What happens after students design their own educational board games? In the MILES project, their ideas don’t stay in the classroom. Instead, they become part of a European learning journey. Over the past months, students from 12 schools across Europe…
The internet offers incredible opportunities—but also growing challenges. Helping young people question information, verify sources and recognise manipulation is becoming more important than ever. A recent Digital Decade Eurobarometer shows that 92% of Europeans consider protecting children online a high…
What if the problem changes depending on who is looking at it? Imagine a city wants to reduce car traffic in its centre. For environmental organisations, the problem might be emissions and air pollution. Local businesses may worry about accessibility…
Most educational games are designed by adults. In the MILES project, we decided to turn this idea around and asked the real experts on today’s digital world: the students themselves. Following the media literacy workshops, a group of students from…
Can we trust every green claim? “Natural.” “Green.” “Climate neutral.” “Environmentally friendly.” We encounter sustainability claims everywhere. But what do they actually tell us – and what evidence is behind them? This is where another GreenComp competence becomes essential: critical…
On 6 May, we met with all MILES partners in Athens to discuss our next steps, student-designed board games and preparations for the upcoming MILES EU-Conference in Brussels. We also collected memorable moments with teachers and students — more on…
With MILES, we’re now moving beyond teacher training and heading straight into classrooms across Europe. Through student workshops and hands-on activities, we aim to boost critical thinking and tackle AI-powered disinformation where it hits hardest. 📦 Coming up: A student-designed…
That’s why the MILES project is focused on empowering current and future educators to address disinformation, fake news, and even deepfakes in the classroom. The high interest in our trainings and webinars proves just how urgent the need is for…
Curious about how to counter misinformation in the classroom? The MILES project is hosting a series of free webinars designed for educators, policymakers, and anyone eager to strengthen media literacy and critical thinking in education. 🌍 Led by experts from…
At the end of September, we gathered with our MILES partners in Göttingen to take stock of our progress and shape the next steps. The focus? Planning co-creation workshops with students and preparing flipped classroom activities that will bring together…
MILES is a project with 11 partners from 10 EU countries that connects classrooms across borders to tackle a shared challenge: building resilience against misinformation. By combining our expertise while respecting local contexts, we are creating a robust European network…
Families play a vital role in encouraging young people to think critically about the information they encounter daily. The MILES project connects schools and homes, building resilience against misinformation and creating a shared culture of curiosity, dialogue and critical thinking.…
Several partners have successfully launched webinars reaching teachers, experts, civil society and local authorities. These online events are designed to bridge the gap between educational practice and policy, ensuring that the findings and tools developed in MILES are shared, discussed,…
Now that the MILES platform is available in all partner languages, the project is entering a crucial new phase: piloting the training course with teachers and teacher trainees across Europe. But why do we place such an emphasis on this…
Exciting progress in the MILES project! Our online platform is launching soon in all partner languages, piloting with teachers is about to start, and a new media literacy self-assessment tool is ready. Next up: co-designed workshops with students and families!…