Hack for Education
1052 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 4
1052 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 4
Winners are announced.
hackathon
Online
starts on:
Jul 19, 2018, 07:00 PM ()
ends on:
Aug 26, 2018, 07:00 PM ()
Winners
World Possible Hacker of the Year
Second Prize
Third Prize
Overview
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are freely accessible content useful for teaching, learning, and research. They have revolutionized the way we learn by making a plethora of learning opportunities freely available to anyone with an internet connection.
However, four billion of the world’s population lacks access to the internet and is unaware of these resources that include the likes of Wikipedia and Khan Academy. This leads to an immense widening of the knowledge gap.
World Possible is a non-profit organization based out of California that works towards connecting offline learners to the world's knowledge. They provide OERs in areas without any access to the internet using two tools: OER2Go, a repository of downloadable content, and RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning).
The Hack for Education aims to help World Possible in its journey by making it an easier and better experience for the learners and the creators. You can create solutions and help them change lives all over the world one school at a time.
Find the OER2Go repository here.
Themes
OER2Go is the world’s largest repository of downloadable website content. Create solutions to make the platform more efficient and user friendly. Your code holds the power to change the lives of thousands of school children all over the world.
Find the OER2Go repository here.
Advanced Search and Filtering
Improve the search efficiency by adding filters to allow search based on various parameters such as language, country, genre, and an advanced in-description search.
Comments and Discussion
Add a comments section for each course to help users interact and discuss various aspects of each course.
Rating and Review System
Add sections such as Comments and Rating for each module where users can give feedback and help new users decide if the content is suitable for them.
Mobile App
Create an application to take the entire experience mobile by allowing direct download of content to the mobile device.
Prizes
The top 3 winners will be awarded World Possible T-Shirts and will be featured in the World Possible newsletter as well as social media.
The 5 best submissions will also receive HackerEarth certificates.
Main Prizes
World Possible Hacker of the Year
The first prize winner will win the title of "World Possible Hacker of the Year"
Second Prize
Third Prize
Help & Support
Please contact event admin
nicole25 at nicole@worldpossible.org
nicole25 at nicole@worldpossible.org
