Learning Impact Awards
2026 Winners
1EdTech's Learning Impact Awards celebrate the most innovative and transformative products, services, and partnerships impacting teaching and learning worldwide.
Congratulations to the winners announced at this year's Learning Impact Conference in San Francisco!
The top projects for 2026 in each Learning Impact category are:
Educational Insight, Attainment, and Planning
Digital Credentials
OZONE-EDU: University-Led Micro-Credentials for Lifelong Teacher Professional Learning (Osaka Kyoiku University) 1EdTech Japan Society 2025 Competition Winner: Video | Paper
Learning Environment Infrastructure
Digital Learning Networks
Panorama Instructional Analytics (Penn State University): Video | Paper
Teaching and Learning Innovation
AI-Augmented Learning Experiences
Learnvia: Free, AI-Enabled Courseware Turning Gateway Math from Roadblock into Runway (Carnegie Mellon University and Unicon): Video | Paper
2026 Honorable Mentions
Projects are organized by their Learning Impact Trend Category and listed alphabetically, with their project resources linked at the end.
Educational Insight, Attainment, and Planning
Competency-Based Innovation
- One Platform. One Survey. Delivering PISA 2025 to the World — Online and Offline (Australian Council for Educational Research and Open Assessment Technologies): Video | Paper
Digital Credentials
- Articulating Marketable Skills and Career Readiness at Dallas College Through Digital Badges (Dallas College): Video | Paper
- The University of Georgia's Comprehensive Learner Record (University of Georgia): Video | Paper
Student Success and Outcomes-Based Learning Support Services
Educational Accessibility and Personalization
- Beyond Compliance: Developing Scalable AI Workflows for Accessible PDF Remediation (San Jose State University): Video | Paper
- VPAT Evaluator (Center for Distributed Learning, University of Central Florida): Video | Paper
Teaching and Learning Innovation
AI-Augmented Learning Experiences
- Scaling the Doer Effect: How Bookshelf CoachMe Uses AI-Generated Practice to Drive Student Success (Cal Poly Pomona and VitalSource): Video | Paper