Judging Criteria

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

• Pedagogical quality: quality of didactics and of communication. Is it clear who the target learners are? Has the target audience been addressed properly? Is there a clear learning objective? Is it likely that the material will result in good learning? Have the producers used principles of good instructional design or sound pedagogical approaches? Has the context of learning been taken into account? Is there a balance between content and form? Is the learning content authentic and does it appeal to what the learners need and want to learn? It is important to clearly describe who the target learners are, because this will be taken into account when judges evaluate the quality and use of the media. In recognition of the importance of pedagogical quality, marks for this criterion carry more weight in the final score for each entry.
• Media Quality: the choice and selection of the type of media, the advantages of the media selected. Is the type of media chosen used appropriately and in an exemplary fashion? Is the creative quality high? Is the style and design consistent and appropriate for the content, the objectives and the target users? Is the entry appealing and pleasing to look at and to use? Are there technical and/or compatibility issues with this entry? Is it easy to use the application? Is there support, a tutorial, a set of guidelines, the possibility of feedback or help when necessary?
• Innnovation: does this entry stand out from the others or from the current state of the art? Does it apply innovative teaching and learning methods? Does it demonstrate extraordinary production values and excellence in terms of its overall production, its originality, the extent to which it demonstrates very good use of limited resources, its engagement of students and/or other staff who are not professionally trained in audiovisual production, its use of cutting edge technology or production practices, its multidisciplinary approach? Are there other reasons either specified by the entrant themselves or very obvious in the judge’s opinion that make this entry stand out?

Please read the Terms and conditions for more information regarding your entry.