MEDEA Awards 2018

Showcases

Media and Learning Association

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.
Twig is an online learning platform for science topics and consists of over 600 short high-quality films and multimedia teaching materials to help teachers enthuse and educate students aged 11-16 about science - Biology (including Health), Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Science.
Created in 2008 by BBC News, BBC News School Report gives 11-14 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. Using lesson plans and materials from the BBC News School Report website, and with support from BBC staff, teachers help students develop their journalistic skills to become School Reporters. Materials include lesson plans by BBC News reporter Huw Edwards and accompanying videos.
Evolution of life is a website offering original teaching materials about the evolution of life. Evolutionary concepts and evolutionary biology as a modern and relevant science are explained and shown through animation movies (the origin of life as seen by the water molecule Piccolina), documentaries (the effect of human actions on the evolution of animals) and simulations (the states of water, the movement of tectonic plates, ...). These teaching resources can be accessed by everyone who wishes to learn more about evolution.
Flying Start is a collaborative project between over 40 Schools or departments at the University of Leeds (UK) created in 2012. It consists of a website with student and staff videos, interactive activities as well as social media channels, where information to help new undergraduate students manage the challenging transition from school or college to university education is uploaded in stages. The aim of the resource is to help students gain a clear understanding of the importance of academic skills so they arrive at Leeds prepared for study.