Creating the future of education in 24 hours
âCreate the future of education in 24 hoursâ, that was the challenging task for TU Delft educators, innovators and students during the Education Hackathon that took place on 3 and 4 October. Winner of the challenge is team Meysa that designed the Teacherâs Toolbox. A highly customisable online platform, which gives teachers the opportunity to become creators of their own educational games and share them with their peers.
What's next
Following their hackaton win, team Meysa is now nominated for a global competition, organised by the United Nations, where they will compete against 130 teams. The best overall three teams will win âŹ5000 each and become Digital Education Ambassadors. You can still vote for TU Delft team Meysa and give a boost to educational innovation. The team is also looking at start-up possibilities at YES!Delft, a tech-business incubator facility.
TU Delft is now exploring how to implement the great ideas resulting from the hackathon. The runner-up who focused on solving the personal learning path challenge, had a follow-up meeting with their challenge owner. They inspired the TU Delft Library with their solution for the Information Literacy course and are exploring to implement parts of the solution.
Students as partners
The hackathon challenges were a perfect opportunity for lecturers and students to collaborate and learn from each other, creating a strong sense of partnership between the two groups. The student teams went through several design phases: an interview session, context analysis, idea generation, prototyping and business development and were mentored by TU Delft staff. The students were very positive about the hackathon experience: âIt was awesome, the challenge thought me to open my mind to new ideas. I can really recommend it to other students. The feedback received is very valuable and I Â learned that if you set a goal, nothing is impossible!â.
About the hackathon
This education hackathon of 2019 was part of the DigiEduhack derived from the Digital Education Action Plan from the European Commission. DigiEduHack helps organisations identify key challenges for education in the digital age and co-create innovative solutions across disciplines and organisations. More than 50 hackathon events were arranged simultaneously in Europe and beyond. The main objectives of the Education Hackathon were 1) to gain insight into the real needs of teachers, 2) to involve teachers and students in the process to accelerate innovation and 3) to develop with new innovative solutions for education. This event was sponsored by 4TU.CEE and Climate KIC organisation InnoEnergy and organised with TU Delft Teaching Academy, LDE Centre for Education and Learning, YES!Delft and InnoEnergy.