Why is it important?

Unequal access to education is a problem affecting many regions. This in turn slows down technology adoption and innovation.

What does success look like?

Successful application of Cardano to education initiatives, and the integration of people into the Cardano/Catalyst/Plutus ecosystems.

Key Metrics to measure

• Measurable growth of Cardano education-oriented initiatives targeting education gaps, international influence, adoption, or innovation

• Measurable growth of spoken language diversity in Cardano/Haskell/Plutus Developers

• Increased international diversity of people onboarded into the ecosystem

• Increased participation from developing regions in Cardano/Catalyst ecosystems

  Challenge brief

Many countries around the world suffer deeply from educational gaps when compared to first world countries; this in turn affects their technology advancements, economic development, and innovation efforts. And although one could say that the responsibility falls solely on the hands of governmental groups, at times it’s necessary for people to step up and together become the catalysts and drivers of solutions.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead

This challenge is set out to find new educational methodologies, solutions, shifting current educational paradigms, providing more international inclusiveness and more importantly, to show how Cardano’s technology can really truly make an impact at the root level of many developing nations: Education.

◢ To CAs and Voters:

1. Check that a proposal does not exceed more than 15% of the total Challenge Budget
2. Give bonus/cookie points to proposers showing collaborative traits with other proposers
3. Ensure that proposals account for infrastructure concerns, and local needs

◢ To Proposers:

• Translations aside. In developing regions, how can we best educate people about Cardano’s technology?
• How can Cardano’s technology and/or the tooling being built around it be used to create innovative educational initiatives in developing regions?
• The field of blockchain for education opened the door for new areas of research; how can we best explore the field and come up with new useful data for the ecosystems?
• How can we accelerate the onboarding of traditional developers into Cardano’s Blockchain technology?
• How can we get academia (Universities, Colleges, and Polytechnics) to assist with the education, and adoption of the technology?
• What are some lobbying strategies people could use to introduce Cardano to the broad international community?
• How can we bring educational information to people who normally do not have access to the content?

⫸ DO

Think of solutions that will generate excitement amongst the people you aim to onboard. Examples could be hackathons, interactive/networking seminars, technical formation centers aimed towards Haskell/Plutus skills, Cardano 101 sessions, media content, and more!

Seek collaborations with other Catalyst-grown projects that are currently building in the educational space.

Build educational applications, platforms, and/or marketing plans to help boost education using the technology.

⫸ DON’T

Focus solely on translating material. Although it’s still needed and proposals are welcomed; know that for education to have a better measurable impact, translations should be paired with good methodologies for digesting and teaching the content to new individuals.

Expect results in extremely short time frames. Know that educational processes can take some time, and that is okay. I know we all have a thirst to see technology spread like wildfire, but people learn at different paces and the technology is still a bit young, so implementing paced methodologies is probably a good idea.