[IMPACT]

Our team will be partnering with Techademia to implement a handcrafted, Learn To Earn course with a year of development in selected universities in LatAm. Networking events that are organized in Ecuador and Paraguay with a focus in Cuenca and Asuncion will be used as a way to launch the d-edTech in surrounding regions. The course is specifically designed to be an introductory set of lessons, educating students on the intricacies of blockchain technology. Students will utilize a project-based course similar to Gimbalabs built for spanish speakers. Major concepts that will be taught but not limited to include:

Introduction to the Cardano Platform

Smart contracts in a plutus space

Writing your first smart contract: Locking funds for the future.

Simple payment smart contract

Authorize payment smart contract

Pay unless explicit rejection smart contract

Our team's main concerns include recruitment of students, website infrastructure maintenance, along with scaling of the d-edTech platform. Our goal is to incentivize students to continue blockchain education however in order to achieve this goal, we will need support from the Cardano investor community and local governments to achieve self sustainability.

We are concerned with recruitment and infrastructure maintenance as well as scaling. We want the students that we incentivize to keep learning but to do this we will need the support of the community to maintain a platform that can be self sustainable. We hope to achieve this by actively marketing and support from the cardano community/investors/local governments

[FEASIBILITY]

Short-Mid Term (1-3 Months)

Partnership with Techademia is finalized. Curriculum Developed. Open-source code available for people to contribute

Mid Term (3-12 Months)

Deploy the beta for the platform in around 7 months from funding date with incentivization method implemented a handful of professors onboarded to begin teaching

Long Term (12 months-36 months) Success

Success will be achieved if we generate between 50,000 enrollments in the first 3 years of operation. With at least 10% of these enrollments acquiring jobs

Operational Costs (Hardware/Software infrastructure)

Total: $2,000

Educational Content Creators (Includes recruitment of instructors)

Course Production Budget: $7,000

Incentives for Adoption (Learn to Earn, Wifi Access, Computer Access)

Total: $18,000

Budget Requested: $27,000

Gavin Briggs Perez: Founder of Defi Discussions LLC Project Manager & F7 Fund Recipient

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-briggs-perez-163330a5/>

Jose Velazquez: CEO Defi Discussions LLC, Project Manager, Asset Acquisition Manager, F7 Fund Recipient

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-velazquez-809665186/>

Will Shelton: Film Director & Professional Theater Services

Richard Lago: International Logistics, Digital Marketing & Marketing Manager

Nathan Samson: Latte Swap Co-Founder & F5, F6, and F7 Project Manager

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-samson-419349135/>

Craig Tibber: Professional Film Director & 10 plus years of film experience

Humberto Bacquerizo: (Advisor) MentorU CEO. Educational Specialist at New Jersey Medical School. Hispanic Commissioner of the City of Newark. Author: "Hispanic Star Rising Volume II"

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hxbed/>

Moto Oba: Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Merchify co-Founder, Cardano Community Ambassador

Mit Patel: Professional Coder, Project Manager, Digital Security, Multilingual

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitpatel717/>

Techademia team members (Ayllu)

[AUDITABILITY]

Numbers of students enrolled in class

Number of student turned into developers and hired

Number of Universities onboarded

Report an increase in the issuance of token rewards to students who complete a course (Correlated to Completion Rates)

Platform can be self sustainable

Recruit at least two academic advisors from different countries in LatAm

Recruit at least two members of local government officials

Success for our project is an increase in the number of students who can use haskell/plutus and implement creative ideas with their knowledge. Another metric of success will be if the platform has become sustainable through its incentivization method

This will be a continuation and expansion of a course already in development funded in F5 and F7 by DeFi Discussions LLC and Techademia. We are developing a partnership

Links:

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/381053>

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/384439>

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/351854>

SDG Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG subgoals:

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.b By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training