According to the 35 judges from 10 countries, the Court Introduction program deserved the award because it is "...very well made and fully consistent with the target users' expectations. Animations are well done, and the technical quality is excellent. Most impressive was the fact that it uses media innovatively to teach a subject that would be hard to learn in any other way. It makes learning fun and easy, also for adult learners."

The jury praised it as an overall excellent and effective learning experience. This web-based court introduction explains what happens before, during, and after court proceedings to people making an appearance in court (crime victims, witnesses, relatives, and accused perpetrators).

At the same occasion, a special award was also presented to secondary-school teacher Steven Ronsijn from Sint-Lievenscollege Gent in Belgium for his school's outstanding entry entitled Anti-Anti. This project was described by the judges as, "An exemplar of good choice and use of media; a very good story and a particular social agenda that is of great relevance to the learners taking part. The multimedia project was designed by the learners themselves. It is fantastic how intuitive and qualitative this entry is. It demonstrates good use of emotion and technology, and it appeals to the participants because it uses the media and devices that they use every day."

The multimedia pervasive game was created by secondary school students to sensitize students in the context of the National Day against Unnecessary Violence. Students had to search for a fictitious murderer in their school through clues provided to them in mp3 files and video clips.

The other finalists, all of whom 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, represented by Erwan Bomstein-Erb from Canal Educatif (France), Patient Safety - Mildred's Story, acepted by Jon Shears from the University of Leicester (UK), and Pronunciation Tips, represented by Callum Robertson from BBC Learning English (UK).

The MEDEA Awards is an annual event set up to encourage the use of digital moving images and sound in education. This year, the MEDEA Awards received more than 100 entries from 25 countries. Entries came from all types of organisations, including professional production facilities, schools, university audio-visual, training providers, public authorities, public service broadcasters, and content providers.

Entries for next year's MEDEA Awards 2009 will be open from 15th February 2009.