Bring Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate, Gimbalabs Plutus Project-Based Learning(PPBL) and Catalyst School to developers

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Tien Nguyen Anh

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

tienna@gmail.com

Additional applicants

Linh P

Mie Tran

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies.

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

Yes

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

Project will be fully open source.

[METADATA] Category of proposal

Education

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

(1)-Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate is a comprehensive training course designed to take you from a beginner to an advanced level of blockchain knowledge.

(2)-Plutus Project-Based Learning (PPBL) gives developers a chance to gain hands on experience with Plutus by working on real projects.

(3)-The Catalyst School, already established, is a place created to enhance the impact of Catalyst as a whole by improving the contribution of all its different players and roles.

Three courses: (1), (2), and (3) are popular among the English-speaking communities. However, for non-native English speakers, there is still a language barriers-> This leads to a shortage of Cardano developers in many projects -> Slowing down Cardano adoption. We will address this problem by accompanying, learning, and practicing with developers in their native language to help and encourage them to complete the course through regular workshops, Our activities are:

• Assign experts to pre-study and summarize the content of each lesson in each course. Create slides and exercises if necessary.
• Coordinate with Gimbalabs to translate the remaining lessons (we completed module 100), add subtitles to the videos (we completed module 200) -> the content is available on Gimbalabs' LMS platform, allowing learners to flexibly learn at any time.

(these are snapshot from Gimbalabs website for Vietnamese)

• Introduce the 3 courses (1) (2) (3) to the community. Share our plan to go with developers
• Open regular workshops to study together with developers (on zoom platform). In each workshop, the content of each lesson will be reviewed, the main points will be summarized, and questions will be exchanged and answered with developers. These actions are recorded as videos, creating an index for members of subsequent courses to refer to.
• Provide technical live-coding sessions.
• Organize workshops to support community members in writing their own projects to submit to Project Catalyst.
• Create dedicated Discord/Telegram channels for developers to continuously support and answer questions.

(All of the above activities are provided in the native language with the purpose of creating a close, friendly and open environment for developers to share their thoughts and questions throughout the course)

Our tentative course outline is structured in this google sheet

The goal of the project is to equip developers who are interested in blockchain and considering working with blockchain in the future with the knowledge and skills to confidently participate in Project Catalyst and develop decentralized applications (dApps).

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

The flexible combination of the three courses will meet the needs of various developers, specifically.

• If you are a Traditional Developer, completing the 3 courses will help you gain an overview of blockchain in general and Cardano in particular, the techniques to create Dapps on Cardano and turn your ideas into projects to apply for funding on Project Catalyst.
• If you are a Blockchain Developer from other blockchain platforms, you may skip course 1, course 2 and 3 will help you gain knowledge and programming techniques on the Cardano platform, from which you can write ideas and apply for funding.
• If you are a Cardano Blockchain Developer, course 3 will help you turn your ideas into reality and participate more deeply in Project Catalyst with different roles.

1.How does our proposed solution address the challenge

From the perspectives above, we believe the project will:

• Attract developers from outside of our current community to participate in Catalyst.
• Provide easy entry for developer to learn Plutus and other languages. support them to deploy application on Cardano.

2.Benefits to the Cardano ecosystem

With the serious implementation of the project, we are confident that the results will be:

• Increase number of developers actively building on top of Cardano.
• A strong community of developers and proposers with thriving project collaboration
• Increasing number of open source projects

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

Our project will monitor the following KPIs:

1. The number of students attending Catalyst and Gimbalab PPBL sessions.
2. The number of students participating in different roles in Project Catalyst.
3. The number of projects initiated by students at the end of the course.
4. Feedbacks and testimonials
5. MVP/Demo application
6. The growth of discussion group on telegram

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

To share the outputs and results of our project, we have the following plans:

1.Project Reports (PoM and PoA): 

We will submit a Statement of Milestones (SoM) which will be published, reviewed and approved by Community Reviewers. In each Milestone, we will public Proof of Achievement (PoA) to provide evidence that the milestone for which we have already been paid has been achieved. 

2.Release outputs/results on our website

We will outputs/results on our website at UBA, VOER, C2VN where interested individuals can access our update proactively, discuss or query us any topics they prefer.

3.Share outputs/results to social platforms (Cardano Forum, Facebook, telegram, twitter, youtube and github):

These will be places we share updates, success stories, and best practices. These will allow us to reach a larger audience and gather feedback and suggestions from the community, fostering a collaborative approach to decentralized identity adoption

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

1, Expertise and Experience:

The members of the project are the core team who organized the Community-Led Events Cardano Summit 2022 and are currently organizing the Community-Led Events Cardano Summit 2023. We consist of technical experts from Cardano2vn.io and professors from 5 major universities.

(This is the picture of the summit)

We have been funded for 8 proposals (Fund6: 1, Fund7: 3, Fund8: 4) . All 8 projects have been successfully implemented, delivering impacts beyond expectations and marked as completed on IOG's tracking board . Here are some our activities we delivered for our community:

• Organizing 8 webinars on web3 and building web3 on the Cardano blockchain

(this is picture of our class)

• Supporting students in conducting scientific research on blockchain, building, and integrating their applications with Cardano
• Organizing and participating in “Together we learn Haskell”
• Introduce and promote Blockchain and AI research and development to Universities

• We are collaborating with Gimbalabs to bring the Gimbalabs PPBL2023 course to Vietnamese in our native language.

2, Accountability: 

• Metrics and Evaluation: We have established clear metrics and indicators to measure the success of our project. By regularly evaluating and reporting on these metrics, we hold ourselves accountable for delivering the desired outcomes. 
• Transparent and Open Approach: We prioritize transparency and open communication in all aspects of our project. We are committed to sharing progress updates, project plans, and outcomes with stakeholders, ensuring that everyone is informed and involved in the process.

Overall, our capability to deliver the project with high levels of trust and accountability lies in our expertise, transparent approach, and evaluation measures. We are committed to upholding these principles throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that our efforts are reliable, trustworthy, and accountable to all stakeholders involved.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

Our goals for this project are:

• 80 developers attend our Gimbalab PPBL live-learning session
• 100 students attend Project Catalyst course.
• 10 proposals summited to Project Catalyst
• Discussion group on telegram grow 25% after 6 months
• 02 MVP/Demo application.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

The detail activities, budget in each milestone is ready at this google sheet

Below is the a summary for your quick reference

Milestone1: 45 days

Activities:

• Form a team, kickoff meeting
• Assign person to be in charge of managing "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" course
• Assign a person to be in charge of managing "Gimbalabs PPBL" course
• Assign a person to be in charge of managing "Project Catalyst" course
• Create dedicated Discord/Telegram channels for developers to discuss thoughout the courses
• Design course structure on open Learning Management System (LMS)
• Assign Marketing manager for project, start to run marketing programe
• Assign members to pre-study and summarize the content, create slides/coursewares for "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" course
• Coordinate with Gimbalabs to translate the remaining lessons in "Gimbalabs PPBL2023" course
• Introduce the 3 courses to the community. Share our plan to go with developers
• Project management (planning, organizing, and controlling resources, tasks, and activities to achieve specific project goals)

Milestone2: 45 days

Activities:

• Run workshops, go with developer to complete "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" course, Recording each workshop
• Upload recordings, create, public index for future reference, run marketing programs
• Assign members to pre-study and summarize the content, create slides/courseware for "Gimbalabs PPBL" course
• Coordinate with Gimbalabs to translate the remaining videos in "Gimbalabs PPBL2023" course
• Announce to community that Gimbalabs PPBL2023 website is fully in Vietnamese
• Mid-Term Review (review the achievement and remaining activities)
• Project management (planning, organizing, and controlling resources, tasks, and activities to achieve specific project goals)

Milestone3: 60 days

Activities:

• Run workshops, go with developer to complete "Gimbalabs PPBL2023" course, Recording each workshop
• Upload recordings, create, public index for future reference, run marketing programs
• Assign members to pre-study and summarize the content, create slides/courseware for "Project Catalyst" course
• Upload recording, create, public index for future reference
• Project management (planning, organizing, and controlling resources, tasks, and activities to achieve specific project goals)

Milestone4: 60 days

Activities:

• Provide technical live-coding sessions.
• Upload recordings, create, public index for future reference, run marketing programs
• Run workshops, go with developer to complete "Project Catalyst" course, Recording each workshop
• Upload recordings of "Project Catalyst" course, create, public index for future reference, run marketing programs
• Organize workshops to support community members in writing their own projects to submit to Project Catalyst.
• Final review
• Project management (planning, organizing, and controlling resources, tasks, and activities to achieve specific project goals, Close-out report)

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

The detail deliverables, outputs in each milestone is ready at this google sheet

Below is the a summary for your quick reference

Milestone1: 45 days

Deliverables, outputs:

• An excellent teams with clear RACI model
• Person who responsible for managing "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" course
• Person who responsible for managing "Gimbalabs PPBL" course
• Person who responsible for managing "Project Catalyst" course
• A channel on Discord/Telegram for developers to discuss
• An LMS system with courses design and sample case
• A Marketing strategy with person in charge
• The group of members who are ready and responsible for creating slides, running "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" workshops 
• All module in https://vi.plutuspbl.io/ will be in vietnamese except the subtitles of videos
• Marketing posts on websites, social channels
• Meeting minutes with action plans

Milestone2: 45 days

Deliverables, outputs:

• Workshops and their recordings of "Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate" course
• Posts on websites, social channels which summary what we have done(recording +short description) and upcoming events
• The group of members who are ready and responsible for creating slides, running "Gimbalabs PPB" workshops 
• All module in https://vi.plutuspbl.io/ will be in vietnamese including the subtitles of videos
• Posts on websites, social channels about what we have done with PPBL course and its benefit to developers
• A summary on what we achieved, what are pending tasks, how to resolve them
• Meeting minutes with action plans

Milestone3: 60 days

Deliverables, outputs:

• Workshops and their recordings of "Gimbalabs PPBL2023" course
• Posts on websites, social channels which summary what we have done with recording +short description and upcoming events
• The group of members who are ready and responsible for creating slides, running "Project Catalyst" workshops 
• Posts on websites, social channels which summary what we have done(recording +short description) and upcoming events
• Meeting minutes with action plans

Milestone4: 60 days

Deliverables, outputs:

• Workshops and their recordings of live-coding sessions
• Posts on websites, social channels which summary what we have done(recording +short description) with live-coding and upcoming events
• Workshops and their recordings of "Project Catalyst" course
• Posts on websites, social channels which summary what we have done(recording +short description) with Project Catalyst and upcoming events
• Evidence of proposals from developers
• A summary on what we achieved, what are pending tasks, lesson learnt
• Meeting minutes, close out report

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

The detail activities, budget in each milestone is ready at this google sheet

Here is the summary for your quick reference

Milestone1: 45 days ->budget to complete this milestone: 35.467 ADA =19.44%

Milestone2: 45 days ->budget to complete this milestone: 45.067 ADA =24.71%

Milestone3: 60 days ->budget to complete this milestone: 47.733 ADA =26.17%

Milestone4: 60 days ->budget to complete this milestone: 54.133 ADA =29.68%

Total budget: 182.400 ADA

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

We are confident that the project delivers excellent value for the Cardano ecosystem, supported by the following contributions:

• The project successfully attracted developers from outside the Cardano ecosystem, expanding its talent pool.
• The project demonstrates its commitment to the participating developers by offering structured courses that provide acknowledgement, encouragement, and incentives throughout the training process.
• With a scalable organizational model, the project is equipped to address future development needs effectively.
• The project team includes dedicated personnel who ensure the courses' quality meets high standards.
• The project's hourly rate falls within a reasonable range of $30 to $40, ensuring fairness. Additionally, the exchange rate used is deemed reasonable.

Moreover, the project's primary focus aligns with the Cardano Foundation's goals for 2023, specifically targeting education and adoption, two out of the three key focus areas.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept