2021 MEDEA Awards Competition in Media and Education

For more than 13 years, the MEDEA Awards has been encouraging innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics, and animation) in education. These annual awards recognize and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources and bring to the forefront those producers, designers, and teaching staff who provide such inspiration to the entire educational community, particularly in Europe.

In 2021, the MEDEA Awards invites entries produced in the higher education, continuing education, or training sectors.

• The MEDEA Award for Best Educational Media entry. This award will be awarded to the best professional or user-generated educational media product, resource, tool, or service produced in the higher education, continuing education, and/or training sector.
• The Special MEDEA Jury Prize. 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 shortlisted finalists will be notified in early September 2021 and will be invited to take part in the Awards Ceremony taking place later on in Autumn 2021 where the final winners will be announced.

1. Any multimedia material, program, production, resource, software, tool, or service that has been created for use in formal or informal higher and continuing education and/or training can be submitted.
2. Such multimedia material may range from a simple video or multimedia production, (materials created by learners and/or teachers are particularly welcome) to complete courses with a prominent integration of media. The MEDEA Awards welcome all multimedia materials, programs, productions, resources, software, applications, tools, or services with a strong media basis produced for higher and continuing education. In summary, any media material that is used to support formal or informal learning activity in higher and further education is eligible.
3. There is no restriction regarding the target group(s) for these materials including learners, students, pupils, teachers, employees, citizens, and trainees of all ages. Content can include all possible subject matter.
4. There is no restriction regarding the language(s) of the educational media submitted.
5. The multimedia production must have been created after 1 January 2019. Of course, the entry may include or consist of older material.
6. There is no restriction on the geographical origin, location of use, or subject coverage of the submitted materials.
7. Media materials that are physically submitted on, for example, CD-ROM/DVD as well as any accompanying print manuals, should be submitted in 4 copies and will not be returned to the sender after the competition.

Judging Criteria:

• Pedagogical quality.
• Use of media.
• Degree of innovation.
• Aesthetic quality.
• Usability and Technical quality.

About MEDEA Awards:

MEDEA Awards is Europe's most important competition in media and education. The MEDEA Awards were launched in November 2007 and have been an immediate success with submissions sent in from across Europe and beyond. Over the years, several new awards have been introduced, recognizing and rewarding different aspects of the field of media in education and its importance in a European context.

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