MEDEA Awards 2010

Aim of the MEDEA Awards

In recent years there has been remarkable interest in the creation and use of digital video and audio in education, boosted by the increasing impact of multimedia and video based websites and applications on the internet and mobile devices. The pedagogical vision is clear: it is only when video and audio are routine components of education and online learning, that we will have an educational environment that reflects the media-rich world in which our learners now live. The aim of the MEDEA Awards is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources.

History of the MEDEA Awards

MEDEA Awards 2008 statuette with hardware and software prizes in the background

The MEDEA Awards were launched in November 2007. In its first year MEDEA received over 100 submissions from 25 different countries of which the judges selected six finalists and presented two awards: the overall MEDEA Award 2008 and the MEDEA Special Award 2008.

In 2009 two new awards were announced the MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation and the European Collaboration Award. More than 254 online submissions from 38 countries were received. The jury selected eight finalists who were invited to the prize-giving and a further eight were awarded the "Highly Commended" commendation. During the prize-giving, our overall winner was presented with the MEDEA statuette and three others received additional awards, the MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation 2009, the MEDEA European Collaboration Award 2009 and the MEDEA Special Jury Award 2009.

Award Opportunities in 2010

In 2010 the MEDEA Overall Award and the European Collaboration Award will be presented. The European Collaboration Award in educational media production and use will recognise excellent productions and projects that come about as a result of European cross-border collaboration.

This year the organisers have decided to make a distinction between category of producer and to award two separate prizes to the best entry submitted by

• teachers, students, learners, parents, professors, individual or organisational representatives in primary education, secondary education, higher education, adult education, vocational education and/or training
• a professional company or semi-professional production unit such as a broadcaster, professional multimedia producer or publisher, professional web design company, audiovisual or media department in larger institutions or organisations such as universities, government departments, companies, multinational institutions and organisations, etc.