ICDL Asia Digital Educators Awards 2026 – Official Guide

ICDL Asia Digital Educators’ Awards is back! First held in 2024, this initiative is designed to empower the teaching profession by identifying and elevating the digital competencies of educators who are at the forefront of integrating technology into best practices. With digital transformation becoming a key aspect of our daily lives, the role of educators is pivotal in ensuring the digital readiness of learners for productivity and employability.

Through making informed decisions and leveraging digital tools effectively, educators can enhance their teaching experience and improve learning outcomes, ultimately raising the overall quality of education. Participants will showcase their innovative ideas and methodologies that demonstrate how ICT can support pedagogy, resulting in measurable positive impact towards educational achievement. This includes the opportunity for participants to complete an internationally recognised ICDL certification in our ICT in Education module.

ICDL – the International Certification of Digital Literacy – is the world’s leading digital skills certification. Since 1996, more than 17 million candidates have completed ICDL programmes across 100+ countries.

1. The Digital Educators’ Awards is open to all educators from ICDL Accredited Test Centres (ATCs) and their partner institutions / organisations in primary & secondary schools, colleges and universities (including vocational institutions), regardless of role or field of teaching.
2. Winners from previous editions are not eligible to participate.
3. All participants are required to submit their registration information to Danawa Education, which will handle the submission to ICDL Asia.

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5. Materials for the ICT in Education module will only be released to the participants upon payment being received and may take up to 14 working days for processing.
6. Registration will close on 31 July 2026.

ICT in Education Module

Participants are required to complete and pass the ICDL ICT in Education module.

Details:

• Participants will be given an ICDL Module Pack (including eBook) for the ICT in Education module.

  The module covers the usage of digital tools, including AI supplementation, across key competencies such as lesson planning, preparing classroom resources (e.g. quizzes, graphic organisers and simulations), evaluation (e.g. rubric generation, feedback generation, analysing student data), social tools (e.g. facilitated discussions, inclusion/equity), as well as student support (e.g. tutoring assistance, student wellbeing).

• Participants are required to complete the Certification Test for this module online.
  • Duration: 45 minutes (36 multiple-choice and hot-spot questions)
  • Passing score: 75%
• Upon passing the Certification Test, participants will be able to download their ICDL eCertificate immediately.
• Danawa Education will invigilate the Certification Test on-site or remotely. All results will be reviewed and verified by ICDL Asia.

Presentation Project

Participants are also required to complete a project as part of their submission.

Details:

• The theme of this project is ICT in Education: Harnessing ICT for Enhanced Learning Experiences.
• Participants are required to submit a set of presentation slides and a short video.
• Projects should include the participant’s ideas for pedagogically effective use of ICT to support and enhance the quality of teaching and learning. They should highlight best practices and innovative uses of ICT, while also explaining how they may address challenges faced in the classroom.
• The projects will be reviewed by a panel of reputable judges comprising experts from academia and industry.

Presentation Slides

Your presentation should:

• Clearly state its purpose, intended audience, and context.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of ICT and its applications in education.
• Highlight best practices and innovative uses of ICT to support and enhance teaching, learning and assessment.
• Explain how these applications address the challenges and opportunities in the classroom to enhance learning experiences.
• Outline a clear implementation strategy and define the criteria for measuring the success of ICT implementation (including specific metrics, indicators, feedback mechanisms, etc.).
• Be written in English. (Participants will not be judged on language proficiency)

Please submit your presentation slides and short video by 27 August 2026, 5pm (GMT+8), via email to [email protected]

The ICDL Asia Digital Educators’ Awards 2026 winners will be announced during an Awards Ceremony in conjunction with ICDL Asia Digital Literacy Day 2026, which is expected to be held in Johor Bahru (20-21 Oct 2026) and Singapore (22 Oct 2026).

• In addition to the Awards Ceremony, participants will also have access to conference sessions, industry visits, and expert workshops. Further details will be shared closer to the event dates.
• Awards will be presented on stage for winners who attend the ceremony physically (attendance is at their own costs).
• Danawa Education will contact winners for prizes that are not collected physically at the Awards Ceremony to confirm shipping arrangements and costs.

Awards

• Digital Educators’ Awards trophy for winners
• Digital certificate for participants who complete the awards submission requirements (in addition to the internationally recognised ICDL certification upon passing the ICT in Education module)
• Exclusive interview to be featured on ICDL Asia website and social media

Note: All prizes are not interchangeable with cash.