The garden of recognition is prepared and ready for seeding the 2025 round of Open Education Awards for Excellence! Here are the timelines, stages in the process, and updates for this year.
The 2025 OEAwards Timeline
| Jun 9 | Call for Nominations opens |
| Jul 21 | Deadline to submit a nomination |
| Aug 1 | Review Committee process commences |
| Aug 11 | Notifications emailed to all nominees |
| Sep 30 | Shortlist of finalists announced online |
| Oct 14 | Winners announced on OEGlobal Live webcast |
Stages in the Awards Process
Be Inspired for the 2025 OEAwards!
Explore the stories of the 254 awardees who have been recognized since 2011, or discover something new by viewing a randomly selected winner. Tune in to 45+ episodes of the OEGlobal Voices podcast, featuring conversations with previous winners. You can also check out “Education for All,” the ebook published in 2021 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the OEAwards.
Dig Deep – Submit your Nominations!
Nominations for the 2025 OEAwards are open from June 9 until July 21. The 2025 Nomination Guide contains all the information you need to nominate an individual, organization, asset, project or practice for an award. It includes tips on how to craft your nomination and templates to help you draft your entry.
What is New in 2025?
- The 2025 theme: Everything Starts With a Seed. If you have participated in the OEAwards in the past, you may notice new visuals that showcase seeds, plants, and gardening. What does this symbolize? It represents the idea that all open education projects and programs begin with a seed. These seeds are nurtured and cared for, much like tending a garden, with the anticipation that they will grow into flourishing plants and trees. By applying this metaphor to the OEAwards (one part of a larger ecosystem of recognition and gratitude), we celebrate the effort and care behind the beauty and diversity of fully grown plants and flowers, which all start from a seed. In this context, your nomination is like that seed.
- Simpler Set of Award Categories. This year, we are simplifying the OEAward categories from the 16 previous options to just three. These new categories encompass all previous awards. Nominators can either specify a focus within each category—such as “Significant Impact OER” or “Open Collaboration”—or they can define a unique focus for their nominee, which will then be used as the award name. The main categories are:
- Individual Awards (People of Open)
- Open Assets (What We Share)
- Open Practices (How We Share)
Recent OEAwards News
- We are excited to hear many positive reactions to the new planting a seed of recognition design for the 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence.
- The timing of the season of Spring varies globally, but every region experiences the time of year when gardens and fields are prepared for planting seeds to become our food, […]
Activity in OEG Connect
- We love the theme so much for the 2025 Awards created by our designer Super Mario @Mario that we added new styles to the OEGlobal Merch Shop. You can get all the designs there on t-shirts, hoodies/sweatshirts, and tote bags. Show of your pride in Growing Open Education. I’m glad I looked today (July 4) […]
- Originally published at: A Walk in the Garden of 2025 OEAwards – OEGlobal We are excited to hear many positive reactions to the new planting a seed of recognition design for the 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence. 1 post – 1 participant Read full topic
- Originally published at: It’s the Season for Planting Seeds of Recognition that Grow into OEAwards for Excellence – OEGlobal The timing of the season of Spring varies globally, but every region experiences the time of year when gardens and fields are prepared for planting seeds to become our food, flowers, and trees. Now is the […]
- I’m making the OEG Connect the first place to announce the opening (just now) of the 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence. The OEAwards program has been providing community driven recognition in the Open Education space since 2011. Look around for many new elements to the OEAwards. For those who have followed and been part […]
- Originally published at: Meet the 2024 Open Education Award Winners attending OEGlobal24 in Brisbane – OEGlobal In a special session at the OEGlobal 2024 conference in Brisbane, Open Education Global honored winners and project representatives of OE Awards that were attending the conference. Executive Co-Directors Marcela Morales and Igor Lesko congratulated all award representatives each […]
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