The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, recognizing exemplary leaders, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and Open Projects & Initiatives. Join us in congratulating the following 2019 Open Education Awards for Excellence recipients.
Individual Awards
Leadership Award
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams is a leading figure in the international Open Educational Resources (OER) research community and currently holds the first ever UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice.
Practitioner Award
Carlos Delgado Kloos
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos has been an outstanding educator for over 35 years. His most recent contributions to open education include: the creation of a course for OpenCourseware on “Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Technologies” and the realization of 9 MOOCs for edX and MiríadaX.
Student Award
Dirk Ulijn & Bart Meeuwissen
TU Delft, The Netherlands
The student award is presented to the student or students whose achievements inspire or advocate for the promotion and advancement of open educational resources and open education. This year, two students are recognized for their significant, global contribution of open resources in the field of high speed transportation.
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