Santiago
Tejedor, deputy director of Communication and Education Cabinet, Cristina
Pulido and Juan Francisco Martinez, also researchers from this Cabinet, presented
on Milid Week the current projects as well as others that will be released soon
by this researching and working group.
These
projects contain several efforts in the area of research and training in media
literacy and integrate the Local Action Plan of Barcelona UNITWIN Programme of
the UNESCO Chair-UNAOC.
Among other
projects, Santiago presented the International
School of Digital Media Literacy, an
initiative that aims to contribute to training in different skills and
abilities related to information and participation into knowledge society.
This
research is a comparative analysis of the state of media education in national
curricula of 27 European Union countries. The project is now in its second
phase. The first one consisted in the compilation of a huge documental catalog on
Media Literacy Education in Formal Education, Informal and Disadvantaged Groups,
to be used by the project Consortium.
Moreover,
Pulido presented the research Development of Media Literacy Indicators
Individual, Corporate and Citizens (DYNAMIC), which will propose an update of
the measurement systems of quality on media literacy developments.
The
presentations led to public interest and allowed to open a dialogue on projects
to understand and integrate the perspective and experience of other
institutions and professionals.
Tejedor
also introduced other initiatives of the Action Plan Barcelona, such as: Tahina-Can, MILIDEDUCATION Television,
the School of Young Journalists