07. Sep 2010 - 08. Sep 2010

Media Educations Summit 2010

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP)
Talbot Campus
BH125BB Poole, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1202 965646
Fax: +44 1202 965530

Link to the organizer
URL of event

Conference / Convention

Media & Communication

Registration required, Entrance fee

Lucy Pike
Phone: +44 1202 965646
Email: lucy@cemp.ac.uk

Birmingham City University, City North Campus
Birmingham, West Midlands

United Kingdom

This national summit will provide valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges facing media education both now and in the future. The summit builds on previous successful meetings, both of which attracted over 150 delegates from more than 65 Higher Education Institutions, as well as government representatives.

Themes:-

* Teaching and learning for Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
* Developing Higher Level Skills
* Innovative Pedagogy related to specific learning contexts
* Media learning practices in 'Media 2.0'
* 14-19 Educational Reform
* The relationship between theory and practice
* Assessing media learning
* Students reflecting on their creative practice
* How media literacy and media education relate
* The teaching, research and enterprise nexus

Marc Prensky, Writer and Scholar; John Naughton, The Open University and The Observer; Jackie Marsh, University of Sheffield; Cary Bazalgette, Media Education Association; Kevin Marsh, BBC College of Journalism; Matt Locke, Channel 4; Kate O'Connor, Skillset.