IMC e-learning game receives coveted Comenius award

"Hanna and Leo" are not only "super-healthy" - now they are prize winners, too

IMC AG was awarded the coveted Comenius EduMedia Award in the category didactic multimedia products on Friday, 24.06.2011. The prize winner is the story-based digital learning game "Rundum gesund mit Hanna und Leo" ("Healthy Living with Hanna and Leo"), which IMC developed for Saarland's Ministry of Trade and Science to be used in education at primary schools in the Saarland/Germany. The Comenius Award was presented for the 16th time in 2011 by The Society for Pedagogy and Information (Gesellschaft für Pädagogik und Information e.V. (GPI)).

The Comenius Awards are highly regarded across Europe as the most highly-respected prizes for educational media such as DVDs, internet portals and digital learning games. An international panel of experts assesses the nominated products and services on the basis of didactic and scientific criteria and also evaluates the pedagogical content, creative implementation and usability.

The award-winning project is a browser-based learning game starring the young protagonists Leo and Hanna. In a total of 18 short stories, children discover how Hanna and Leo master a wide range of everyday situations. The topics reflect the typical lives of primary school children and include healthy eating, brushing your teeth, adequate media consumption and how to choose the right protective clothing when playing sports. The two cartoon figures frequently interact with their audience and formulate tasks on the screen which the children can work with interactively.

The e-learning game was developed for the Ministry of Trade and Science in Saarland. Leo and Hanna have now received an award from the Society for Pedagogy and Information (Gesellschaft für Pädagogik und Information e.V. (GPI)) in the field of "Computer Games with the potential to develop skills".

The Comenius Award was ceremoniously presented to each prize winner during the award event on 24.06.2011 at the Haus des Deutschen Handwerks (House of German Craft Trades) in Berlin. Dr Kathrin Bergenthal, Director of Content Services at IMC AG, accepted the certificate on behalf of the entire project team. "We are extremely proud to receive this recognised prize" she says. "The Leo and Hanna learning game was a particularly enjoyable project for us and it is wonderful to see that the results, both in terms of content and implementation, have met the approval of such an expert panel of judges."

"Healthy Living with Hanna and Leo" is not only ideal to use during school lessons but also for the after-school supervision of primary-aged children. A personal impression of the learning stories is available at IMC’s Homepage (in German). For those interested, more details about this e-learning product are available directly from IMC AG at info(at)im-c.de or by calling +49 681/9476-0.