Awards
2024 EdTech Digest Awards
– Winner: Professional Development Learning Solution
2024 SIIA CODiE Awards
– Finalist: Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers
2023 SIIA CODiE Awards
– Winner: Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers
2023 EdTech Digest Awards
– Finalist: Professional Development Learning Solution, Collaboration Solution, Badging/Credentialing Solution
2022 SIIA CODiE Awards
– Winner: Best Professional Learning Solution for Educators
– Winner: Best Collaborative Solution for Teachers
2022 EdTech Digest Awards
– Winner: Professional Development Learning Solution
– Finalist: Online Courses / MOOC Solution, EdTech Company Setting a Trend
– Finalist: Visionary, Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO
2020 Awards
– SIIA CODiE Award Finalist, Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty & Administrative Staff
– SIIA CODiE Award Finalist, Best Collaborative Community Solution for Educators
– EdTech Digest Award Finalist, Professional Development Learning Solution
– SIPA Award Finalist, Best Webinar, E-Learning, or Online Training Program
2019 Awards
– SIIA CODiE Award Winner for Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty & Administrative Staff
– EdTech Digest Finalist, Professional Development Learning Solution
2018 Awards
– SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Overall Education Solution
– SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Collaborative Social Media Solution for Educators
– SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty & Administrative Staff
– AASL Best Websites for Teaching & Learning
– EdTech Digest Finalist, Professional Skills Solution, Professional Development Learning Solution
2017 Awards
– EdTech Digest Trendsetter Award Winner
– SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty & Administrative Staff
2016 SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Collaborative Social Media Solution for Educators
2015 SIIA CODiE Award Winner, Best Collaborative Social Media Solution for Educators
2014 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist, Best Professional Learning Solution for Educators
2013 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist, Best Professional Learning Solution for Educators
2012 Edublog Award: Best Free and Open Professional Development for Educators
Publications/Research
SIIA Case Study: Advancing AI Literacy with edWeb.net. January 2025. SIIA is the voice for the specialized information industry. Members provide data, content and information that drives the global economy, informs financial networks and connects learners and educators. This case study demonstrates how edWeb’s practices are aligned with the Education Technology Industry’s Principles for the Future of AI in Education.
edWeb Best Practices for Virtual Professional Learning 2022. The only guide and framework focused on virtual professional learning. There are 9 best practices, organized into 3Cs (communication, content, and customization), that are aligned with practical activities that can be implemented easily with edWeb.
Publishing in the Digital Age: How Business Can Thrive in a Rapidly Changing Environment by Michael N. Ross, 2022. edWeb.net is featured as a case study in the chapter, “EdTech: closing the digital divide.”
InnovateHERS: Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top by Barbara Kurshan and Kathy Hurley, 2022. Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO of edWeb.net, is a featured entrepreneur.
SIIA Education Case Studies 2021. edWeb.net is one of the case studies submitted by SIIA to the US Department of Education as part of their Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearing House to provide critical insights to how the industry responded in an historic event, connecting, educating and closing the gap for the most in-need and at-risk students.
PreK-12 Professional Learning Market 2020 by Simba Information
School Library Connection Review, January/February 2018 Issue
edWeb Case Study: Rock Valley Community School District by Cambridge Learning Group, 2017
Top 10 for PLNS by Tech & Learning, 2017
10 EdTech Resources for School Administrators by The Edvocate, 2017
eSchool News’ #10 most-read story, 2017
Leading Professional Learning: Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers by Thomas C. Murray and Jeffrey (Jeff) J. Zoul, 2015
How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix by the editors of EdSurge, 2014
Designing Professional Learning by AITSL in partnership with Learning Forward, 2014
Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers by Debbie Abilock and Kristin Fontichiaro, 2012