The document summarizes information about the MEDEA Awards, which recognize excellence in the use of digital video and audio in learning. The awards are an informal initiative started in 2008 to encourage innovation and good practice in using moving images and sound in education. Entries are open to anyone working in European education and will be judged based on criteria like original educational outcomes achieved and technical design. A jury of experts in educational technology will evaluate entries and select winners, with special consideration given to groundbreaking applications.

1. The MEDEA Awards:
recognising excellence
in the use of digital
video and audio in
learning
Dr Clive Young
University of
St Andrews, Scotland

2. ubiquitous video

3. “at the beginning of something”
o “watching YouTube, I feel like the first
cinema audiences must have felt…
o …when I look at these clips, I sense I am
at the beginning of something: a medium
that hasn’t yet found its feet but any day
now will burst into life ”
life.
(Mark Ravenhill, The Guardian UK, 26/11/07)

4. the video blizzard - outcomes
o ownership of the means of
production (and, importantly,
distribution)
o new visual representation of the
self (the Skype syndrome)
o quality neutrality ‘fit f purpose’
lit t lit for ’
o human web ‘people2people’
o yearn to learn + need to teach

5. visual learning

6. visual learners
o visual learning: it is everywhere!!!
resistance is futile!!! (Curt Bonk, Indiana)
o neomillenial learner: “fluent in
multiple media values each for the
media…
types of communication, activities,
experiences,
experiences and expressions it
empowers.” (Chris Dede, Harvard)
o but
but…

8. “top 10” educational uses
1. Students design and shoot own video
2. Presentation/performance skills, feedback
2 P t ti / f kill f db k
3. Videoing 'real events' in situ
4.
4 Video case studies, sims etc
studies
5. Video blogs 'think aloud'
6. Interview expert / expert presentation
7. Instructional 'how to'
8. Animated screen shots
9. Authentic archive video
10. Talking head lectures etc

9. www.videoaktiv.org
more about this in

10. many projects and networks

11. “the trend is very clear…”
now that video is easily
o created (cheap cameras, cheap and easy
editing) or
o found (eg on the web, Google/YouTube),
o transported (video is compressed and thus
p ( p
small: on laptop, over the internet) and
o displayed (more DVDs and videobeamers in
classrooms,
classrooms videoplayers on all PCs easy
PCs,
embedding in web and in learning platforms)
“video is now being used increasingly on all
video
levels and all forms of education and
training: primary and secondary, HFE,
lifelong learning and in company training”
(Mathy Vanbuel, Nov 2007)

12. a shared pedagogical vision…
“only when video and audio are
routine components of education
and online learning will we have
an educational environment that
reflects the media-rich world in
which our learners now live”

13. What next?
o “nobody seems quite sure what to do
with the possibilities of the new
p
media, or even what the new
possibilities are. But somewhere out
there are new ways of t lli d
th f telling dramaticti
stories, new ways of viewing ourselves
as human beings Well I’m up for it I’m
beings. Im it. I m
excited. I want to experiment with the
possibilities.
possibilities ”
(Mark Ravenhill, The Guardian UK, 26/11/07)

14. a new award…
o Informal group of experts
o M i Images in Ed
Moving I i Education
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European Award
o Starts 2008
o “t encourage i
“to innovation and
ti d
good practice in the use of
digital moving images and
sound in education”
di d ti ”

15. the MEDEA awards
o typically online / internet /
virtual learning
environment
o used as an integral part of
a programme of study
o open to anyone working
with or in European
p
education at all levels

16. MEDEA Criteria
o materials and approaches that demonstrate original
and successful use of media with students to achieve
clearly defined educational outcomes.
o may range from ‘courseware’ and resources to
support specific learning activities to student
productions integrated into a programme of study.
o th quality of the materials th
the lit f th t i l themselves i i
l is important
t t
and judges will also consider the aesthetic, usability
(e.g. interface design), accessibility and technical
criteria appropriate to the learning context.
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o MEDEA is particularly keen to encourage
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
p
pedagogic or technical design.
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17. who’s behind all this?
o MEDEA Committee and Jury (provisional list)
Coordinators: Helle Meldgaard (UNI-C, Denmark), Mathy
Vanbuel (ATiT, Belgium), Clive Young (
( g ) g (University of St
y
Andrews, Scotland), Nikki Cortoos (ATiT, Belgium)
o Steering Committee:
In the steering committee European and international
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organisations will be represented that are involved in
promoting and advancing the use of digital video and
audio in education. The steering committee will be asked
to i
t give recommendations about th entries. Th fi l
d ti b t the t i The final
decision will however be in the hands of the jury.
o Jury members:
The jury will be composed of key players in the field,
representatives of higher education institutions, research
centres, production houses and broadcasters specialised
in the use of audio and visual material in education Jury
education.
members cannot submit any entries in this competition.

18. how do I enter?
o Entries must be submitted by 5pm on the 30th
September 2008 using the form provided on
the website.
o MEDEA @ Online Educa Berlin 2008
Special parallel sessions will be dedicated
to the use of video in education at Online
Educa 2008 to present and discuss the
award winning applications of video and
audio in education.
education

19. http://www.medea-
http://www.medea-awards.com/