Organising committee
The MEDEA Awards are organised by a dedicated organising committee with experience in the area of education, e-learning and media production.
“Our rationale for setting up these awards is based on a belief that despite the fact that media-enhanced learning is increasingly commonplace throughout all learning sectors, up to now, there has not been an opportunity to recognize and celebrate excellence in this field on a European basis.”
Bird's-eye view of an Organising Committee meeting
The MEDEA Awards has been set up as a not-for-profit organisation to recognise and reward excellence in the field of media-enhanced learning in Europe. These awards were launched in 2007 by a small consortium of partners who are active in the field of media enhanced education and is committed to raising awareness and promoting best practice in the innovative use of media to enhance education.
The founders of the MEDEA Awards were brought together by their wish to promote the use of media and video in education and their desire to encourage educators and trainers to benefit from the advantages of integrating new technologies and video in the curriculum. As the MEDEA Awards has grown, the team has been expanded to become the MEDEA Awards Organising Committee. The day-to-day activities of this competition are managed by the MEDEA Secretariat, which is based in ATiT, Belgium.
Current members of the organising committee are:
- Deborah Arnold, Université de Bourgogne, La Passerelle, France
- Nikki Cortoos, Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications (ATiT), Belgium
- Jim Devine, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Ireland
- Anna Jaruga, Fundacja Obserwatorium Zarządzania (FOZ), Poland
- Luis Lizama, Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza (CECE), Spain
- Ciarán Mc Cormack, The Film Project for Primary Schools (FÍS), Ireland
- Helle Meldgaard, The Danish IT Centre for Education and Research (UNI-C), Denmark
- Eleonora Pantò, CSP - Innovazione nelle ICT, Italy
- Philip Penny, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Ireland
- Sally Reynolds, Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications (ATiT), Belgium
- Mathy Vanbuel, Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications (ATiT), Belgium
- Dr. Clive P.L. Young, University College London, United Kingdom
These committee members also represent their companies, institutions and organisations which are partners in the MEDEA Awards.
