CATEGORIES

Projects are submitted to the eLearning Awards in general, not to a specific category. All entries are considered for the outstanding teachers Award and, for other Awards, evaluators identify for which categories the projects are suitable.

Categories cover different areas in teaching such as school development. eSafety issues, institutional aspects as well as pedagogical issues. Particular emphasis will be given to schools active in increasing the creative approach in teaching and learning as well as increasing the motivation of learners in the different subject areas.

The category on ‘international cooperation’ introduced in 2009 features entries from all over the world to highlight school projects from across the globe. This year we introduce a new category, the Aspect Award, which aims to award visibility and usability (particularly regarding licencing) of learning resources on local, regional or national learning resource repositories..

Categories reward the best projects with a gold, silver and bronze prize. The prizes will be received by the school or teacher training institution.

A special category will award the best teachers. They will receive a platinum prize in a special category ‘creativity and innovation’ for outstanding teachers.

The indicative categories proposed for the 2010 Awards are as follows, the final number of categories is subject to negotiation with partners:

Awards to school projects

International cooperation

• Cross border project
• Intercultural dialogue
• Best international project
• Foreign languages
• Creativity and innovation

ASPECT Awards

• Best use of learning technology standards to make resources visible, accessible and sharable
• Use of learning resource repositories (local, regional, national or international)
• Application of metadata and licensing schemes (e.g. Creative Commons) to learning resources
• Accessibility of learning resources for people with disability

Cultural expression

• Inspiring work in the arts and culture
• Use of games in learning
• Musical performance
• Intercultural dialogue
• Increased motivation in learning foreign languages
• Use of languages to promote the European dimension

Mathematics, science and technology

• Best Learning Resource/Object
• Best online or blended course
• Best interactive whiteboard materials
• A cross-curricular approach to raising awareness of climate change
• Whole-school sustainability education

Collaborative learning

• Use of social networking tools and mobile devices in educational projects
• Young person’s educational blog
• Teacher’s podcast
• Short streamed video
• Web 2.0 learning activity
• Best wiki
• Digital photography and video

eLiteracy

• eLiteracy and models of learning
• Enabling students to use learning environments
• Outstanding work in a school to develop young people’s digital literacy
• Blended learning
• Promoting digital literacy

The e-mature school

• Best school learning platform / virtual workspace
• Best strategic management solution
• Innovative teaching and mentoring approaches
• Innovative activities to develop young people’s e-safety practices

Special category for outstanding teachers

• Creativity and Innovation
• Inspiring work in the arts and culture
• Use of games in learning
• Musical performance
• Prepare the European Year of Creativity and Innovation
• Creative approaches in teaching and learning