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Ulf Hjerppe, Lawyer and Information Officer received the MEDEA Award 2008 for the multimedia programme Rättegångsskolan på webben/Court Introduction during the first MEDEA Award ceremony held on 4th of December at the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin. This was the first edition of the MEDEA Awards and Ulf received the bronze MEDEA statuette during a special ceremony that took place alongside the annual Online Educa Berlin Conference.

This web-based court introduction explains what happens before, during and after court proceedings to those people who have to make an appearance in court including crime victims, witnesses, relatives and perpetrators. In the citation read out during the awards ceremony, it was described by jury members as being very well made and fully consistent with target users' expectations.

A special award was also presented during the same ceremony to secondary school teacher Steven Ronsijn for their outstanding entry submitted by his school Sint-Lievenscollege Gent in Belgium. Their entry, called Anti-Anti is a multimedia pervasive game created by secondary school students to sensitise students in the context of the national day against Unnecessary Violence. During the game students had to find a fictitious murderer in their school through clues provided to them in mp3-files and video clips. The MEDEA judges described the school entry as an exemplar of good choice and use of media, with a very good story and a particular social agenda that is of great relevance to the learners taking part.

The other finalists (who all received hardware and software supported by Apple Europe and Adobe) were ArtisanCam represented at the Awards by Keith Alexander from Artistsatwork.org (UK), Canal Educatif à la Demande by Erwan Bomstein-Erb from Canal Educatif (France), Patient Safety - Mildred's Story by Jon Shears from the University of Leicester (UK) and Pronunciation Tips represented by Callum Robertson from BBC Learning English (UK).

For full versions of the press release in .pdf and .doc

Visit the MEDEA website for more information about this annual competition.

ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN conference organisers, ICWE, launched their MyOEB sevice this week for participants. This service, built by ATiT making use of the Drupal framework, allows participants to create their own personal agenda. Given the range of choices available, MyOEB means that participants can prepare a plan for themselves based on their own objectives and interests as a way to get the most out of what has become the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN takes place from 3-5 December.

The agenda for the Online Educa Berlin conference which takes place 3 - 5 December 2008 in the InterContinental Hotel, Berlin is now available online. It includes lots of new features and a real emphasis on networking as well as plenty of opportunities for discussion on topics like how well prepared trainers and academics are to deal with Gen Y learners, what the implications are of moving to Moodle and the impact online learning has on cultural identity.

The agenda also includes a variety of pre-conference events taking place on 3 December, ranging from hands-on workshops on practical topics like Quality Enhancement Processes and Building an Open Global Learning Infrastructure to topics like Designing Informal Learning and Technology Assisted Learning and Training for Defence, Security and Emergency Services. Visit the conference web site to find out more about Online Educa Berlin, the largest international event dedicated to eLearning.

The new web site for Online Educa Berlin 2008 has just been launched, visit the site to find out more abut the themes for this year's conference which takes place from 3-5 December. You can submit a proposal for a presentation, a pre-conference event, a discussion or debate, an expert session or a demonstration. Deadline for receipt of proposals is April 30th! for more information visit www.online-educa.com

One of the highlights of Online Educa Berlin this year was the lively and somewhat controversial discussion that took place on Thursday 29th November between Andrew Keen and Prof. Sugata Mitra, chaired by Harold Elletson. Sugata's belief borne out through his extensive and very moving experiments in India that children with absolutely no prior knowledge of computers can make terrific strides in a short time with no support sent a very positive message to the more than 2100 people attending OEB this year. Meanwhile, Andrew set a lively debate in motion about a variety of ethical issues related to Web 2.0 and generated significant discussion and often very heated opposition.

The Virtual Mobility Forum (November 28, Berlin) is a one day Forum is organised as a pre-conference event of Online Educa 2006 and brings together experts and practitioners in the area of Virtual and Physical Mobility. It is a mix of presentation and discussion formats, combining case examples and practical experience with discussions and brain-storming exercises in an effort to come up with clear advice and good practice that others can use in their own Virtual Mobility schemes.

The forum is organised by the Being Mobile and VICTORIOUS project teams.

Online Educa Berlin, which will be held this year from the 29th of November to the 1st of December welcomes all proposals, suggestions and ideas for the conference agenda which are related to the main conference themes. The closing date for submission is the 29th of April 2006. Please check the Online Educa website for the submission guidelines and conference themes.

The 11th Online Educa Berlin Conference closed its doors on Friday 2 December after 4 days of workshops and presentations, attended by more than 1800 delegates from 73 countries. Visit the Online Educa Berlin 2005 website for more impressions and information.

The 10th edition of Online Educa Berlin, which took place from 1-3 December 2004, was a success: over 1700 registered participants from over 66 different countries representing all continents visited the conference. ATiT is responsible for putting together the programme of the conference.

Over 1486 people from 68 countries met at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin for Online Educa Berlin 2003, held from the 3-5 December. The conference was a great success with a full programme of plenary sessions, workshops, parallel sessions with many other events and activities taking place alongside.