HACK-IT: Hackathon e Metodologias Inovadoras no Ensino Superior

Given the experience and specificity of each institution in tackling the pandemic problems that have affected society in general and education in particular, the project partners (IPB, KTU, Haaga-Helia, UGR) recognized the importance of sharing experiences and challenges that each institution had faced prior to the project. This was the driving force behind successfully tackling the obstacles identified, which remained at the start of the project. The HACK-IT project aimed to create a network of partnerships that, through a community of practice (CoP), could facilitate and ensure the digital readiness of stakeholders and be used to deliver online courses, hackathons, and other activities. To this end, it was important for teachers to participate in “learning, teaching and training activities” and use “specific digital scenarios for innovative courses”. The CoP made it possible to strengthen partnerships and resources that were used sustainably by HEI teachers in line with the EU skills agenda, the Digital Education Action Plan, and the European Education Area. At the end of the project, it should be emphasized that all the project results confirm that the initial objectives were important and clearly achieved.

- Create a more flexible, inclusive, and secure technology-enhanced open education that can be delivered in online, blended, and distance modes of teaching/learning. - Supplementing teachers’ expertise in content knowledge with digital and pedagogical competences to ensure high quality, active, and transformative teaching/learning. - Enable teachers to implement and develop innovative practices in education in the digital era. - Promote and reward excellence in teaching and skills development tackle. - Focus on and breach gaps and mismatches in teachers’ competencies. - Develop a versatile approach to student learning in a way that will improve teacher and student active participation and satisfaction, efficient cooperation in teaching/learning settings.

PR1 (KTU-Lithuania): Development of sustainable community of practice: • Cooperate, network and peer learning support • Define the inter-exchange methodology • Organize feedback on the choice of tools and platforms for the CoP • Plan, develop and implement CoP • Create an e-book (interactive) PR2 (HHA-Finland): Development of hackathon methodology: • Evaluate the available open-source digital platforms and select one • Develop hackathon methodology for online hackathons • Register participants in the hackathon • Publish the guidelines for the hackathon • Test and pilot the hackathon methodology • Assess the hackathon • Create a table of contents for the e-book PR3 (HV-Sweeden until May 23 / IPB-Portugal after June 23): Development of digital scenarios for innovative courses: • Definition of the structure and methodology of the modules • Organize, deliver and evaluate training sessions modules 1 and 2 • Interactive handbook of guidelines PR4 (UGR-Spain): Development of evaluation methodology for students’ engagement and its application from the teacher's perspective: • Identify the key educational aspects of engagement from the perspective of teachers • Implement mid-survey • Deliver results and findings

PR1: Development of sustainable community of practice: Software Specification Document Tools and platforms for the CoP CoP with all the areas, participants and content complete CoP tool operation reports Test Pilot Manual Evaluation procedures and questionnaire Test Pilot CoP Report E-book (interactive) with best practices & guidelines in a CoP PR2: Development of hackathon methodology: Selection of the open-source platforms List of participants in the hackathon Guidelines for the hackathon Assessment questionnaire for the hackathon Report of the hackathon event Table of contents for ebook PR3: Development of digital scenarios for innovative courses Learning outcomes of the modules Study and decision on the platforms Definition of the evaluation methodology List of participants in training session modules 1 and 2 Report of the training session Interactive handbook of guidelines PR4: Development of evaluation methodology for students’ engagement and its application from the teacher’ perspective: Assessment methodology Platform to mid-survey and application of the instruments Report on the assessment data Draft of the findings report Application of the final survey 1st draft of the results Final report