Dr. Orna Mager is the director of the Multi-disciplinary center in the city of Modiin, Israel (MDCM). The MDCM is a center for Adult Education and Lifelong learning, operated by the Municipality of Modi’in, and leading the Learning Cities Network in Israel. The center provides advanced educational services and sets Read more…
LibreTexts is home to the most downloaded open educational resources (OER) on the Internet today and has already saved students $31 million dollars. The LibreTexts’ mission is to unite students, faculty, and scholars in a cooperative effort to develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of Read more…
Participants can regain active working skills after a periode of distance to the labour market. Volunteers and professional mentors help to learn new basic and working skills on the job for a renewed active working life. Werk aan de Wijk offers a wide range of services to the neighbourhood and Read more…
Recognising the work of André Franciso Pilon, who’s writing and teaching on holistic ecosystems is worthy of notice. Returning Earth to Mankind and Mankind to Earth: An Ecosystemic Approach to Advocacy, Public Policies, Research and Teaching Programmes Professor, University of São Paulo; Psychologist, State Court of Justice; Director, Ministry of Read more…
The Fab Lab Kä Träre belongs to the Distance State University of Costa Rica. This is the only university in this country that has a model of distance learning whose main objective is to democratize higher education. This goal is also supported and promoted with the projects and initiatives developed Read more…
I wish to recognise the work of Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) a social benefit organization dedicated to enhancing education quality and access through the integration of technology in classrooms. Since its inception in 2007, OLE Nepal has pioneered the use of technology in schools and provided open and Read more…
Dr. Tarek Chehidi works relentlessly in to create equal opportunities towards education and employment in Africa. He is an out-of-the-box thinker who looks for new innovative solutions and ideas that can have a positive impact in education. Dr Chehidi is a widely known and recognised leader in developing strategies for effective Read more…
We want to recognise this small but ambitious and heartwarming project. They say: Education equals opportunity! This is our belief and core to everything we do. There must be an end game for these children. Our goal is to cross the finish line with our students. Our objective is to deliver our students to university Read more…
I wish to recognise Esther Linley for her gift in bringing integrity and a profound depth of insight into the projects she has founded over the past 35 years. As a dancer of excellence she continued her work founding the Institute of Dance Arts at the Bruckner Private University in Read more…
The most disadvantaged people can free themselves from the dependence and indignity of poverty when their courage and their capacity for action are recognized and when everyone takes responsibility for overcoming the prejudice and discrimination that continue to exclude people in poverty, on every continent. All projects are designed and Read more…
Supporting projects, educational resources, presentation materials, documentation and soon a MOOC; Organization and support for the organization of events Exchanges between members and their expertise: webinars, https://epic.openrecognition.org; Implementation or support of experiments and research and development programs; Funding of activities and projects related to the purpose of the association. Adhering Read more…
Badge Normandy is a network of organizations and individuals exploring the potential of open digital badges to build an ecosystem that facilitates the recognition and enhancement of people and skills in lifelong learning. Open to all individuals, institutions, associations or organizations from the sectors of education and training, social integration Read more…
Satu is the founder and CEO of SkillSafari a company promoting quality education and learning by combining in-depth knowledge of the Finnish approach to teaching and learning to education systems around the world through the use of Open Badges, a digital solution for recognition of skills. Satu shares best practices Read more…
John Dunne, teacher and educator in the wider sense in the Irish capital of Dublin, has, through commendable private enterprise over the course of many years, amassed a body of information on the curriculum of Irish educational institutions since the 1920s that lacks comparison. Both due to the loss of Read more…
I want to recognise the work of the association “Enfants des Andes”, born in 1992. To cope with the consequences of the armed clashes of the 1980s and the weak involvement of the government and NGOs in this remote area, the Association built a children’s center in TINGO MARIA, Amazonia.This Read more…
The Open University has been the catalyst for changing the lives of thousands, offering higher-level education to anyone who has the will and the perseverance. It gives many of those who, through the need to earn a living early in life, were denied higher education, a vital second chance. My Read more…
The Women Now organisation plays an important role in Syria, in Ghouta, Idlib and Aleppo and Lebanon, in the movement enabling women and girls to obtain education where little or none was available to them before. In order to train, educate and support Syrian women economically, professionally, socially and culturally Read more…
The organization I would like to recognize is called “Produções Fixe”, and it’s located in a village in Portugal. Their work in Non-Formal education is recognized at European Level, where they deliver several training courses and produce educational boardgames. The work that they have been doing, raised the recognition of Read more…
I’d like to recognize Don Presant of CanCred.ca. Don has been a tireless promoter of the values that accrue to individuals and organizations through the use of open badging and recognition systems. We have worked with Don through eCampusOntario.ca for the past two years, pilot testing badging recognition systems in Read more…
Olga has been instrumental to the development of ePortfolio in Russia since many years, and her work has made a valuable contribution to Open Recognition. She brings to her fortunate students the benefits of her passion for innovative education.