MEDEA Awards 2018

Showcases

Media and Learning Association

Les TIC en Classe is an interactive DVD, produced by the Ministry of Education in France, to motivate teachers to use ICT in the classroom. The DVD shows with concrete examples and situations the contribution and advantages of digital services and tools to learning, to show the actual activities of students and to encourage teachers to use the many accompanying documents (on the DVD or available online) and extend the use of ICT and examples shown in the videos.
All that Jazz is a course for senior citizens, entitled ‘All that Jazz: A journey through the history of jazz. From its origins to the new trends’, is a 25-hour course which was created in 2011 by Fundación Universidad Carlos III in Spain. The aim of this lifelong learning course is to document and analyse the evolution of the different jazz styles in relation to the various social, political and cultural movements of the time through original recordings, film footage and live demonstrations.
Quand la colère fait tomber les masques is an educational movie produced in 2011 by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with support from the Association des Universités AUNEGE. This 35-minute movie tells a gripping story of a social conflict between an employee and the new management of a family-owned company in the process of becoming a large multinational. The movie, which is based on a true story, shows all events in the company from different angles: human resource management, employee’s rights, conflict management, business ethics and corporate law.
The Classroom is a short animation produced in 2010 by British GCSE Mandarin students (Year 11) at St Chad’s Catholic & Church of England High School, Runcorn, as part of the formal education programme “Projector Community Languages” of Cornerhouse, educational charity and art centre. This production enabled teenagers to learn Mandarin in a fun, interactive and engaging way, increase their understanding of Mandarin and Chinese culture through the use of film and practical creative workshops, and encouraged teachers to deliver more creative language sessions at school.
Studiecoach is a free online resource for study advice or digital coach and was created by the Dutch Open University which is specialised in higher education for adult students through supported distance learning. Studying in distance learning requires new and different study methods from the traditional classroom learning; in distance education there are fewer contact hours and there is more self-study which requires more self-discipline.