# Winner of the Open Practices Award 2021 for Open Innovation **URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/winner-of-the-open-practices-award-2021-for-open-innovation/3257 **Category:** OEAwards for Excellence **Tags:** 2021award **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/winner-of-the-open-practices-award-2021-for-open-innovation/3257 "2021-10-28T21:46:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![marcela](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/marcela/32/54_2.png) [@marcela](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/marcela) #### Post date: [October 28, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/winner-of-the-open-practices-award-2021-for-open-innovation/3257/1 "2021-10-28T21:46:52Z")
For announcement October 29, 2021 meet [winners in another category of the Open Practices Awards](https://awards.oeglobal.org/?page_id=11016). > Open Practices are collective behaviors and techniques that open up access to educational opportunities. These practices promote and support the use of open educational resources, technologies, and social networks to facilitate collaborative and flexible teaching and learning. ## Open Innovation Outstanding innovation that brings a new approach to open education. Ideas or solutions that present innovative applications of OER to create new opportunities or address existing challenges in open education. The winner is… ### Τοgether: An open collaborative picture book project [https://zenodo.org/record/4703978#.YOqv4ehKg2w](https://zenodo.org/record/4703978#.YOqv4ehKg2w) GOGN picture book team, United Kingdom ![Together book cover](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6b15d10496dcf69c920613ec2fcd8a9c99d557cb.jpeg) A group of Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) members, alumni and friends from different parts of the world (see names in rationale document) supported by a GO-GN Fellowship and the wider open education community collaborated online over 6 months (Oct 20 to March 21) to co-create the innovative picture book “Together” about the values of open education. An ambitious undertaking and the very first of its kind. To help raise awareness and spread the values of open education to new audiences and connect efforts locally and globally in an alternative and creative way, across generations, cultures and sectors and help us truly connect with and value each other. > **[GO-GN Picture Book |](https://go-gn.net/go-gn-picture-book/)** > > Together Nerantzi, Chrissi; Pulker, Helene; Bentley, Penny; Corti, Paola; Roberts, Verena; Fransman, Gino; Frank, Odysseas; Mathers, Bryan About the story This picture book is for young children and adults alike. It can be read and explored together.... The illustrations are remixed with details of exhibits from the [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/), Amsterdam, available under CC0 and inspired by [Annemies Broekgaarden keynote](https://collegerama.tudelft.nl/Mediasite/Showcase/oer2018/Presentation/99c3566d4b974efdb48b6228fafbbdf81d) at [OEGlobal18 in Delft](https://conference.oeglobal.org/2018/). “Together” is licensed under a CC-BY-NC license. Picture books have never been just for young children. “Together” is designed with a cross-generational readership in mind and engages individuals and groups imaginatively using metaphors, creative storytelling to make sense of who we are and what we can achieve together based on the values of open education. The story is about three friends who went on an adventure down the river to build a playground. On their way they meet other animals who seem to put obstacles in their way. Read the story to discover what happens next. “Together” is available in a range of editable formats and languages to model how OER can be used, remixed, and adapted easily for different contexts. The story is currently available in 23 languages, all fully editable. The illustrations are available too together with the Doodlefan ([gognoer.github.io](http://gognoer.github.io)) software that has been adapted for “Together” and creates unlimited visual and multilingual opportunities for expression to take the seeds of this story and remix new scenes and new stories. > [@Together: The Values of Open Education. Collaborating Internationally and Creating an Openly Licensed Picture Book. Now what? #GOGN async](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/together-the-values-of-open-education-collaborating-internationally-and-creating-an-openly-licensed-picture-book-now-what-gogn/2229): > > Gino Fransman (Nelson Mandela University/ OpenEdInfluencers), Chrissi Nerantzi (Manchester Metropolitan University), Paola Corti (Politecnico di Milano), Ody Frank (Clarendon Six-Form College) ‘Together’ is an openly licensed, free and collaborative picture book and an Open Educational Resource (OER). Together is co-created by a small group of open practitioners and researchers in Higher Education (HE) who are across many countries and continents and supported by a 2020 Global OER Graduate Netwo… [![](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bf416598f3dc2a3fc8d0416d988608ce27e08a41.jpeg "Together - A picture storybook about the values of Open") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkI9Nhb3N7s) ## Congratulations! Please reply and extend your congratulations to the winners or ask them any questions about their award winning efforts.