An integrated framework for delivering educational hackathons to support creativity and entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions

The aim of this project is to design and deliver innovative learning designs for Higher Education that promote creativity and entrepreneurship. We will explore the potential of hackathons for a) f...

The aim of this project is to design and deliver innovative learning designs for Higher Education that promote creativity and entrepreneurship. We will explore the potential of hackathons for a) facilitating hands-on problem-based and collaborative learning in Higher Education courses; b) scaffolding students in acquiring critical skills for innovation and entrepreneurship; and c) supporting civic engagement by encouraging students to solve real-world challenges beyond their curricula.

We will implement a) three educational hackathons for three higher education institutions in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands integrated in formal courses; b) 3 focus groups with stakeholders from the academic partnering organizations; c) 4 dissemination events; d) 4 co-design workshops with internal and external stakeholders; e) 4 in-person transnational project meetings. Additionally, we will deploy a series of online events to engage international stakeholders in project's dissemination.

CoCreate will produce the following concrete results: 1) A methodological framework for designing educational hackathons to promote creativity and entrepreneurship in Higher Education; 2) Three blueprints for educational hackathons and the follow-up implementation resources from pilots in three academic institutions. 3) A technical infrastructure (toolkit) for automatic creation of hackathon blueprints and a knowledge repository, both complementary to the CoCreate framework.