Bedër University College in cooperation with the Albanian Institute of Media organized the next training within the project "Media Education and Information for Future Teachers". The pedagogues of the Education and English Language Department were also present in the training.
Guest at this training was Carolyn Jones, Fulbright program specialist, with a long career in journalism and media education experience, who brought American experience in media and information education and conducted a training session and conversation with participating educators on best practices to involve students and young people in the direction of media education.
During the training, Carolyn Jones discussed key challenges to misinformation in the US media landscape, covering topics such as the weakening of trust in traditional media, the strengthening of conspiracy theories and the characters pushing them in the public debate, and the context of developments politics and how they've influenced the public's trust in the media.
The training ended with a discussion with the educators on education challenges in the country, but also in the global context, especially in the context of technological changes and tendencies of information disorders.
This training is part of the project “Media Education and Information for Future Teachers,” implemented by the Albanian Institute of Media, with financial support from the Public Relations Office of the American Embassy in Albania.