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Hacking Higher Education
The renowned competition for higher education innovations is here again!
This year it will be in digital format due to the pandemic, but it allows us to reach a much wider audience. The digital event will take place on the 16th of September. Are you ready to join?
This time we want to hear about innovative collaboration between higher education institutions and the rest of the world in regards of continuous learning. Do you have a ready made solution or a solution concept that would help higher education institutions respond to the education and training needs of the rapidly changing world?
Take part in the Hacking Higher Education event and
submit your solution or concept here!
The collaborations can be for example with companies or with larger communities such as alumni. The deadline for submitting solutions is
August 31st, 2020.
August 31st, 2020.
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HHE Finland is a competition to highlight initiatives that have improved the operations of a higher education institution or higher education in general. It is a chance for anyone contributing to the field to not only strengthen their image but also learn from others. Anyone can take part in the competition individually or in teams by submitting their solution via an online form. A jury will select 10 finalists based on the submission forms to pitch their solution to a wide audience and compete for their votes.
And yes, you got it right, the final winner is selected by the public and the winner is nominated as
Higher Education Developer of the Year!
The evaluation criteria
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Identifying a valid problem/challenge
How well or accurately a problem or challenge behind the solution has been identified? "Is this a real problem and by solving it we can take higher education to a new level?" Effectiveness of the solution How well does the solution respond to the challenge and how accurate the solution is? What kind of benefits can the solution bring and for who? Does the solution have societal impact and if so what kind? |
Novelty of the solution
Is there similar solutions existing already, what is the innovative or novel aspect of the solution? Scalability of the solution How easily can the solution be brought to live and how widely it could be utilized (how many can benefit from it)? |
Who can take part?
Anyone can take part, as long as your innovation increases synergy around higher education institutions according the the annual specified theme of the competition. You can for example be a professor or a party of teachers, a private organization, a company, a work group or simply a gang of students. Joint projects in the field of higher education are also allowed.
You can announce someone else to the race, too!
The solutions submitted to the competition can be any type of solutions such as services, products, tools, initiatives or projects as long as they are aimed to tackle a specified challenge that a group of stakeholders face. The possible stakeholder groups are students, alumni, staff, companies or a specific group of people within your society, for example. Consider also the specific annual theme of the competition.
You can announce someone else to the race, too!
The solutions submitted to the competition can be any type of solutions such as services, products, tools, initiatives or projects as long as they are aimed to tackle a specified challenge that a group of stakeholders face. The possible stakeholder groups are students, alumni, staff, companies or a specific group of people within your society, for example. Consider also the specific annual theme of the competition.
What does the winner get?
The winner of Hacking Higher Education is announced as the Higher Education Developer of the Year.
All finalist institutions become members of HEIP, Higher Education Innovation Partners, until eternity. This membership comes with chances for development, training, webinars and networking events as well as other potential perks. All finalists will also get an access to a solution database for 12 months including all solutions and contact information to their owners for easy collaboration.
While the winner gets maximized visibility, all finalists experience significant growth in awareness. Before the festival, they are lifted on the social media channels of both HEIP and Dare to Learn which together reach over 150 000 people worldwide. They are also presented on Dare to Learn website which has thousands of visitors on monthly basis.
Tell us about a collaboration or innovation, which brings together higher education institutions, the society and other communities regarding continuous learning and win a spot in the final! The competition culminates on live stream on September 16th, 2020.
All finalist institutions become members of HEIP, Higher Education Innovation Partners, until eternity. This membership comes with chances for development, training, webinars and networking events as well as other potential perks. All finalists will also get an access to a solution database for 12 months including all solutions and contact information to their owners for easy collaboration.
While the winner gets maximized visibility, all finalists experience significant growth in awareness. Before the festival, they are lifted on the social media channels of both HEIP and Dare to Learn which together reach over 150 000 people worldwide. They are also presented on Dare to Learn website which has thousands of visitors on monthly basis.
Tell us about a collaboration or innovation, which brings together higher education institutions, the society and other communities regarding continuous learning and win a spot in the final! The competition culminates on live stream on September 16th, 2020.
Hacking Higher Education Finland enablers 2020
MAIN PARTNER AND ENABLER
Become an enabler
Anyone can become an enabler of this competition and get visibility in our marketing channels, but also become a member of HEIP for lifetime and an access to a solution database for 12 months.
If you want to get your brand attached to continuous learning and developing higher education, see your logo above and in our social media channels, send us an email for more info at sohvi.kalaja@daretolearn.fi
If you want to get your brand attached to continuous learning and developing higher education, see your logo above and in our social media channels, send us an email for more info at sohvi.kalaja@daretolearn.fi
Hacking Higher Education Finland enablers 2019
Congratulations to the first
HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
from 2019:
Bazaar
Challenge / need: What if we would embrace the competence and potential value of our partners, stakeholders and community more, and take the collaboration to a whole new level? What if we would turn the versatile data, information and competence base of our university community and our external society into richer, more sustainable and more impactful learning and collaboration opportunities? What if we would offer a digital platform to support all this, and even more?
Solution: Bazaar concept integrates the alumni to the university community, enables more streamlined and automated matchmaking to build competence, to take on challenges, to create new business opportunities, to co-create and to co-innovate. Bazaar also enables enriching the learning offering through enabling 3rd parties to offer their competence as trusted members of the Bazaar-community.
The platform includes the following features:
Alumni Session and Collaboration Pass
Matchmaking tool
Marketplace
Next steps: This solution is in the first stage of development and will be built one block at a time. First, we will complete the proof of concept, then, create a minimum viable product. This is an agile and iterative design process that includes much testing, validation, and engagement of key stakeholders.
Challenge / need: What if we would embrace the competence and potential value of our partners, stakeholders and community more, and take the collaboration to a whole new level? What if we would turn the versatile data, information and competence base of our university community and our external society into richer, more sustainable and more impactful learning and collaboration opportunities? What if we would offer a digital platform to support all this, and even more?
Solution: Bazaar concept integrates the alumni to the university community, enables more streamlined and automated matchmaking to build competence, to take on challenges, to create new business opportunities, to co-create and to co-innovate. Bazaar also enables enriching the learning offering through enabling 3rd parties to offer their competence as trusted members of the Bazaar-community.
The platform includes the following features:
Alumni Session and Collaboration Pass
Matchmaking tool
Marketplace
Next steps: This solution is in the first stage of development and will be built one block at a time. First, we will complete the proof of concept, then, create a minimum viable product. This is an agile and iterative design process that includes much testing, validation, and engagement of key stakeholders.
TAKE PART IN HHE
In case you have any questions regarding HHE, please contact our HHE coordinators: