DigiEduHack 2024: Imagining the digital education of the future
The fifth edition (8-17 November 2024) is hosting 55 hackathons across the globe promoting user-driven innovation.
Since 2019, the Digital Education Hackathon (DigiEduHack) focuses on the future of education in the digital age. This year, the theme is “Imagining the digital education of the future”.
Teams come from all over the world and from across the education and training spectrum, including
- schools
- universities
- non-governmental organisations (NGO)
- innovation centres
- research labs
- private sector
Watch the opening and closing events online
This year's edition started with an opening event featuring high-level speeches from
- Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
- Kristina Kallas, Minister of Education and Research, Estonia
The 2024 edition of DigiEduHack will close with a main stage event on 20 November 2024, 11.30-17.30 CET, hosted by Tallinn University in Estonia.
The event will feature
- high-level political representatives and guest speakers
- panel discussions: “Building blocks of an innovative digital education ecosystem” and “Perspectives on AI in education”
- videos and testimonials from participants at hackathons showcasing the spirit of DigiEduHack
- interactive activities for onsite and online participants
How DigiEduHack works
Participating teams will try to solve challenges in digital education by co-creating solutions across disciplines and organisations. After each local hackathon, the hosts will choose a local winner who will represent them in the next stage of the competition.
At the end, 4 winning teams will be selected by public online vote among 12 finalist teams. They will receive the DigiEduHack Global Awards as a support to implement their solutions.
Background
DigiEduHack is one of the European Commission’s flagship initiatives on digital education.