MediaEd Forum 2025

Conference Registration Fee: $25

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About the Forum: A Two-Day Online Conference

Media literacy education is often seen as part of the solution to the many information and political challenges we face around the world. We hear various stakeholders declare the importance of media literacy education, including policymakers and politicians, educators, researchers, journalists, social media platforms, parents and caregivers, community members, and more.

But media literacy is also a moving target. As our information ecosystems evolve, so do ideas about what it means to move competently and ethically through these media environments. Each stakeholder may have a different conceptualization of what it means to be "media literate" and whose responsibility it is to make progress there. Sometimes those conceptualizations can exist in tension with one another. Sometimes one stakeholder's conceptualization of media literacy can frame the work of media literacy education in ways that don't quite fit the conceptualization of another set of stakeholders.

Themes

The MediaEd Forum is organized around the theme of Testing Media Literacy in Times of Crisis. Join us to explore four themes that examine these key questions:

(1) AI and K-12 Education: Shaping Tomorrow's Learning. In this strand, we will delve deep into the impact of AI into the dynamic landscape of Media Literacy. We will examine how classroom practices, policies, and research shape the trajectory of media literacy education in the age of AI. This stand will showcase the diverse approaches to integrating AI through Media Literacy across the curriculum.

(2) Boomers: Information and Media Literacies. In this strand, we will foster collaborative opportunities to address the social, cultural, economic, and practical questions we face. We start with why scholars, teachers, librarians, and media practitioners aim to improve adult media literacy education in different ways. We then consider how we sometimes find ourselves in institutional or community-based settings where we need to explain, define, defend, advocate, and/or apply our knowledge and talents. The various interdisciplinary “homes” of media literacy provide us with both opportunities and challenges. 

(3) Global Media Literacy Education. In this strand, we will examine the nature and diversity of media literacy education programs from a global perspective. You will be able to hear about international projects in Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, Europe that helps pave the way to new practices of media literacy across the world.

(4) MediaEd Dialogue. In these two sessions, the floor is open and everyone learns from everyone! This convening uses a "question generation" protocol to discover what people in the session want to talk about. We first establish some ground rules to ensure that our discussion is authentic and useful to all participants. Engage in open and productive dialogue that deepens your knowledge and confidence as a media literacy leader.