Terms and Conditions
- All multimedia projects or programmes that are aimed at use in formal or informal education can be submitted.
- The multimedia materials may range from simple video or multimedia productions, and especially 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 to 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 2008. 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 manuals, will not be returned to the sender after the competition.
- It is the responsibility of the submitter to make sure that all copyrights (IPR, intellectual property right) are cleared for the project he/she will submit. In case of clear breaches of copyrights or other IPR, the judges will exclude the submission from further assessment. It is recommended at the time of the submission to provide good documentation or evidence on how IPR or copyright is dealt with.
- Participants are allowed to submit up to 8 projects.
- Participants can only win one of the four possible awards: the MEDEA Award, the Award for European Collaboration and the MEDEA Special Award. In case of more than one award, it is the responsibility of the jury and the organising committee to come to a decision. 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 previous MEDEA Awards competitions, 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 4 copies of a cd-rom/dvd if necessary) have to be sent to arrive at the MEDEA Secretariat before Saturday 30th July, 12 PM (midnight) via mail, fax or post (postmark will be checked).
