The process is in motion for the new round of OE Awards for Excellence. Here we provide what you should know about nominating a person or project for an award, how the winners are selected, when they will be announced, and updates along the way.
Nominations for the 2024 OEAwards closed June 30. Our review committee is now reviewing nominations aiming to formulate the shortlisted semi-finalists to be announced August 30.
What’s New?
- Nominations closed! The nomination period ended June 30, but we are flexible to allow for a few more days. To date we have 114 nominations from 28 countries.
- What is Needed for a Nomination? The 2024 Nomination guide is available with details on what is needed to enter an award, suggestions for crafting your nomination, and template you can use to draft your entry.
- Review the 2024 Award Categories. See the Explorer to learn about the categories including inspiration from past winners
- Be Award Inspired in 2024! Exploration and inspiration is our theme, tapping into the history of previous award winners as a means to be inspired to submit a nomination this year. See all the Awards Inspired tagged posts in OEG Connect for suggestions such as exploring the Hall of Fame, our Fiip Mixtape of Impact Stories from Previous Winners, Education for All– the 10th anniversary ebook, or listening to over 30 episodes of OEG Voices podcasts with previous winners. If you like randomness, click for a visit to one randomly chosen award going back to 2011.
- 2023 Award Winners at OE Global 23 Conference. Five awardees attended and shared their work October 16, 2023 at the OE Global conference in Edmonton. A recording and related links are available from the conference schedule.
2024 Awards Timeline
| May 13 | Call for Nominations opens |
| Jun 30 | Deadline to submit a nomination |
| Jul 22 | Committee review process commences |
| Aug 30 | Shortlist of finalists announced online |
| Sep 18 | Winners announced on OE Global Voices Live |
| Nov 13 | Presentations at OEGlobal 2024 |
Recent OE Award News Stories
- The 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards24) nomination period ended on June 30. The first review shows that this year's pool of nominations is strong and truly award-worthy, with over 110 people, resources, and projects nominated.
- The 2024 Open Education Global Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) nominations opened two weeks ago. There are just under five weeks left to submit your nominations! Every year, the OEAwards surfaces […]
Activity in OEG Connect
- Originally published at: OEAwards24 Nominations End with a Flourish – OEGlobal The 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards24) nomination period ended on June 30. The first review shows that this year’s pool of nominations is strong and truly award-worthy, with over 110 people, resources, and projects nominated. 3 posts – 2 participants Read full […]
- Thanks to our notification system I have been watching each and every nomination coming in for the 2024 OE Awards for Excellence which technically closed on June 30. I can tell you the pool this year is very strong and award-worthy, with close to 120 people, resources, and projects nominated, representing 29 countries – Argentina, […]
- We are headed into the last week of the nominations for the 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence, we hope you are getting ready to share your idea for who or what in the community should be recognized. To share what the awars have meant, we have been adding to a collection of OE Award […]
- We now have three persuasive messages in Spanish, French, and Hindi as a call to nominate for the 2024 OE Awards. This started with the OE Global Voices podcast episode 68, a conversation with two of the OE Global board members. @Marisol recorded a message to the Spanish speaking community Mensaje de María Soledad Ramírez […]
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