The 2025 IIOE Higher Education Digitalisation Pioneer Case Award hosted by the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI) is now open for applications from universities worldwide! It aims to recognise their proactive exploration, innovation, and implementation in the field of higher education digitalisation.
The award sets up a specific theme every two years, and rewards teams and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to further promoting digital transformation, improving the quality of higher education teaching and learning, achieving sustainable development, and supporting their exploration in promoting higher education innovation.
Pioneer Case Award
- Encouraging Educational Innovation: The Pioneer Case Award highlights institutions and individuals who lead transformative digital initiatives to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
- Promoting Good Practices: By showcasing successful digitalisation strategies, the award facilitates knowledge exchange and collaboration among higher education institutions globally.
- Advancing Educational Goals: The award supports the achievement of sustainable development objectives by leveraging digital technologies to improve the quality and accessibility of education worldwide.
The theme of this year’s Pioneer Case Award is “IIOE Ecosystem-driven Promising Practices: Empowering Workforce, Innovation, and Collaboration”, to discover teams and individuals who are making progress utilising the IIOE ecosystem to drive digital transformation in higher education.
Registration Deadline [Extended]: 30 May 2025
Application Submission Deadline [Extended]: 15 June 2025
Awards: 10 Higher Education Institution (HEI) awards + 10 enterprise honorary recognitions (CNY 70,000 or equivalent USD per award for HEI awardees)
IIOE Application Portal: https://www.iioe.org/#/microclass/index
2023 Winning Cases: https://en.ichei.org/Uploads/Download/2025-03-12/67d0edad65c65.pdf
