Dear Faculty Members,

To encourage educators to engage in open education and to advance UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 — "Ensure inclusive, equitable, and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all" — the Taiwan Open Course and Education Consortium (TOCEC) is hosting the 2025 Open Education Excellence Awards. We sincerely invite faculty members of our university to actively participate.

The awards include two main categories:

1. Outstanding Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Digital Teaching Award
   This award recognizes faculty members in higher education institutions who design courses incorporating OER (such as using OCW or MOOCs videos as instructional materials, Open Textbooks, or other OER-based course designs).

   • School Group: Each university may recommend one faculty member to represent the institution.

   • Individual Group: Faculty members may also self-nominate independently.

2. Outstanding Open Course Award
   This category is open to higher education institutions that have developed open online courses (e.g., OCW, MOOCs) that:

   • Have obtained a Creative Commons (CC) license

   • Have not yet received external awards
     The award is divided into two groups:

   • OCW Group

   • MOOCs or Microlearning Group
     Each university may recommend one course per group.

Application Deadline:
Submissions must be completed by 12:00 PM on Friday, June 27, 2025.

How to Apply:
Please visit the Consortium’s official website at www.tocec.org.tw, navigate to the “News” section, and access the online submission system for the 2025 Open Education Excellence Awards.

Results Announcement:
Award results are expected to be published on the Consortium website by September 29, 2025.

Award Ceremony and Experience Sharing:
Winners of the Top and Excellent Awards will be invited to share their experiences at either the 2025 Online Learning Summit (Open Education International Conference) or the 2025 Taiwan EdTech Expo, where the award ceremony will also be held. The event details will be announced to the winners and their respective institutions.