DEA What does winning mean?
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Sean Connick | Published: 19th September 2025
The 2024 Digital Education Awards brought together innovators who are redefining how we teach and learn in a digital age. Winning an award isn’t just about recognition, it validates the dedication behind each product and opens new opportunities for growth, collaboration, and impact. Here’s what the winners of each category say about what winning means to them.
Gold Winner: K12’s Teaching & Learning Team (Stride)
“I think for us the Digital Education Awards are so important and critical for us as we’re a leader in this digital space. But I think it also just really makes us feel like our impact is reaching where we want to reach.” — Niyoka McCoy
Children’s Home Learning Product of the Year: WordTag by Mrs Wordsmith
“It’s just so nice to be seen and to be honored. So it’s a nice validation of our mission. Obviously, it boosts our credibility.” — Brandon Cardet Hernandez
Adult Home Learning Product of the Year: Learning with Experts
“It does give us the credibility and recognition that we are truly innovating in this space.” — Elspeth Briscoe
Digital Language Learning Product of the Year: All Right
“Winning the award is a huge boost for our team, and it shows parents that they can trust us with their kids’ education. It also opens up new opportunities in different
markets.” — Oleg Oksyuk
Digital Adaptive Learning Product of the Year: BrightCHAMPS
“This is a validation of our efforts, which we are making to improve the experience for kids and parents. From a company point of view, it motivates the morale of the people who are behind the scenes working.” — Ravi Bhushan
Digital Health and Wellbeing Learning Product of the Year: Adeena's Story (University College Birmingham)
“It was really wonderful news to hear that we won an award.” — Ossie Goldhill
Digital Learning Management System (LMS) of the Year: Evolve
“This award means a lot for us and first of all, it shows that we’ve chosen the correct path, at least today. And second of all, it is confirmation of our work and our success.” — Stan Suchkov
AI in Digital Education Product of the Year: Graide
“Winning this award is huge, it’s recognized both nationally and internationally and one thing as a relatively new start-up is that recognition helps codify our offering.” — Manjinder Kainth
New Digital Course of the Year: Seven Steps Teacher Hub, Narrative Writing Course
“Winning this award has been huge for our business. We’ve been shortlisted for some
international awards but this is our first win.” — Sarah Bakker
Digital Arts Education Product of the Year: Creative Media Passport
“For us as a team to be recognized that what we’re doing is of value, that’s been immensely important. It gives confidence to all of our team.” — Peter Baxter
These reflections from the 2024 winners illustrate how innovation, collaboration, and passion can transform learning experiences. Whether through game-based challenges, adaptive platforms, live expert-led classes, or AI-powered assessment, each product shows a different path toward better education.
Time is in short supply to enter this year’s awards, the deadline is 30 September. If your organisation is reshaping how people learn, don’t miss the chance to join the next cohort of Digital Education Awards winners.
Think you’ve got what it takes to win? Enter now for a chance to showcase your product, gain industry recognition.
Check out our YouTube channel for the full interviews from last year’s amazing winners.
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