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Microsoft Search for the Best Problems in Education:
A challenge to find the most pressing education problems in need of a digital solution
Statement to teachers
Do you have a problem in need of a solution? Microsoft in partnership with the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland is looking for teachers to generate problems for consideration in the Oulu EduLAB Edtech pre-incubator program for development into prototype digital products.
Objective of the event
To bring together teachers from across Western Europe to engage in innovative problem solving. Teachers can not only provide the problem to be solved, but can also be active in testing the early prototypes within their own classrooms. If successful, this process can also lead to new digital innovations in education applicable to global classrooms.
Criteria for the problems
The problem must:
connect with learning in some way;
not be readily solved by an existing product or service;
be locally applicable, but also generalizable to classrooms globally; and
be potentially solvable through the development of a digital product.
Structure and Format
Step 1 – Teachers submit their problems via either video and / or online form
Step 2 – A jury reviews the submissions and chooses a short-list
Step 3 – the short-list are invited to present their problems to either a face-to-face or online event
Step 4 – the winners (top 2) are chosen by either a jury or peers and are included in the next cohort at Oulu EduLAB for concepting and prototyping
Step 5 – Teachers are able to work with Oulu EduLAB teams to test the prototypes.
Step 6 – If prototypes make it all the way to a finished product phase of Oulu EduLAB, Microsoft is willing to consider the product for possible further testing and / or support (as Microsoft sees fit).
Timeline
These events can be held every spring and fall. The first installment can take place between March and May 2017 with the first call publicized in early March 2017 and decisions made for ‘winning’ problems by May. Prototyping can then begin at Oulu EduLAB in August 2017 with testing in participating classrooms during October to November 2017.
A challenge to find the most pressing education problems in need of a digital solution
Statement to teachers
Do you have a problem in need of a solution? Microsoft in partnership with the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland is looking for teachers to generate problems for consideration in the Oulu EduLAB Edtech pre-incubator program for development into prototype digital products.
Objective of the event
To bring together teachers from across Western Europe to engage in innovative problem solving. Teachers can not only provide the problem to be solved, but can also be active in testing the early prototypes within their own classrooms. If successful, this process can also lead to new digital innovations in education applicable to global classrooms.
Criteria for the problems
The problem must:
connect with learning in some way;
not be readily solved by an existing product or service;
be locally applicable, but also generalizable to classrooms globally; and
be potentially solvable through the development of a digital product.
Structure and Format
Step 1 – Teachers submit their problems via either video and / or online form
Step 2 – A jury reviews the submissions and chooses a short-list
Step 3 – the short-list are invited to present their problems to either a face-to-face or online event
Step 4 – the winners (top 2) are chosen by either a jury or peers and are included in the next cohort at Oulu EduLAB for concepting and prototyping
Step 5 – Teachers are able to work with Oulu EduLAB teams to test the prototypes.
Step 6 – If prototypes make it all the way to a finished product phase of Oulu EduLAB, Microsoft is willing to consider the product for possible further testing and / or support (as Microsoft sees fit).
Timeline
These events can be held every spring and fall. The first installment can take place between March and May 2017 with the first call publicized in early March 2017 and decisions made for ‘winning’ problems by May. Prototyping can then begin at Oulu EduLAB in August 2017 with testing in participating classrooms during October to November 2017.