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Open Education Awards for Excellence 2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence OEGlobal’s Recognition Program Since 2011 the Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) have highlighted 284 outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, honoring exemplary leaders, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and Open Practices from around the world. The OEAwards are organized by OEGlobal. Learn more What’s Happening? Today is the day! The 2025 OEAward winners were announced in a live webcast on September 17, marking the closing of the OEGlobal 2025 Tour. The recording is available: The Shortlist of OEAward finalists was published on September 30 – see the 16 individuals, the 16 open assets, and the 16 open practices that were listed. We continue to celebrate all nominees who you can review and learn more about from our full roster of 196 nominations – all have been issued digital certificates for this honor. Who inspires your open education journey? Which open education assets or resources should be recognized for excellence? And what are the exceptional ways in which open education is implemented? This is what we highlight via the OEAwards. 196 nominations submitted for 2025! 48 nominees shortlisted as finalists for 2025! 24 winners plus 6 board awards announced live. 2025 Winners Announced From Planting Seeds of Recognition for OEAwards to 900 Real Trees Planted Globally Be Inspired: Impact Stories News Stories From Planting Seeds of Recognition for OEAwards to 900 Real Trees Planted GloballyDecember 18, 2025 And the 2025 #OEAward Winners Are …October 17, 2025 Cultivating Excellence: Join Us for the 2025 Open Education Awards Reveal!October 10, 2025 All OEAwards Nominees Listed and BadgedSeptember 18, 2025 More News Stories OEG Connect Topics From Planting Seeds of Recognition for OEAwards to 900 Real Trees Planted GloballyDecember 19, 2025 And the 2025 #OEAward Winners Are …October 19, 2025 Get Your Front Row Seats for the Live Streamed Announcement of the 2025 OEAwardsOctober 2, 2025 More Discussion Topics Connect Learn about the OEAwards, discuss the process, know more about the categories, and interact with previous winners. Join the conversations Hall of Fame Explore our archive of 284 OEAward winners from 2011 onwards. Discover over a decade of exceptional accomplishments by the open education community. Hall of Fame Stories of Impact Hear from previous OEAward winners about how winning this recognition has impacted their work in open education. See more Tune in to our podcast episodes featuring conversations with OEAward winners. OEAwards – OE Global VoicesOEG Voices 095: Saida AffounehbyOpen Education GlobalOur 2026 season opens here, an inspiring conversation with Saida Affouneh, professor, researcher, and director of the E-Learning Center at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine. We got to learn about Saida via a nomination for a 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence, leading to her recognition as an awardee as an Educational Leader. Saida was a key voice on the panel discussion on the opening day of the OEGlobal Tour in October. We are honored to share with you this conversation recorded with Saida Affouneh in the podcast studio January 22, 2026.In the OEGlobal Voices podcast studio with our guest Saida Affouneh (left) and host Alan Levine (right).Episode 95 TranscriptDownloadListen with Transcriptat Descript.comIn This EpisodeFYI: For the sake of experimentation and the spirit of transparency, this set of show notes alone was generated by the AI “Underlord” in the Descript editor we use to produce OEGlobal Voices.Navigating Education and Resilience in Crisis: A Conversation with Saida AffounehIn this episode of OE Global Voices, host Alan Levine speaks with Saida Affouneh from An-Najah University in Palestine. Saida shares her experiences and insights as an educator in a region afflicted by constant crisis. Discussing her journey from Palestine to the UK for her Ph.D., Saida emphasizes the importance of education as a tool for resilience. She elaborates on the current state of education in Gaza and the West Bank, highlighting the challenges students face and their determination to continue learning despite extreme adversities. Additionally, Saida explains the critical role of Open Educational Resources (OER) and digital literacy in crisis settings, along with her vision for culturally sensitive, low-bandwidth educational content. This episode provides a deeply personal and motivational narrative on the intersection of education, crisis, and hope.00:00 Intro Music and Highlighted Quote00:47 Meet Saida Affouneh02:20 Saida’s Background and Early Life04:50 Educational Journey and Challenges15:51 Discovering Open Education19:22 Teaching at An-Najah University22:14 Research and Student Experiences25:28 Challenges of Education in Crisis30:01 The Importance of Open Educational Resources45:03 Hope and Resilience48:26 Conclusion and Final Thoughts(end of AI generated show notes)Additional Links and Quotes for Episode 95Saida Affouneh profile (An-Najah University)Publications (ResearchGate)An-Najah National University (Palestine)Nablus (WIkipedia)Al-Quds Open University Technology-enabled social-emotional learning for University educators: a systematic review (Frontiers in Education) Adopting the GHOSHEH Model to Create Innovative Open Educational Resources Based on Rogers’ Process for Diffusion of Innovations (Sustainbility Journal) Affouneh, Saida & Khlaif, Zuheir. (2020). A Hidden Dream: Open Educational Resources. 10.1007/978-981-15-4276-3_4. Enabling Gaza Students to continue University education: UNIMED participates in the initiative launched by the An-Najah National UniversitySumud (صمود) (Wikipedia)Gaza’s tech workers code from rubble as Israel’s war destroys digital life (Aljazeera)Keeping Gaza Connected: Building Crisis-Resilient Internet Access (Internet Society Pulse)OER For Gaza requested via (Google Form) with these guidelinesStand alone resources that can be used in accredited courses, NOT full length credit-bearing coursesMobile optimised and/or small file sizes (below 5mb)Openly licensed and free to useSuitable for higher education studentsAvailable in English (medicine, technology, natural sciences) or in Arabic (law, education, social sciences).Offline Internet ConsortiumOffline Open Education, Internet w/o Internet (OEG Connect)Arabic WikipediaAbout Arabic Wikipedia Discover Palestine (A-Najah Elearning Center) So there are new skills that rise up in the crisis situation that need to be developed. And this could be done through open resources, through like self-run courses with low bandwidth in Arabic, with examples from the situation here or around the area. …The second module that is needed, and I talk about it very much, is related to first aid support– first aid from medical background and first aid from psychological, mental and psychological background. Just the first steps in order to give yourself the support, is needed.The third one, which is very important is about how to be safe online because you know media and how it’s used inside the crisis. We need to raise the awareness of people how to use social media, how to use AI in crisis settings since it could be their main enemy, if they are not aware how to use it, which is very important.Saida AffounehThe open licensed music for this episode is a track called Deserts of Gazaby Ethos shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Like most of our podcast music, it was found at the Free Music Archive (see our full FMA playlist).A photo of Saida’s location in Nablus, Palestine included as background in the featured image for this episode is Nablus panorama-cropped enhanced.jpg a photo from Wikimedia Commons by Anna Frodesiak shared under a e Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike license.Search EpisodesClear Search OEG Voices 095: Saida Affouneh February 9, 2026 Open Education Global OEG Voices 093: Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz December 17, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 092: Melody Chin on OEAward as a Catalyst December 9, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 091: The CAUL OER Collective December 3, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 089: Maria Luisa Zorrilla on OEAward as Open Educator November 22, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 087: Terry Greene on Gettin’ Air Podcast’s 2024 OEAward November 6, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 086: Colin de la Higuera on 2024 OEAward for Leadership October 31, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 081: Bea de los Arcos on We Like Sharing April 17, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 080: Bryan Mathers on the Fabulous Remixer Machine April 10, 2025 Open Education Global OEG Voices 079: Significant Impact OER Award Winner Confident Supervisors April 3, 2025 Open Education Global Search Results placeholderPrevious EpisodeShow Episodes ListNext EpisodeShow Podcast Information Listen to all podcast episodes featuring OEAward winners… Who deserves recognition? 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