Finalist in MEDEA Awards

The 8 finalists for the 2016 Annual MEDEA Awards were announced  by the MEDEA Awards Organising Committee on Thursday 4th February. Edel Crosbie, a graduate of the Masters in Education and Training Management (eLearning) programme is one of the MEDEA finalists for the educational video 'Labhair Linn! Cabhraigh Linn! which was created as part of her Masters degree research. Edel's supervisor was Dr. Yvonne Crotty of the School of Education Studies, DCU and Director of the International Centre for Innovation and Workplace Learning.

You can now view short videoclips of this year's finalists and vote for your favourite video at http://media-and-learning.eu/medea-awards-2016

MEDEA is an Annual award to reward excellence and creativity in media in education. The Award aims to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education, across Europe and beyond. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media rich learning resources. The overall winner will be announced during the MEDEA Awards ceremony which takes place on Thursday 10 March during the Media & Learning Conference 2016 in Brussels. This year the awards attracted 195 entries from 34 countries and the judging panel was made up of 124 judges.