DigiEduHack is recruiting host organisations for its 2024 edition!

The 2024 edition of Digital Education Hackathon (DigiEduHack) kicked-off during the Digital Education Action Plan in Review Event on 29^th April 2024. Since then, four local challenges, or hackathons, have already been registered on www.digieduhack.com, and our goal is to reach many more until the Hackathon days take place in November!

This year, the local hackathons will take place between 8-17 November, under the theme ‘Imagining the digital education of the future’. By taking part in the different challenges – ranging from Access and Availability to Well-being in Digital Education – participants will be able to find digital solutions to current and pressing challenges in education. Join DigiEduHack today and be part of the future of Digital Education globally!

The initiative is open to anybody with an interest in digital education, with or without prior experience in hacking, from any age, sector or country. Participation entails a wide number of benefits:

For schools, hosting a hackathon can be the perfect way to promote digital skills among students, parents, and other staff members. It can boost students’ creativity and innovation, teach them important values such as teamwork and collaboration, and give them more confidence to express their voice. Hosting a hackathon will make schools think deeply about their educational needs and explore new educational technologies and digital tools, to eventually end up with solutions to their challenges which the whole school community could benefit from. This was the case of one of the hosts of the 2023 edition of DigiEduHack, Fondazione per la Scuola, whose team’s solution, "Schools as an Agent of Change Towards Sustainability”, became one of the four Global Winners.

For the public sector, hosting a hackathon can bring together diverse actors, such as educators, students, policymakers, or technology experts, each contributing with a wide range of backgrounds, ideas and opinions. These different actors will consequently lead to diverse challenges related to e.g. digital literacy, online safety, or equity in education, to name just a few. Fostering collaboration within the education ecosystem can contribute to innovation in the education technology (EdTech) sector, and address accessibility to educational opportunities. In 2021, the Dortmund City Council hosted a hackathon to create solutions to use digital technologies to enhance the learning processes of lower secondary school students of the city.

Another type of organisation susceptible to host a hackathon are private organisations such as start-ups or industry leaders, for instance Bonolab, which developed the solution KOIT to the challenge E-waste – Enabling Transformational Learning Through Digitalisation. In the case of private organisation, the hackathon would enable them to meet different stakeholders or new talents in the fields of education, technology, design, or entrepreneurship, who could be a great added value to their institution, project, or services. In addition, hackathons can also connect them with potential partners, investors and customers.

We welcome your support in spreading the word on DigiEduHack in your own networks, working groups and channels! Interested organisations can reach out to: contact@digieduhack.com, to receive answers to any questions. More information can also be found on DigiEduHack web page What is DigiEduHack? - DigiEduHack 2024, and in the webinars series containing all the information participants need to know.

We hope to see you at the DigiEduHack days!!

EAC NA Coordination Team