How to Plan a Hackathon: Hacking the Challenges of Digital Education

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.

• The foundations of a hackathon
• The future of education
• What is a hackathon?
• The role of DigiEduHacks
• The foundations of a hackathon
• Craft your challenge
• End of week 1
• Planning your hackathon
• Welcome to week 2
• Recruiting participants
• How to plan for an in-person event
• Planning an online event
• Solutions
• Event day comms and promotion
• End of week 2