Skills Archives - EAVI

Building Digital Media Literacy Competencies in the Classroom: Becoming Digital Citizens

EAVI — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:52:34 +0000

Over the past several years, the growing need for students to not simply consume media products and content, but also to be critical evaluators and ethical producers themselves, has been a primary focus of media literacy scholars and researchers. For this very reason, the module “Building Digital Media Literacy Competencies in the Classroom: Becoming [...]

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When Convenience Costs: AI Tools and the Decline of Critical Thinking

EAVI — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:50:31 +0000

A recent study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab on the impact of ChatGPT on the human brain, published in June 2025, has not gone unnoticed by media professionals and media consumers – and that is rightly so. MIT neuroscientists conducted a study on 54 volunteer MIT undergraduates and postdoctoral researchers [...]

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Are We More Socially Awkward in the Age of Social Media?

EAVI — Tue, 07 May 2024 23:35:08 +0000

- We are currently spending more than a quarter of waking hours online, amounting to a staggering 6 hours and 40 minutes online each day. A significant chunk of this time is spent fostering connections and sharing experiences through social media, globally accounting for 56.6%. Now it is easier than ever to connect across [...]

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Are you aware of your Digital Footprint?

EAVI — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 08:55:09 +0000

Recently, EAVI and the European Digital Learning Network (DLEARN), in collaboration with Prof. Przemek Sękalski of the Technical University of Lodz, worked together in developing an EU survey that analyses citizens awareness regarding their digital footprint. The survey aims to analyse how much control participants exercise over this digital footprint and how much control they [...]

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Online Shopping – A Cautionary Tale in Four Letters

EAVI — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:08:54 +0000

This week, our very own communications officer demonstrated the necessity of paying attention when ordering online. We give to you this rollercoaster of events in four emails. To: Customer Service 00.14AM 29 August 2018 Dear sir I recently ordered a package from [Retailer]. It was to be delivered by [Courier] this evening. The [Courier] parcel [...]

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The New Copyright Legislation Proposals – A Help or a Hindrance?

EAVI — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:42:24 +0000

At the beginning of June 2018, European lawmakers rejected a proposal by the European Parliaments Committee on Legal Affairs (known as JURI) to begin negotiations to update copyright laws for the digital age. The Parliament will now review once again in September. While the debate surrounding copyright continues to unfold, let’s take a moment to [...]

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Visual literacy: 5 key questions

EAVI — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:45:36 +0000

When we think about information, we might assume it will come in a written or audio format. But what about the information we get from visual imagery?

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EAVI Lecture on Innovative Communication Strategies, Rome

EAVI — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:12:07 +0000

In October La Sapienza University in Rome organised a school on innovative communication strategies. In a two-hour lecture, EAVI Secretary General Paolo Celot illustrated the European policies for communication and digital skills.

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