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
- The 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) are no open for nominations! Nominations can be made until July 21, 2025.
- 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 […]
Activity in OEG Connect
- Originally published at: It’s the Season for Planting Seeds of Recognition that Grow into OE Awards for Excellence – OEGlobal The 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) are no open for nominations! Nominations can be made until July 21, 2025. 1 post – 1 participant Read full topic
- 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 […]
- Originally published at: Celebrating Excellence in Open Education – the 2024 OEAward Winners – OEGlobal On September 18, 2024, in a live show with previous award winners, Open Education Global (OEGlobal) announced the 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards 2024) winners. Meet all the winners! 3 posts – 2 participants Read full topic
- Originally published at: Presenting the Shortlist of Finalists for the 2024 OEAwards – OEGlobal Once again the Open Education Awards for Excellence provides recognition for the people, resources, and practices in Open Education through its community-driven process. After the process of open nominations in May and our committee review we are excited to share now […]
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