Awards
The Extension School and its instructors and staff are the proud recipient of several awards that highlight our position as Lifelong Learning (LLL) global leaders and providers.
QS Reimagine Education Awards
These ‘Oscars’ of Education reward innovative approaches that enhance student learning outcomes and employability. This global competition recognises the exceptional efforts of educators, institutions, and edtech start-ups in preparing learners for the challenges of the future. The winning project is chosen from a cohort of 1,200 application and undergoes four rounds of evaluation led by a group of 900 international higher education and edtech expert judges. It is selected in its category for having achieved a world-class standard in educational innovation and outstanding levels of scalability and efficacy.
Year awarded: 2023.
edX Prize
This annual award by the edX global online learning platform recognizes educators for their exceptional contributions to online teaching and learning and who through their courses and programs continue to inspire and engage edX learners everywhere. Award criteria include: effective and engaging teaching methods, communication and community to support learning, course innovation with an emphasis on learner-centred design, and learner success and satisfaction.
Open Education Awards for Excellence
These international awards are bestowed by OE Global (formerly the Open Education Consortium) during its Open Education Global Conference, to reward distinctive open education initiatives and platforms, notable open courses, technological innovations, exemplary leaders in open education worldwide.
Years awarded: 2023, 2016, 2015, 2014
Open Education Ambassador Award
In occasion of Open Education Week, the TU Delft Extension School for Continuing Education annually celebrates one TU Delft lecturer per faculty for their commitment to openly share knowledge and educational resources with the world through their activities in online education and their advocacy of open practices.
Education 2.0 Leadership Award
The Education 2.0 Conference reimagines the education space and spotlights disruptive technologies, tools and practices that have the potential to reshape the future of learning. With this award it recognises an exemplary leader who promotes and inspires others in lifelong learning education. The award criteria include five parameters: leader’s reputation, educational background, professional experience, creative thinking, and decisive leadership.
Year awarded: 2022
OE Global President's Award
Part of the OE Global Education Awards for Excellence, this prize is presented by the Board of Directors to an institution or an individual in celebration of their exceptional contributions to the field of open education and their long standing advocacy and contributions to ‘open education for all’.
Year awarded: 2021
SURF Education Award
With this annual prize, SURF – the ICT cooperation organisation for education and research in the Netherlands – recognises people in the field of education (intermediate vocational, higher vocational, and university of applied sciences) who are committed to educational innovation with the aid of ICT and who help making learning accessible for individuals around the globe.
Year awarded: 2021
UNESCO OER Award
In occasion of the 10th anniversary of the international Open Education Awards for Excellence, a special edition Award that recognizes institutions or individuals for their leadership in advancing the UNESCO OER Recommendation (about the implementation of open educational resources) in their own practices.
Year awarded: 2021
The Wharton Awards for Reimagining Education
This prize is awarded by the Wharton School-SEI Centre at the University of Philadelphia, and by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, compiler of the QS World University Rankings. It recognises excellence in educational resources and in new teaching methods that focus on active learning and on using technology to tailor education to individuals’ needs. The awarding criteria is based on three pillars: innovation, impact and depth or scalability.
Years awarded: 2016, 2015, 2014
EDEN ‘Best Practice Initiative Award’
Awarded by the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) it rewards new initiatives that share knowledge and promote best practices in distance and e-learning amongst professionals in Europe and beyond.
Year awarded: 2016
EMOOCS Outstanding Paper & Video Award
Bestowed in conjunction with the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, it recognises top-quality educational research on trends, approaches, methods and developments in digital education and on the future of learning.
Year awarded: 2016
The Orange Carpet Award
Presented by Nuffic – the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education – it recognises outstanding initiatives that promote the internationalisation of higher education institutes in the Netherlands.
Year awarded: 2016
