I. To encourage teachers to engage in open education and achieve the UN SDGs Goal 4: Ensuring equitable, high-quality, and lifelong learning, we are holding an Open Education Excellence Award competition, establishing the "Open Education Excellent Course Award" and the "Open Education Digital Teaching Resource Utilization Award," inviting colleges and universities to participate.

II. Open Education Digital Teaching Resource Utilization Award: This award is for college and university teachers whose teaching methods incorporate open education resources (such as courses using filmed OCW or MOOC videos as teaching materials, courses using Open Textbook as teaching materials, or lesson plans combining and integrating other OER resources). The competition is divided into two groups: a school group and an individual group. Each school can recommend one teacher to participate in the school group, while individuals can register independently.

III. Open Education Excellent Course Award: This award recognizes colleges and universities that have continuously promoted open education courses (OCW, MOOCs, etc.), completed open course videos with CC authorization, and which have not previously received external awards. The awards are divided into two groups: OCW and MOOCs (or Micro-learning). Each school may recommend one course from each group.

IV. Application Deadline: 12:00 noon on June 12, 2026 (Friday).

V. Registration: Please register through the 2026 Taiwan Open Education Excellence Award application system (www.tocec.org.tw) under the "Latest News" section of the alliance website.

VI. The review results are expected to be announced on the alliance website before September 30, 2026.

VII. Award Ceremony and Experience Sharing: The organizers plan to invite the instructors of the recipients of the Special Excellence and Excellent awards to participate in the Open Education International Symposium, the Taiwan Educational Technology Exhibition, or events organized by OE Global to share their experiences. The location and format will be announced separately to the winners and their recommending schools. 8. Participation in the OE Global OE Award Selection: Teachers who receive the Outstanding Award in the School Group of the "Open Education Digital Teaching Resource Utilization Award" will be recommended to participate in the OE Award selection event held by the Open Education Global Organization in May of the following year.

9. Attached is the "2026 Taiwan Open Education Excellence Award Selection Implementation Plan".