Write a persuasive rationale why the nominee deserves recognition for Excellence in Open Education. This should be a description that will gain the attention of award reviewers and will also serve to publicly announce nominees/awardees. Your response should address, “The reason this nomination deserves to be recognized with a 2026 Open Education Award for Excellence is…” (1200 character limit).

Now you can add more detail. Who is the person you are nominating? What does the resource, project, or practice do or achieve for/in open education? Include a background of an individual or describe the resource, project, or practice being nominated. Your response should explain your nominee’s achievements to someone unfamiliar with them or it. This description should be between 3-5 paragraphs (5000 character limit).

What makes this nominee excellent in the field of Open Education? Make a case to the review committee for how the nominee exemplifies one or more of the principles and aligns with the goals of Open Education as stated in OEGlobal’s Strategic Plan (see more details, link opens in a new window). These are the criteria which nominations are rated on a scale based on the reasons and description above, but here you can be even more clear in making a connection to the OEGlobal principles and goals. Your statement should be about 1-2 paragraphs in length (3000 character limit).

Please share specifically what Generative AI tools were used and for what purpose(s). This should be in the form of declarative statements like “ChatGPT was used to reduce my narrative to fit the character limits” or “Claude provided suggestions for alignment with the principles and goals of open education”