Open educational practices recognised through the OPAL Awards
Following a rigorous adjudication process by three international juries, the winners of the OPAL Awards for quality and innovation through open educational practices were announced at a ceremony at Online Educa Berlin on 2 December.
A grant was made available for each of the winning entries to make a video film describing their practices. A link to the films, the jury’s statements, and interviews with the recipients can be accessed through the links below.
Winners and highly commended entries
The Award for Bodies which Influence Policy
Winner: The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), USA More
The Award for Institutions
Winner: University of California, Irvine, USA More
Highly commended: Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India More
The Award for Learning contexts
Winner: Open Science Resources, represented by Ellinogermaniki Agogi – Research and Development Department, Greece More
Highly commended: The LORO Project, Department of Languages, The Open University UK More
Interviews with recipients part 1 Interviews with recipients part 2
Awards Ceremony
The Awards ceremony began with a presentation of the results of the OPAL Initiative by Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, President of EFQUEL (left). He also demonstrated the newly published OPAL metromap, an interactive tool allowing policy makers, institutional leaders, teaching professionals and learners the opportunity to plot their trajectory on the road to open educational practices.
Gráinne Conole of the University of Leicester, UK (right) concluded the session with a presentation on the future of open educational practices. A panel discussion was also held with representatives of the winning and highly commended entries.
The OPAL Awards were run by project partner, the International Council for Open and Distance Education, together with UNESCO and EFQUEL The OPAL Initiative is coordinated by the University of Duisburg-Essen, and also includes The Open University UK, Aalto University and the Catholic University of Portugal
