MEDEA Awards 2011

The MEDEA Awards judges recognise the primary role of effective and innovative educational design in the use of moving images with learners. The judges will be looking in the first place for materials and approaches that demonstrate original and successful use of media with learners to achieve clearly defined educational outcomes. The quality of the materials themselves is important as the judges will consider the following criteria, appropriate to the learning context:

1. Pedagogical Quality: quality of didactics and of communication. Is there a clear learning objective? Will the material result into good learning?
2. Use of Media: the choice and selection of this media type, the benefits and if these benefits are explicit, if the type of media chosen is used appropriately and in an exemplary fashion?
3. Aesthetic quality: attractiveness of materials. Is the style and design consistent and appropriate for the target users? Is the product or service appealing and pleasing to look at and to use?
4. Usability: the intuitiveness of the material. Is it easy to use the application? Is there support, a set of guidelines, a possibility for feedback or help?
5. Technical quality: possible flaws in the system, compatibility issues, the necessity to have advanced technical knowledge to be able to use the system, ...

The MEDEA Awards judges are particularly keen to encourage original and groundbreaking applications of moving images and sound in education. In addition to the main award, the judges may at their discretion present a special award to an approach or production in recognition of exceptional innovation in pedagogic or technical design.

• All multimedia projects or programmes that are intended for use in formal or informal education can be submitted.
• The multimedia materials may range from simple video or multimedia productions, including learner and teacher created media, to courses with a prominent integration of media, to examples of multimedia resources or projects with a strong media basis, in short all media materials that support formal or informal learning activities.
• There is no restriction regarding the target group(s) of the educational media: learners, teachers, trainees at all ages and educational levels and subject matters.
• There is no restriction regarding the language(s) of the educational media. The submission forms are available in English, French and German only and need to be completed in one of those languages but this is not a restriction for the language of the media or project itself.
• The multimedia project or production must be created after 1 January 2007. Of course, the production or project may include or consist of older material.
• There is no restriction on the geographical origin or location of use of the submitted materials: media materials from all over the world can be submitted for all awards except for the special European Collaboration Award.
• The special European Collaboration Award will be awarded to a project or production that involves partners from at least two European Countries in the production or use of the educational media.
• Media materials that are physically submitted on for example CD-rom/DVD and accompanying print manuels, will not be returned to the sender after the competition.
• It is the responsibility of the person submitting the entry to make sure that all copyright (IPR, intellectual property right) is cleared for the project he/she is submitting. In case of clear breaches of copyright or other IPR, the judges will exclude the submission from further assessment. It is recommended at the time of the submission that the person submitting provide adequate documentation or evidence on how IPR or copyright has been dealt with.
• Participants are allowed to submit up to 12 entries.
• Participants can only win one of the four possible awards: the MEDEA Award, the MEDEA Special Award, the European Collaboration Award, or the MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation. The jury and organising committee may at all times decide not to award the MEDEA Special Award. This special award will only be awarded upon the jury's own initiative to an approach or production in recognition of exceptional innovation in pedagogic or technical design.
• Multimedia productions or projects that were submitted for the 2008 MEDEA Awards competition, can be resubmitted if all conditions above are met and if the submission is accompanied by a motivation and a clear indication of the changes since last year's submission.
• All the required materials (signed letter with original signature and 3 copies of a cd-rom/dvd if necessary) have to be sent to the MEDEA Secretariat before Wednesday 30th September, 12 PM (midnight) (postmark will be checked).