Awards
DigiEduHack Global Awards are designed to recognise and reward the teams proposing the best solutions to our challenges. Our Award categories cater to all levels of expertise, backgrounds, and maturity of the proposed solutions, reflecting our commitment with inclusivity, diversity and equity. Check them below!
DigiEduHack Global Awards
Beginners
For solutions proposed by teams that recently started their journey in the digital education field, have little or no previous experience in hackathons, or bring a promising solution in an early stage of maturity.
Beginner award: Social impact
Solutions that bring significant added value to society and the community within the digital education paradigm. More specifically solutions that
- Promote inclusion and diversity: consider the diverse needs of the digital education actors while ensuring that no one is left behind;
- Have the potential for long-term sustainability and scalability (can be accessed by a great number of members of the digital education community);
- Foster empowerment and engage the community by involving them in the design and/or implementation process of digital education aspects.
The list of awards is available here.
Beginner award: Disruptive technology
Solutions that introduce a novel tool or technology, challenging the existing norms or practices in digital education .
More specifically solutions that
- Introduce cutting-edge technologies, web or mobile applications, that offer new opportunities for learning (including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, or other emerging fields);
- Simplify complex learning processes or enhance learners’ engagement (revolutionary evaluation and assessment systems, innovative collaborative tools, digital badges, etc.).
The list of awards is available here.
Experienced
For solutions with a higher degree of maturity, proposed by teams that demonstrate notable expertise in their fields (years of experience, remarkable achievements, etc) and/or experience in participating in hackathons.
Experienced award: Social impact
Solutions that bring significant added value to the society and the community within the digital education paradigm. More specifically solutions that
- Promote inclusion and diversity and consider the diverse needs of the digital education actors while ensuring that no one is left behind;
- Have the potential for long-term sustainability and scalability (can be accessed by a great number of members of the digital education community);
- Foster empowerment and engage the community by involving them in the design and/or implementation process on digital education topics.
The list of awards is available here.
Experienced award: Disruptive technology
Solutions that introduce a novel tool or technology challenging the existing norms or practices in digital education.
More specifically solutions that
- Introduce cutting-edge technologies, web or mobile applications, that offer new opportunities for learning (including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, or other emerging fields);
- Simplify complex learning processes or enhance learners’ engagement (revolutionary evaluation and assessment systems, innovative collaborative tools, digital badges, etc.).
The list of awards is available here.
How do you run for DigiEduHack Global Awards?
- Choose a challenge and get on board!
- Come up with the most innovative solution for your challenge and become a local winner.
- Your local host will flag the Award category you are running for.
- Out of all local winners, our DigiEduHack Steering Group will selected the top three solutions per category, and put them to a public vote.
- Get the most votes for the category in which you are competing and become one of our next Global Awards winners.
- Choose, together with your team-mates, your prize from the awards package.
- Join us for the Global Awards ceremony and receive your Global Awards winner certificate.
