E-Learning and blended learning are now well integrated into teaching and training. This method of education is being used from preschool through to postgraduate study, not to mention in business and industry.  

However, examples of high performing e-Learning applications are hard to find. For this reason, in 2015, ACPIL established the e-Learning Excellence Awards to showcase innovative examples of e-Learning use. These examples are presented through case histories which can be written by academics, teachers, business professionals or students. Examples are welcome from universities or schools as well as the private and public sectors. The Awards are now in their eleventh year and the finals will be run alongside the European Conference on e-Learning, which is on tour in Lund, Sweeden on the 22-23 October 2026. 

The winners of the 2025 e-Learning Excellence Awards were:  EyeSim: Transforming Ophthalmology and Optometry Education Through VR, Michael Hennessy, Timothy Dodds, Brian Landrigan, Graham Hannah, Xueqing Lu, Vanessa Honson University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

You can read the case history and the other finalists in the 2024 Anthology of Case Histories, available from www.academic-bookshop.com  

A prize of $500USD will be awarded to the winner of 12th e-Learning Excellence Awards.

To enter the competition this year we ask you in the first instance to submit an abstract of 300 words describing your initiative. If your proposal is suitable you will be invited to submit a full case history of no more than 3000 words which will be considered as an entry to the competition. A panel of international adjudicators will evaluate the case histories.  

When preparing your abstract, keep in mind that full case histories will be structured around the following headings:  

1. Introduction to the nature of the e-Learning initiative and its specific objectives
2. The infrastructure i.e. people, systems, hardware, software etc. required to launch the initiative
3. The challenges that were encountered, how they developed and how they were overcome
4. How the initiative was received by the users or participants
5. The learning outcomes that were achieved and how they were measured and evaluated
6. Plans to further develop the initiative.

Authors of the top rated initiatives will be invited to register and attend the European Conference on e-Learning  at Lund University on 22–23rd October 2026 to present their case histories to the judges and conference participants. Finalists will also have their case histories published in a book and a prize will be awarded to the initiative judged to show the most creative thinking.  

All presenters in the awards must attend the physical conference.

To submit an abstract to the competition, please use the online form:  

https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecel/ecel-awards-submission

 Important Dates 

Abstract Submission – 14 May 2026

Notification of Abstract Acceptance – 28 May 2026

Full Case History Submission – 07 July 2026

Finalists announced –07 August 2026

If you have any queries, email: marti@academic-conferences.org

Further information about the European Conference on e-Learning can be found at:

https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecel/