[IMPACT]
Africa is a huge continent with many languages. Portuguese is the primary language in Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, and Mozambique. To grow Cardano in these countries is crucial to create educational content on topics as Blockchain for industry, Cryptocurrencies, and Cardano in their native language. We will offer an online free introductory course on Blockchain technologies and Cardano for African students and tech enthusiasts interested in this topic in Portuguese.
To grow the Cardano community across Africa, Africans need to be taught about Blockchain technology and how Cardano’s research projects align academic incentives with the cryptocurrency industry’s expectations.
The course will be offered on an online platform with free access and 10 hours of content. It will be disclosed on groups and social media to reach Africans who speak Portuguese and are interested in Blockchain technology.
The students will understand the state of the art of Blockchain, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano. They will learn the principles of these topics and see some use cases. Moreover, They will understand how this technology can provide solutions in the supply chain, data management, healthcare, and others. They will be encouraged to dive into the Cardano ecosystem.
The result will be a collective engagement on Cardano and Blockchain by students and technology enthusiasts who aim to be part of this progress. These students will be multipliers of this technology and have the potential to be engaged in future academic and industrial applications.
The risk is minimal. The lecturers are highly qualified for the work as they are Physics Professors and Bachelors in Science. The content will be available online and with free access. The students and anyone interested in the topic will access the contents. The course will be disclosed to the African community interested in technology.
[FEASIBILITY]
The lecturers' activities include:
1. Preparing class notes and presentations.
2. Disclosing the course for African students and tech enthusiasts.
3. Online class content editing.
4. Creating a publicity website.
5. Evaluating the impact.
6. Attending Q&A.
7. Preparing monthly reports.
8. Others.
<u>Follow the course content and pre-requisites</u>
Course Content (Syllabus):
Blockchain fundamentals
Exploring a blockchain application
Blockchain for business
Shared ledger, permissions, consensus and smart contracts
Cryptology of blockchain
Propelling business on blockchain
History of Bitcoin
Bitcoin protocol and consensus
The rise of Ethereum
Ethereum and smart contracts
Differences between the crypto networks
Third generation blockchain
Introduction to Cardano
Proof of work vs. proof of stake
Introduction to Plutus language
Cardano uses cases
Descentralized application
Staking and rewards
Future perspectives
Prerequisites:
Basic computer skills and high school level mathematics.
Timeline:
1st Month: Preparation and disclose of the course.
2nd Month: Course starts with new content available weekly with students monitoring through Q&A.
3rd Month: The course continues until the first half of the 3rd month followed by the close of the course and preparation of final reports.
1st Month KPIs:
i) Preparation of folders and social media announcements.
ii) Creation of a website for publishing the course contents.
iii) Course publicity in groups and social media for African students and tech enthusiasts who speak Portuguese.
iv) Preparation of classes notes and presentations on blockchain and Cardano.
(Subtotal: 3000$)
2nd Month KPIs:
i) Educational video content delivered every week at the website covering the proposed syllabus.
ii) Edition of video classes.
iii) Interaction with students and assistance via Q&A.
iv) Engaging students in the Cardano Community during the course.
v) Preparation of tests and scores.
(Subtotal: 3000$)
3rd Month KPIs:
i) Continuation of weekly video classes until the 1st half of the 3rd month. ii) Edition of video classes.
iii) Interaction with students and assistance via Q&A.
iv) Preparation of tests and scores.
v) Engaging students in the Cardano Community during the course.
vi) Course closing.
vii) Preparation of report regarding the proposed project with analysis of the results and future perspectives.
(Subtotal: 3000$)
Gilvania Vilela is a doctor in Physics and an associate professor at a Brazilian Engineering College, with experience in condensed matter physics, computing, and data analysis. Gilvania has experience in teaching classes for STEM courses since 2007. She is a researcher in spintronics and has worked in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA, since 2017. Physics bachelors and professors will be invited to collaborate with the project and get involved in Catalyst with income.
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilvaniavilela>
[AUDITABILITY]
The success of this proposal will be quantified by:
i) Number of students attending the course.
ii) Course's website activity.
iii) Number of questions in the Q&A service.
iv) Number of visualizations of the video classes by Africans.
v) Students' feedback.
The project will deliver:
10-hours of video classes about blockchain and Cardano technologies in Portuguese.
Publicity of classes to African students and tech enthusiasts.
An African website with education contents about Blockchain and Cardano.
A report at the end of the project will analyze the impact of the video classes in the African-speaker community via the number of views, access to the Q&A, and their engagement in the Cardano community.
This proposal is a continuation of the approved Fund7 proposal (https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/381790) for offering a course about Blockchain and Cardano for Brazilian students interested in Technology, mainly students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). For Fund8, we plan to create on-demand educational content about Blockchain and Cardano for African Portuguese speakers in Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome, and Principe, Angola, and Mozambique.