Digieduhack ON OCT. 3&4
The OUSL’S Digieduhack ’19, an Education Hackathon will be held Thursday October 3 and Friday 4 from 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the Central Campus of the Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.
In the event, the best three groups are rewarded locally as LKR 100,000 for the first place, LKR 50,000 for the second place, and LKR 35,000 for the third place. All participants stand a chance to win Euro 5,000 (Approx: LKR 1 Million) for the best solution irrespective of local selection in the global contest.
Theeducation Hackathon is organised jointly by European Commission, European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and Aalto University of Finland, with the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) being the host for the event in Sri Lanka.
The Digi Edu Hack represents a pioneering way to collect intelligence on the key trends arising from the digital transformation for the education system and an opportunity to listen to stakeholders innovatively.
Digi Edu Hack will help organisations identify key challenges for education in the digital age and co-create innovative solutions across disciplines and organisations.
During the 24h events, multidisciplinary teams of educators, students and innovators will get together to solve challenges in digital education and present solutions. After the main event, there will be a final global award contest, in which three teams that best represent the priority areas of the Digital Education Action Plan will be chosen and awarded, to implement their solutions.