literacy Matter

Vitor Tome — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:40:02 +0000

The Algowatch project was one of the references in Divina Frau-Meigs’ intervention at the “Media Literacy Matters” conference, which took place in Brussels from February 27th to March 1st, as part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union. The principal investigator of the Algowatch project participated in the session “Beyond text and image: digital and media literacy, algo, data, and AI literacy,” moderated by Eva Van Passel, and also joined by researchers Lotte Vermeire and Arnaud Claes.

Algowatch referred in Rome

admin — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:58:16 +0000

Divina Frau-Meigs was the first keynote speaker at EMINENT 2023, the annual conference of European Schoolnet, held on 5-6 December 2023 in Rome under the title “Empowering Schools with Digital Skills”.

In the keynote speech, titled “Preparing students for a tech-driven world”, the PI of Algowatch delved into the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, emphasising the critical necessity for thorough training. The proposed AI Competence Framework provides a strategic blueprint for gradually integrating AI literacy into existing educational structures.

EMINENT 2023, organized in partnership with INDIRE and the Ministry of Education of Italy, brought together over 160 experts in education and innovation from more than 30 countries.

Algowatch presented to European experts

admin — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:19:02 +0000

The Algowatch project was presented during the virtual meeting of the Media Literacy Expert Group of the European Commission, held on 24 November 2023, in which also participated representatives of the European Digital media Observatory (EDMO) as well as of the 14 regional EDMO hubs, whose mission is to tackle disinformation.

The presentation was given by the principal investigator of Algowatch, Divina Frau-Meigs, who outlined the project, the link to the Crossover project, the theoretical model on which Algowatch is based, and the main deliverables, including a set of interactive quizzes, a game with missions focused on algo-literacy competences and experiences, an exhibit, a toolkit for transfer and scientific publications.