How MILES Connects Classrooms Across Borders
One of MILES’ greatest strengths lies in its European scope. With 12 partners from 10 different EU countries, the project brings together a wide range of expertise, experiences, and perspectives to tackle a shared challenge: equipping teachers and pupils with the skills they need to navigate today’s complex media environment.
A Shared Challenge, Different Contexts
While misinformation is a global issue, its forms, sources, and impact can vary widely from one country to another. Cultural, political, and linguistic differences shape the way information is consumed, interpreted, and shared. By working across borders, MILES ensures that its Media and Information Literacy (MIL) strategies are informed by a variety of national contexts, making them more adaptable and effective.
Through this collaboration, partners exchange insights into local education systems, media landscapes, and policy frameworks. This helps the project to identify both common needs and unique challenges, ensuring that the approaches developed are relevant across diverse settings while still respecting local realities.
Building a European Knowledge Network
Beyond the development of training resources, MILES is creating a network of educators, researchers, and policymakers committed to promoting critical thinking in schools. By indirectly connecting classrooms in different countries, the project not only broadens perspectives for pupils and teachers, but also lays the groundwork for continued cooperation beyond the project’s duration.
The European dimension of MILES demonstrates that while misinformation knows no borders, neither does our commitment to countering it. By uniting expertise, sharing knowledge, and respecting local diversity, we are building a stronger, more resilient foundation for media literacy – one that benefits classrooms, communities, and countries across Europe.
Our next Meeting in Göttingen
At the end of September, all MILES partners will come together in Göttingen, Germany, for the next transnational project meeting. This gathering will be an opportunity to review progress, exchange experiences from our work in schools across Europe, and jointly plan the next steps for embedding media literacy more deeply into education systems. Known as a vibrant student city, Göttingen has a long tradition in critical thinking and an international spirit – making it an inspiring backdrop for our goals: building a resilient, informed generation prepared to navigate today’s complex media landscape.
Read more in next month’s blog post about all that happened in Göttingen!