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MEDEA awards for DCU's MSc in Education and Training Management students

Deirdre Flood and Paul Maher, students on DCU's MSc in Education and Training Management, were both successful in the recent MEDEA awards held in Brussels last week.

Both Deirdre and Paul were among eight students who chose to produce an educational video as part of their dissertation in the Masters and Education and Training Management programme under the supervision of Yvonne Crotty.

MEDEA is a European competition supported by the Lifelong Programme of the European Commission. It was established to reward excellence and creativity in media in education, to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media. The criteria used to judge the quality of submissions to the MEDEA awards include pedagogical quality, use of media, aesthetic quality, usability and technical quality.

MEDEA attracted 115 entries from 28 countries with 74 judges at the helm from 22 European countries.

Deirdre won a 'special award' for her video 'Changing Lives' by Drogheda Special Olympics Club (Ireland) (http://www.medea-awards.com/showcase/changing-lives). The video was part of her final dissertation submission. Deirdre admitted that before embarking on the course, she had never made a video or even owned a camcorder. Throughout the making of a video, as part of the Multimedia and Educational Innovation module, she learned the basics of visual literacy and realised that it was like 'learning a new language'.

Paul Maher, also a student on the MSc in Education and Training, received a 'very highly commended' award for his video "Simply Music".

Overall, a great achievement for Ireland and DCU.