One of the services offered to members of the Media & Learning Association is to provide them with informaton about potential workshops on topics related to media and education. The workshops listed in our catalogue are all available from experienced workshop providers many of whom have been involved in the MEDEA Awards. 

A new European project aimed at fostering collaboration between interactive media and arts design businesses and higher and further education institutions for Media and Arts Design Studies will begin this autumn. Called iPro, this project which is funded partially by the European Commission through the Lifelong Learning Programme will involve partners in 8 countries; Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania, Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania and Poland.

The first line-up of keynote speakers for this year’s Media & Learning Conference taking place on 12-13 December has been announced. 

The list includes Film Director Baroness Beeban Kidron who has spent the last 30 years working in feature film, television drama and documentary film and and is co-founder of the education charity FILMCLUB, the largest cultural programme in UK schools, with over 7,000 film clubs engaging over 220,000 children and young people each week.

The Media & Learning Conference 2012 (http://www.media-and-learning.eu) was a splendid success with 282 participants from 41 countries and tons of interesting presentations about developing digital and media skills in education and finding new and effective ways to embed media into the learning process.