How to Plan a Hackathon: Hacking the Challenges of Digital Education
EIT Climate-KIC
  • Start Date: 20 Dec, 2021
  • 2 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Explore how to plan and organise a non-technical hackathon designed to drive community-sourced innovation in EdTech.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Get expert tips on how to run a great hackathon


Hackathons are usually thought of as events where people come together to collaborate with computers. However, non-technical hackathons are becoming increasingly popular – where people gather to solve an organisational rather than a technical problem.


On this course, you’ll discover how to organise and run a non-technical hackathon that can address a challenge in digital education and improve your organisation’s digital skills and competencies.


See if a non-technical hackathon is right for you


Alongside the expert minds behind the global non-technical hackathon DigiEduHack, you’ll explore the pros and cons of running a hackathon and whether it’s the right tool for your digital education challenge.


You’ll then learn how to draft a description of your challenge with the help of the challenge building canvas and guidance.


Learn how to build and run a hackathon


Once you’ve decided a hackathon is right for your challenge, you’ll build a hackathon plan with the help of a hackathon process map, toolkit, and host handbook.


You’ll examine real-world host experiences and consider improvements to the challenge description and hackathon plan.


Hack with the minds behind DigiEduHack


DigiEduHack is a series of online hackathons for innovators who want to solve the big problems facing EdTech and digital education today.


They’ll help you emerge from the course with a clearly defined hackathon plan, ready to solve your digital education challenges with community-sourced innovation.


This course would benefit learners from organisations considering using the hackathon format to solve their digital education challenges.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

EIT Climate-KIC

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