SAFE – Newsletter
Find out what we have been up to in recent months with our SAFE project – SAFE is dedicated to improving the ability of seniors (65+) to spot fake news. We are committed to empowering seniors in their ability to…
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Partner meeting in Cyprus
At the end of May the SAFE partners met for the third project meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus. This time the focus was on the next steps in the development of workshops for older learners. In addition to the training for…
Recommendations for the use of the eDialogue approach
The e-Dialogue project partners created the five topic blocks (discrimination, segregation, racism, bullying and cyberbullying, radicalisation, fake news and online misinformation) and tested them first in an online phase and then in a three-day face-to-face course. They used assessment and…
eDialogue Moodle platform and additional resources
Following the successful implementation of the training course, the next step is to further develop the training modules and enhance them for our Moodle platform, as well as to research and develop supporting Open Educational Resources (OER). Country-specific and European…
Age-sensitive didactics and learning needs of senior learners
In developing the training for trainers, it is important for us to recognise that when we talk about didactics for older people, older people are not a homogeneous group; there is no such thing as ‘the older person’. Therefore, we…
Further development of anti-fake news training programme in Athens
The second partner meeting in Athens in December gave SAFE partners the opportunity to work concretely on the further development of the Train-The-Trainer programme aimed to equip adult educators with the necessary skills to promote media literacy among older learners…
Research on the awareness among senior learners of fake news
The project partners have completed the research phase. With the research they wanted to explore the situation in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Cyprus and Greece in terms of what is being done in these countries to improve the general state…
How can older people be enabled to recognise Fake News more easily?
The Erasmus+ project SAFE (Seniors Anti-Fake Education) will try to answer this question. The project aims to improve the skills of seniors (65+) to recognise fake news more easily. The project partners carried out a state of the art analysis,…
Partner meeting in Vienna
After a long online phase, the partners met for the first time in Vienna on 12 and 13 July. During the meeting, the first results of the research phase were discussed and first conclusions for further development work were drawn.…
SLACC – What are climate myths?
Climate myths refer to popular misconceptions or distorted facts related to climate change, which mostly circulate the online space. Climate myths can be either purposefully crafted fake news designed with the intent to mislead or simply false information spread on…
New project on media literacy for older people
We are happy to announce that we are now able to combine our work on fake news and age-appropriate learning in a new project. The project SAFE – Seniors Against Fake News – aims to improve the ability of seniors…
MEGA – Save the Date – 25.01.22
The MEGA team invites you to the final conference on 25 January. The theme of the conference is “EU-Myths and fake news and their impact on our societies”. You can expect presentations and discussions, workshops, hands-on and games. You can…
MEGA Training – Combat Euromyths and promote critical thinking
Train-the-Trainer for youth workers to address Europhobia in an informal, playful way in youth clubs and other places where young people meet. The MEGA-team is happy to announce its training course that addresses youth workers and all those that work…
Final event – Register now!
We invite you to our final event of the No Alternative Facts Project: Tackling Online Disinformation: An Educational Approach The virtual conference will take place on Wednesday 2nd December at 15.00 – 18.00 CET. Main topics will be: disinformation, the…
Save the Date – Final Event
Final event on 2nd of December, 2020, at 15 to 18 CET We are literally being swept away by a wave of fake news – how can we deal with it? The project consortium of the No Alternative Fact project…