2025 Learning Impact Award Winners
1EdTech's Learning Impact Awards celebrate the most innovative and transformative products, services, and partnerships impacting teaching and learning worldwide.
Congratulations to the four winners announced at this year's Learning Impact USA Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana!
The top projects for 2025 in each Learning Impact category are:
Educational Insight, Attainment, and Planning
Digital Credentials
Learning Environment Infrastructure
Educational Accessibility and Personalization
- Bridge Builder: OneRoster API Integration with Ed-Fi ODS (Michigan DataHub and LearningMate/DoubleLine): Video | Paper
Evolution to Transformative Digital Learning Experiences/Environments
Teaching and Learning Innovation
Digital Resource, eText, and Learning App Innovation
- Expanding Course Materials Access: The Value, Impact, and Influence of Flexible Access at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and VitalSource): Video | Paper
Honorable Mentions
Projects are organized by their Learning Impact Trend Category and listed alphabetically, with their resources linked at the end.
Educational Insight, Attainment, and Planning
Assessment Enhancement with Digital Technology
- Better Courses in Less Time: Wichita State Wins Big with AI in Blackboard (Wichita State University and Blackboard by Anthology): Video | Paper
- Trial for the National Medical Licensing Examination CBT with Video and Audio-Enhanced Questions (Japan Council for Quality Health Care and Jichi Medical University): Video | Paper
Digital Credentials
- Badge Engine: Open-Source Badging Solution (Digital Promise): Video | Paper
- Georgia Tech’s Digital Credential Journey: An Evolution from Internal to External Learner Badge Use (Georgia Institute of Technology): Video | Paper
- XCredit: Integrating Multiple Systems to Empower Learners with Verified Skills (Education Design Lab and Unicon): Video | Paper
Education-to-Work Partnerships
- From Learning to Earning: Jones' College OWC's Workforce Training Revolution with Drieam (Jones College’s Online Workforce College and Drieam): Video | Paper
Learning Analytics
Learning Environment Infrastructure
Educational Accessibility and Personalization
- Easy Language Mark Up Tool (Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers (ATAC) – Indiana University): Video | Paper
Educational Application, Content, and Media Infrastructure
- From Template to Wizard: Embedding Best Practice While Offering Choice Across a Large Multicampus (Indiana University): Video | Paper
Evolution to Transformative Digital Learning Experiences/Environments
- Colorado District Leverages the Power of AI to Save Staff Time and Engage Students (Colorado Springs School District 11 and PowerSchool): Video | Paper
- Empowering Lifelong Learners: Skillsline's Approach to Building Durable Human Skills with MagicBox (Skillsline and MagicBox): Video | Paper
Teaching and Learning Innovation
Adaptive Learning, Online Homework, and Assessment
- Multi-Platform Education Content Delivery System to Mitigate Learning Loss (International Rescue Committee): Video | Paper
Collaborative Digital Learning