By Elena Vartanova Overview In the face of the need to rapidly transit to online distance learning, two main problems arose: technical competences and equipment of university teachers to transit to online learning, and psychological unavailability of teachers and students. In addition, the majority of teachers lacked the personal communication with students and colleagues and…
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The virtual summer conference brought together a line up of UK and international journalism educators who shared their experiences of teaching during the coronavirus pandemic and reflections on planning for the future. Presentation slides and videos here.
Good universities have no walls, says Professor Miller who teaches Global Bussiness Journalism at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The University moved quickly to provide online alternatives to face-to-face teaching during the spring semester. They share their experiences in the stories bellow: Herman: A former Austinite’s coronavirus challenge Lee Miller: Distance learning takes a new meaning…
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The coronavirus epidemic has caused universities to change their teaching and move to distance work. How are journalism teachers handling the situation? Colleagues from the NordMedia Network asked j-teachers to share experiences. More here.
When a vibrant media infrastructure is more important than ever, thisfree online course can help result in policies that promote affordableinternet, protect journalism and support independent media –especially in Africa. See the flyer for details. Feedback from participants last year: ● “The modules were packed with useful and incredibly conciseinformation, with transcripts one can download…
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3 May acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. Just as importantly, World Press Freedom Day is a day of support for media which are targets for the…
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The Knight Center is launching free online course Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future. This massive open online course (MOOC) is offered simultaneously in four languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Since 2012, the Knight Centre;s program of MOOCs for journalists have already reached 200,000 students in 200 countries and territories.…
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At the WJEC in Paris we got the opportunity to present the outcomes of a research project of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA) called: “Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the 21st Century; How European journalism educators view the future of a profession in transition”. As you know, there is a growing body of…
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Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption A GoogleDoc link with practical and adaptable advice for use across the sector. Some deep pedagogical insights and advice too. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ccsudB2vwZ_GJYoKlFzGbtnmftGcXwCIwxzf-jkkoCU/preview#heading=h.bsm2vj54ofq4 How to be a better online teacher The Chronicle of Higher Education has put together a comprehensive guide that covers essential principles and practices of better online teaching,…
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To help journalists report effectively through the haze, and explain the “infodemic”, UNESCO is translating its publication “Journalism, Fake News & Disinformation” into several languages. This unique handbook (https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews) is already in seven languages (English, French, Russian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese) with 12 more (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, Burmese, Tetum, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian) in the pipeline. UNESCO is…
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