Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2017 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives making Informatics education available to all.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognizes outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching/dissemination effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2017 Award is devoted to curriculum and professional development initiatives for making Informatics education available to all, The Award will honour original contributions that emphasize successful initiatives for teaching of informatics fundamentals in one of the following areas:

• Reaching out to non-traditional audiences, e.g., in continuing professional development or to senior citizens.
• Educating the general public, e.g., with respect to data security and privacy.
• Including Informatics education in other curricula, e.g., in general teacher training.

Experiences and reports showing how to use software or hardware tools in order to improve learning in other disciplines than Informatics will not be considered.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Board and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams).

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the curricula materials to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: June 1, 2017
• Notification of winner(s): August 1, 2017

The Award will be presented at the 13th European Computer Science Summit, in Lisbon, 23-25 October 2017, where the winner or winners (one representative in the case of an institution) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Jan Vahrenhold, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Chair)
• Mordechai Ben-Ari, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Michael E. Caspersen, Aarhus University
• Kathi Fisler, Brown University
• Lisa Kaczmarczyk, Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting LLC
• Aiko Pras, University of Twente

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2016 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives promoting Informatics education in primary and secondary schools.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognizes outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching/dissemination effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2016 Award is devoted to curriculum and professional development initiatives for promoting Informatics in schools as a mandatory subject for all students, initiatives at the (upper) secondary level are particularly encouraged. The Award will honor original contributions that emphasize successful initiatives for teaching of Informatics fundamentals in schools. Experiences and reports showing how to use software or hardware tools in order to improve learning in other disciplines than informatics will not be considered.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Board and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams).

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the curricula materials to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: June 1, 2016
• Notification of winner(s): August 1, 2016

The Award will be presented at the 12th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2016) in Budapest, Hungary, October 2016, where the winner or winners (one representative in the case of an institution) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Michael E. Caspersen, Aarhus University (Chair)
• Gerard Berry, Collège de France
• Muffy Calder, University of Glasgow
• Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel
• Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Lauri Malmi, Aalto University
• Carsten Schulte, Paderborn University
• Letizia Tanca, Politecnico di Milano

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2020 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to educational initiatives that promote lifelong education in Informatics as a mean to reduce the talent gap. 

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognises outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education;
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community;
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond.

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2020 Education Award Theme is Lifelong Education and Talent Gap in Informatics. The winner will be an outstanding European Informatics educational initiative that promotes lifelong education in Informatics as a mean to reduce the talent gap. Experiences in this area, as well as new educational approaches with some evidence of their effectiveness, are welcomed.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Education Working Group and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams). Moreover, noteworthy runners up may also be included as exemplars of best practice in future Informatics Europe publications.

Proposals should be submitted only at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2020

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: 15 June 2020
• Notification of winner(s): 1 August 2020

The Award will be presented at the 16th European Computer Science Summit, which will be held online on 26-28 October 2020, where a representative of the winning institution(s) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Chair)
• Ismael García-Varea, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
• Jean-Marc Jézéquel, IRISA / University of Rennes, France
• Michael Kölling, King's College London, UK
• Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
• Gabriela Marcu, University of Michigan, US

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2021 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to educational initiatives in the domain of cybersecurity, understood in a broad sense, including related questions such as user empowerment and control of personal data, and digital legal education.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognises outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education;
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community;
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond.

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2021 Education Award Theme is Cybersecurity. The winner will be an outstanding European Informatics educational initiative in the domain of cybersecurity, understood in a broad sense, including related questions such as user empowerment and control of personal data, and digital legal education (right to be forgotten, freedom of speech, anonymity versus trust and security, crowdsourcing versus legacy manufacturing, etc.). This concerns not only students, but also teachers, industry and service providers, citizens of all ages. Experiences in this area, as well as new educational approaches with some evidence of their effectiveness, are welcomed.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Education Working Group and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams). Moreover, noteworthy runners up may also be included as exemplars of best practice in future Informatics Europe publications.

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: 1 June 2021
  
• Notification of winner(s): 1 August 2021

The Award will be presented at the 17th European Computer Science Summit, which will be held 25-27 October 2021 in Madrid (if the COVID-19 situation allows), where a representative of the winning institution(s) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Jean-Marc Jézéquel, IRISA / University of Rennes, France (Chair)
• Ismael García-Varea, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
• Gabriela Marcu, University of Michigan, US
• Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Alexander Pretschner, TU Munich, Germany
• Lili Nemec Zlatolas, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2018 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives transforming Informatics education.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognizes outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education;
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community;
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond.

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2018 Award is devoted to European educational innovation that transforms Informatics teaching in the classroom or beyond, at school or university level, or outside of institutions. Innovation may be technology-based (for example using instructional technologies, MOOCs, learning analytics, etc.) or pedagogical. The Award will honour original contributions that focus on innovative Informatics teaching practice.

Experiences and reports showing how to use software or hardware tools in order to improve learning in other disciplines than Informatics will not be considered.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Board and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams).

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: June 1, 2018
• Notification of winner(s): August 1, 2018

The Award will be presented at the 14th European Computer Science Summit, in Gothenburg, Sweden, 8-10 October 2018, where the winner or winners (one representative in the case of an institution) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Michael Kölling, King's College London, UK (Chair)
• Michal Armoni, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Tim Bell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Peter Hubwieser, Technische Universität München, Germany
• Peter McOwen, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Arnold Pears, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
• Jan Vahrenhold, Universität Münster, Germany

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2022 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives educating the workforce for the digital transformation.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognises outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education;
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community;
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution(s) and beyond.

Examples of impact include course results, traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries.

The 2022 Education Award Theme is educating the workforce for the digital transformation. The winner will be an outstanding European informatics educational initiative that prepares the workforce for the digital transformation in the classroom or beyond, at school or university level, or outside of institutions. Educational initiatives may be technology-based (for example, using instructional technologies, MOOCs, learning analytics, etc.) or pedagogical. Experiences in this area, as well as new educational approaches with some evidence of their effectiveness, are welcomed.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Education Task Force and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams). Moreover, noteworthy runners-up may also be included as exemplars of best practice in future Informatics Europe publications.

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: 30 June 2022
  
• Notification of winner(s): August 2022

The Award will be presented at the 18th European Computer Science Summit, which will be held between 24 and 26 October 2022 in Hamburg where a representative of the winning institution(s) will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Ismael García-Varea, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (Chair)
• Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
• Jean-Marc Jézéquel, IRISA / University of Rennes, France
• Kim Mens, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Lili Nemec Zlatolas, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Violetta Lonati, University of Milan, Italy

Further inquiries:

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Informatics Europe proudly announces its 2019 Best Practices in Education Award devoted to initiatives targeting Inclusive Education of different student groups such as the elderly, immigrants or people with functional diversity.

The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award recognises outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their institutions of origin.

The Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe that:

• has made a measurable difference in Informatics education;
• is widely applicable and useful for the teaching community;
• has made a measurable impact in its original institution and beyond.

Examples of impact include course results, e-accessibility frameworks and techniques, such as guidelines or frameworks based on robotics; traditional and online courses, learners’ projects, textbooks, professional development, and influence on the curriculum of other institutions/countries. The initiatives are not limited to programming but include design and use of technology.

The 2019 Award is devoted to outstanding European educational innovations that address Inclusion in Informatics teaching in the classroom or beyond, at school or university level, or outside of institutions. Innovation maybe technology-based (for example using instructional technologies, MOOCs, learning analytics, etc.) or pedagogical. The Award honours original contributions that focus on innovative Informatics teaching practice toward Inclusion.

Experiences and reports showing how to use software or hardware tools in order to improve inclusion and learning in other disciplines than informatics will not be considered.

The Award is sponsored by Microsoft and carries a prize of EUR 5,000.

The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (www.coe.int), or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Education Working Group and of the Award Committee are not eligible.

The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals (individuals or teams).

The proposal should include:

• Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;
• Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an individual or a group;
• Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);
• Evidence of availability of the outcomes of the initiative to the teaching community (max 2 pages);
• Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);
• A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting material);
• One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come for example from school or university management, associations, or colleagues in the same or another institution.

Deadlines:

• Proposal: June 1, 2019
• Notification of winner(s): August 1, 2019

The Award will be presented at the 15th European Computer Science Summit, in Rome, October 28-30, 2019, where a representative of the winning institution will be invited to give a talk on their achievements.

Award Committee:

• Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Chair)
• Michal Armoni, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Tone Bratteteig, University of Oslo, Norway
• Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida, US
• Michael Kölling, King's College London, UK
• Monica Landoni, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
• Gabriela Marcu, University of Michigan, US
• Jan Vahrenhold, University of Münster, Germany

Further inquiries:

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Established in 2011

Informatics Europe presents the Best Practices in Education Award annually to promote teaching quality in informatics. The Award recognises outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline. Each year the Award has a different theme, and the winning initiatives demonstrate their applicability beyond their original institutions. Previous award themes have covered a range of topics, including:

• educational efforts in various informatics domains: cybersecurity; embedded and mobile computing; parallelism and concurrency,
• lifelong education and talent gap in informatics,
• inclusive education,
• transforming informatics education,
• informatics education for all,
• informatics education in primary and secondary schools.

Our last Award, in 2022, was about exceptional European informatics educational initiatives that prepare the workforce for digital transformation in the classroom or beyond, at the school or university level, or outside of institutions. On the the right of this webpage, you can find a list of previous awards, featuring the best practices of each year's winning proposal(s).

Call for Sponsorship

The Best Practices in Education Award is currently on hold as we search for a new sponsor. Sponsoring the Award demonstrates your commitment to promoting excellent informatics education initiatives that benefit society. This provides your brand with exposure and opportunities to build rewarding relationships and make a positive impact in the European informatics community. Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to learn how to become our Award sponsor.

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