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Join our DigiEduHack to connect with other educational professionals and innovators to co-create the future of education. Help us tackle the challenges higher education is currently facing in the field of enriching learning spaces, the co-creation of educational resources and the open recognition of skills and competences. Experts and mentors will coach and support your team during 24 hours in finding the best solutions to the challenge you want to tackle. The best teams can win €5000 in a global award contest.
We are looking for participants to solve one of our digital education challenges - sign up now, we only have a limited number of seats.
Students
Teachers or educators
Researchers
Innovators
Education professionals
Other
Check out our schedule for the 24 hour DigiEduHack event.
03 October 11:00
Welcome and registration
Welcome to the event. Lets have a blast!
03 October 11:30
Challenge pitches
To get you more familiar with the three challenges the challenge "owners" are going to pitch each challenge in order for you to gain more insights in its scope.
03 October 12:00
Introduction to design thinking
Isabelle Vandevyvere, lab master, is facilitating this workshop on design thinking. This session will help you to keep your focus throughout your hack.
03 October 12:45
Hack groups
It's time to choose the challenge you want to work on and meet your fellow hackers.
03 October 13:00
Lunch & meetup with your coach and fellow hackers
Time for lunch. Lunch will be served in a buffet style manner. During lunch you can catch up with your fellow hackers and get to know your coach.
03 October 14:00
Hack begins
It's time to get hacking! Your coach will help you getting started and will be available throughout the hackathon to help and support you.
03 October 17:00
Inspiration session on IoT - Hack the museum
Pieter-Jan Pauwels, innovation lead at Foresight Digipolis, will inspire you in how IoT can be used in public spaces.
03 October 17:45
Hack continues
The hack continues. Your coach will help you stay focused and on track and will be available throughout the hackathon to help and support you.
03 October 19:15
Inspirational session
Karen Triquet is passionate about learning: Educational innovation, literacies, leveraging digital and data. She will give you lots of ideas to take into account!
03 October 20:15
Dinner
It's time for dinner! Dinner will be served in a buffet style manner. You can either take a break or grab something to eat and continue being amazing.
03 October 21:15
Hack continues
The hack continues. Your coach will help you stay focused and on track and will be available throughout the hackathon to help and support you.
03 October 23:15
Pitch training
Pitching a solution is a very important aspect of a hackathon. Sander Spek, one the coaches, will give you pointers and insights in how to create a perfect pitch!
04 October 00:00
Hack continues
The hack continues. Your coach will help you stay focused and on track and will be available throughout the hackathon to help and support you.
04 October 01:00
Midnight yoga
It's time to get energised again. This energetic yoga session will pump up your mental muscles to help you getting through the night!
04 October 01:00
Time for a (power) nap
You don't feel like joining the yoga session and rather have a short rest? No problem, we will have hammocks at your disposal that will gently rock you to sleep.
04 October 01:45
Hack continues
The hack continues. Your coach will help you stay focused and on track and will be available throughout the hackathon to help and support you.
04 October 05:30
Morning walk
Let's discover Ghent by night! A brisk morning walk prior to breakfast will clear up your mind getting ready for the last stretch of the hackathon.
04 October 06:00
Breakfast
Breakfast and coffee (lots of coffee) will be served in a buffet style manner.
04 October 07:00
Hack continues
The hack comes to and end. It's time to start working on your pitch. Your coach will help you during the last stretch of the hackathon.
04 October 09:00
Solution pitches
The jury has arrived and is all ears! Now it's up to you and your team to convince them about the greatness you developed during the past 24 hours.
04 October 09:45
Voting and prizes
The jury will decide on the team that came up with the greatest solution(s) for the challenge(s) and which team can go home with one of the prizes.
04 October 10:15
Thank you & wrap up
Picture time! The 24h hackathon came to an end. It's time to say our goodbyes.
All participants will be awarded with an Open Badge. The teams with the best solution will win the following prizes, in addition to competing in the final global DigiEduHack award contest: 1st place: Fnac coupon of 350 euro, 2nd place: Fnac coupon of 250 euro and 3rd place: Fnac coupon of 200 euro.
The DigiEduHack will be facilitated by amazing speakers, coaches, a great jury and crew behind the scenes! A big shoutout to these wonderful people.
Pieter-Jan Pauwels
Speaker inspiration session
Innovation lead at Foresight Digipolis
Isabelle Vandevyvere
Speaker inspiration session
Lab master at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Karen Triquet
Speaker inspiration session
PhD Researcher, Smart Education Research Lead imec-SMIT, and BILD Core Member EDWE, VUB
Sander Spek
Coach
Researcher and lecturer at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Philippe De Pauw - Waterschoot
Coach
Lecturer at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Olivier Parent
Coach
Lecturer at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Lennert Holvoet
Coach
Librarian at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Margot Vanden Bossche
Coach
Coach & Coordinator Idea Factory at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Imran Uddin
Member of the jury
Director of education and student policies at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Bert Callens
Member of the jury
Director of digital transformation and facilty services at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Hilde Van Puyenbroeck
Member of the jury
Head of educational development and internationalisation at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
Kaat Delrue
Member of the jury
Dean of the Bachelor of Primary Education at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
DigiEduHack is an EIT initiative under the European Commission's Digital Education Action Plan, led by EIT Climate-KIC and coordinated by Aalto University. In 2021, the main stage event is hosted by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspices of UNESCO.
