RULES
1. Eligibility
- All categories: Schools and teacher training institutions* in Europe are eligible for the eLearning Awards. EU/EEA countries, EU Candidate Countries, Georgia, Israel and Switzerland are eligible**. Entries must be submitted via the eLearning Awards website by the closing date.
- International cooperation category: As of eLearning Awards 2009, an additional category on ‘international cooperation’ is created enabling schools and teacher training institutions from all over the world to highlight school projects from across the globe. For this category, only projects in English language or in one of the other 25 eligible languages*** of the eLearning Awards will be accepted.
- An entry may cover a part of a school’s activity, a collection of resources, a project or an activity. It should have been substantially created after 1 January 2008. Entries created by individual teachers are eligible, but should be associated with a school or other eligible institution. Prize money can only be transferred to the account of the school or institution, which is also responsible for its disbursement. An invitation to the award ceremony is sent to the person who submits a winning entry. It is however possible to nominate a different representative. Cooperative projects between institutions are eligible, but they should be represented by one institution that is part of the project. If a project is submitted by more than one partner, these submissions will be considered as one.
- Commercial or public educational content and service providers are not eligible, neither are institutions that received eLearning Awards in previous years. However, projects that have won other awards or grants (e.g. Comenius), or have benefited from sponsorship, are eligible. Such support should be declared on the entry form. As evaluation is carried out online, entries must be visible online. CD-ROMs and printed material are not eligible. The description requested in the registration form has to be a short informative summary in English, German or French. The language of the project can be in any one of the eligible languages listed below***. All eLearning Awards' entries must be online from 27 October 2009 to 31 December 2010. However, as resources can also be accessed via the EUN's Learning Resource Exchange service, we strongly encourage entries to be stored for a longer period on a permanent server with a permanent URL in order to ensure that broken links will not occur (see
‘Legal and ethical issues).
2. Legal and ethical issues
Entries should comply with all legal requirements in the country of submission and follow European agreements on copyright. They should conform to current advice from Insafe (www.saferinternet.org) on privacy, e-safety and protection of children online. Short quotations may be used if the source is clearly indicated. Pictures, film, sound and other multimedia may be used only if the owner has explicitly permitted use, or if taken from copyright-free sources.
Entries submitted to the eLearning Awards remain the property of the school/organisation or teacher. During the registration process, you will be asked to provide a Creative Commons licence for your content.
Entries submitted in the eLearning Awards will be published: on the eLearning Awards portal; and on the EUN’s Learning Resource Exchange portal at http://lreforschools.eun.org.
Entries may not contain any statement, fact, information or quotation that may harm or diminish any person or group of people. Entries may not encourage persecution of people on the grounds of race, opinion, nationality, sex, profession or other persuasion. Nor may entries encourage crime or the breaking of laws.
European Schoolnet may decide to disqualify an entry if it breaks any of the above rules and reserves the right to disqualify projects, remove them from the project gallery or withdraw an awarded prize without giving reasons. European Schoolnet also reserves the right to adapt the rules and awards. Notification of changes will be made on the eLearning Awards website.
3. Judging
Entries are assessed online by evaluators who are experts in the use of ICT in education from different countries in Europe. Evaluators score projects according to criteria to identify a shortlist of 70 potential winners and identify candidates for special awards. The eLearning Awards partners may be involved in the selection of special award winners for the prizes they sponsor. Evaluators consider the following criteria:
- Content of the entry
- Pedagogical innovation
(promotion of active learning, evidence of collaboration)
- Creative and innovative use of ICT
- Sustainability and transferability to other countries and schools
- Results and benefits
A judging panel of respected authorities in the field of ICT in education then evaluates the short-listed entries and selects the winners.
The judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
The gallery voting tool will in no circumstances be used as a basis for judging the eLearning Awards competition. The jury panel is totally independent.
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Basic information:
* Further education institutions/colleges providing education for 16-18 year olds are also eligible.
** Eligible countries: EEA/EU Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Other:Georgia, Israel, Switzerland. EU Candidate countries: Turkey, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
*** Eligible languages: EU 22 official languages. Other: Hebrew, Turkish, Icelandic, Norwegian.
**** Period of eligibility: 24 August – 23 October
