University of Silesia in Katowice

Staff group: research-teaching staff

Expertise: pedagogy

Room: 431

Phone: 32 3599721

e-mail: monika.frania@us.edu.pl

ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-7363

Academic biography

– 2005 MA in pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice

– 2007 MA in political sciences, major: journalism and social communication. University of Silesia in Katowice

– 2009-2011 Researcher in PhD thesis supervisor project financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education

– 2011 PhD in pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice

– 2011-2012 Beneficiary of one year scholarship in the PAIP program “Internship as Scholarly Success”

– 2012-2013 Research team member within the consortium agreement between the University of Silesia, GWSH, and American Count5 (research on QMINDShareTM)

– 2014 Principal investigator in an international team project “Media in formal and informal education in the Visegrad Group Countries” – Small IVF Grant

– 2015-2016 Member of a research team in a project realized by Corvinus University of Budapest: „Developing Media Literacy in Public Education: A Regional Priority in a Mediatized Age” – Standard IVF Grant

– 2015-2016 Research Fellow at the University of Split in Croatia as part of “The new International Fellowship Mobility Programme for Experienced Researchers” – NEWFELPRO, financed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Science and Education (MSE)

– Since 2015 Permanent member of Program Committee of DisCo conference, Prague, Czech Republic

– 2016-2018 Member of the Central Committee of All-Poland Digital Olympic Game for post-secondary, Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, Warsaw

– 2016-2020 Member of the Revisory Commission PTEM, Polish Association of Media Education

– 2019-2021 – coordinator, since 2020 team member in a project realized by a Turkish partner in cooperation with subjects from Poland, Italy and Latvia: „Innovation and Transformation in Education” as part of Strategic Partnership Project in the Field of School Education under Erasmus+ Program KA2: Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices

Research

– Media education, digital & media competence development

– Trends in didactics as supported by the new media & technologies

– New media & social communication

– Media culture

Main achievements, distinctions, awards

– Realization of an individual project „The Role of Media and New Technologies in Teacher Education in the Digital Era – Selected Challenges in the Context of an Innovative Future (MaNTinEdu)” during research fellowship at the University of Split in Croatia

– Rector’s individual and team award for research achievements

– Distinction DisCo 2020 Course Award for the poster: “Silesian customs, Slavic legends in early childhood education – optional course for students of Early School and Pre-school Education. An example of the transition of traditional university course in the face of a Covid-19 pandemic”

Fellowships and study visits

– Shor-term study, teaching, and training visits with Erasmus: Universidade de Madeira, Universidade de Lisboa, University of Split, University of Zadar, The Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) in Prague, Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského in Praha, VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark

– Long-term research fellowships: Universidade de Madeira, University of Split

– 2018-2019 three months fellowship at the Universidade de Madeira in Portugalii as part of  US Rector Program: „Staff Mobility”

– 2019 Study visit, University of Split as part of PO-WER Program „Zintegrowany Program Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach”

– 2019 Study visit as part of PROM project „International Exchange of PhD Students and Academic Staff” at The Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES)  in Prague

Membership in scientific and editorial boards

– Editorial team member in “The New Educational Review” journal

– Since 2019 Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice