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Dear Hub members,

Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey through the world of hackathons this month! We are thrilled to announce that we are gearing up for an October filled with thrilling events, discussions, and opportunities, all centered around the fascinating theme of hackathons, especially the DigiEduHack initiative! 

Do you want to know more about how DigiEduHack and other technological solutions can help develop effective digital education? Mark your calendars and seize the opportunity to take part in our next Knowledge Building Activity on data and technology inspired education on 3 October and a day after in our info session on DigiEduHack where we will explain why joining a hackathon is encouraging and fun for everyone. Furthermore, we would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Teachers as Researchers week taking place on 9-11 October, which also focuses on hackathons. If you have not joined DigiEduHack yet, it's not too late to become a host for this year’s edition taking place on 6-13 November. Hosting an event is your chance to shine and share your passion for digital education within and beyond your institution. Let's stir our creativity and find solutions for pressing challenges in digital education together!  

At the end of this week, we are hosting our last community workshop for this year on digital skills in Brussels, there we will kick off the November theme, which will focus on digital skills. On this topic, we are gathering knowledge and experience through our new call for best practices on digital skills. We will appreciate your contribution. Don't miss on 13 October the Ask Me Anything session on Digital Prison Education and last but not least, explore our latest uploaded read to explore the topic of digital music education and see our Hub highlights from the past months below. 

Stay tuned for the exiting Hub activities and get ready to ignite your coding spirit! 

Upcoming events
Knowledge Building Activity: "When Will Data and Technology Inspire Education?"

When? Tuesday, October 3 at 14:00-15:00 (CEST) 

Join us via this registration form. 

The aim of the event is to discuss how application of learning analytics and data – driven learning design, as well a

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Info session on DigiEduHack

When? Wednesday, October 4 at 14:30-15:30 (CEST) 

Are you curious about what DigiEduHack is? Do not miss this info session and explore the opportunities to participate and host your own hackathon. Whether you are exper

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Teachers as Researchers Workshops series

Tackle your digital education challenges and join our Teachers as Researchers Workshop series on the Teachers as Researchers Channel!  

Monday, October 9 

10:00-10:30 (CEST), Online - Introduction and Q&A: Presentation of the activities and functioning of the Teachers as Researchers chann

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AMA session on Digital Prison Education

When? Tuesday, October 13 at 14:00-15:00 (CEST)

Where? General Channel

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Prisons are perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about digital education. However, prisons are part of their communities, and they are providers of educat

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Mentorships: support for digital education professionals!

Are you interested in blended learning, micro-credentials, online assessment, international collaboration, or another topic related to digital education? The Hub offers personalised digital education mentorships, covering all education & training sectors. Mentors are high-level European experts

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Call to action
New Call for best practices – Digital skills

Once again, we are looking to collect and share best practices in digital education from across all education and training sectors, thus making the Hub a community where members can share and learn from each other. So, help us share your stories by taking part in the most recent Call for best practices! This Call is dedicated to collecting best practices on digital skills – if you have developed and implemented innovative, successful initiatives in this area, fill in the brief questionnaire and we will get back to you so we can share your experience with the community in the Reading Corner and beyond.

This call is open until 10 October 2023. If you'd like to see more about what we've done so far, check out our Reading Corner! And…if you can think of someone else who could contribute, invite them to register in the Hub and discover what it has to offer. Let's build together on shared experiences!

Call for participation in the 2nd Design Thinking Workshop

Join us for the 2-day Design Thinking Workshop taking place on 20 and 21 November in Potsdam, Germany. In line with the European Year of Skills, this year's workshop theme is Designing for Upskilling and Reskilling in the Education Sector.  The workshop aims to equip participants with methods and tools which can be used in problem-solving with innovative, collaborative and user-centred approach. Coaches and experts support participants to work in small teams and solve a real-world challenge emerging in the EU-education ecosystem. The workshop is open to 40 participants from across the Erasmus+ countries. All costs for accommodation, travel within the EU and subsistence will be covered. The deadline for applications is 15 October and details on the application process are shared in the Design Thinking channel.

Reading Corner
New article on digital music education

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world in the spring of 2020, a lot of teaching had to be moved online. One of the subjects that may be the most difficult to carry out online is music education. In this article, we explore the topic of digital music education, looking at examples of what can be done online and how technology can enable things that were not possible until quite recently.

Hub Highlights from the past month
Ask Me Anything Session on Sustainability

On 30 August, we hosted another exciting Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on the Hub, this time on the topic of sustainability and digital education. Our expert was none other than François Taddei, sustainability expert, biologist and president of the Learning Planet Institute in Paris. The questions from the Hub community ranged from carbon footprints of digital education tools to necessary policies to improve in this field. They also sparked a fruitful discussion on the current challenges and what is to be done to tackle them. You can find the questions and François’ answers here.

Sustainability squad

Another Hub activity focusing on this topic is our sustainability squad. This online working group led by Angeliki Psychogyiou from the Academic Cooperation Association had its kick-off meeting on 18 September and will run until February 2024. The squad members will collaborate on an output that will be shared with the Hub community once it is finalised.

Behind the scenes – Meet the team
Interview with Juhani Koivuviita, Community manager & coach in the Hub’s accelerator programme

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What is your role on the European Digital Education Hub?  

I’m a co-founder and CEO of Educraftor Ltd from Finland. Our company is responsible for the Hub’s accelerator programme. My role is to co-design the programme together with our team and the experts from the European Schoolnet, who are supporting the accelerator activities. In the programme, I work as a team coach and support the

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New to the Hub?
Join our onboarding calls
 

If you are new to the community of the European Digital Education Hub and want to learn about us, our goals, what to do next and how, then you are more than welcome to join the onboarding calls in September and October.

·       27 September 2023, 14:30 – 15:00 CEST, Online, Download ics file (for adding to my calendar)

·       4 October 2023, 14:30 – 15:00 CEST, Online, Download ics file (for adding to my calendar) 

·       18 October 2023, 14:30 – 15:00 CEST, Online, Download ics file (for adding to my calendar) 

·       25 October 2023, 14:30 – 15:00 CEST, Online, Download ics file (for adding to my calendar)

Join us in the Support channel or join via the direct link on the date. We will inform about the new dates in the upcoming months in the Hub Calendar.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

If you do not have the time to join the call, but still need some more information about how the Hub works, you will also find useful information in the Hub Instruction Manual.

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