Through interactive discussions, talks and practical exercises we will learn how education hackathons work, how to organise them, and what to expect from them.

The event will take place over two days - 28th and 29th October - from 1 PM CEST till 4 PM CEST approximately, on ZOOM.

Together, we will:

• get an overview of the most common education issues and decide which ones can be solved with a hackathon
• get some real practice with some online tools such as Mentimeter and Mural to understand what are the issues to be solved and what guidelines you may need to develop a hackathon yourself
• listen to experienced speakers who'll sharing their hackathon experiences
• and finally, on the second day, we will be able to take active part in a small-scale hackathon activity.

Who is this event for?

If you're an educator or somehow involved in education (e.g. a parent, a student, an artist, etc), join us! The more diverse the group is, the richer the discussions.

Check out the agenda 👇

Agenda 28th October (CEST TIME)

13:00-13:05 Welcome: Helin Haga, EduHack coordinator

13:05-13:20 Hackathon through the eyes of the organizer, Berat Kjamili, CEO and Co-founder at Migport, award-winning migration social enterprise

13:20-13:30 Q&A session

13:30-14:00 Overview of the common education issues that can be tackled with hackathons, Francesco Caffarelli, Project Manager at Ergon

14:00-14:10 How to use Mentimeter, Francesco Caffarelli, Project Manager at Ergon

14:10-14:25 Break

14:25-14:55 Gathering data on common education issues - a joint exercise

14:55 - 15:10 Hackathon through the eyes of the jury, Dr. Mustafa Mortaş, General Manager at the Samsun Technopark

15:10 - 15:20 Q&A

15:20 - 15:30 EduHack: hackathons, the toolkit and the online platform, Helin Haga, EduHack coordinator

15:30-15:45 Understanding what participants need to organise a hackathon with Mural

15:45-15:50 Conclusions

15:50-16:20 The online platform, group discussion led by Andrea Gómez, HOPU

16:20- 16:40. Conclusions, Helin Haga, EduHack coordinator

Agenda 29th October

13:00- 13:15 Welcome, Helin Haga, EduHack coordinator

13:15-14:15 Using the Value Proposition as a tool to hack an Educational problem, Sean Patrick Donnelly, MBA MSC at DCU

14:15-14:30 Break

14:30-14:45 Hacking for Social Benefit, Professor Darragh Power MSC, MA CIIITD at DCU

14:45-15:45 Hackathon: let’s practice with Darragh Power, DCU

15:45-16:00 Conclusions, Helin Haga, EduHack coordinator

EduHack is an Erasmus Plus project, funded by the European Commission.