Open Source d-edTech For LatAm

Our vision is to create code for a d-edTech Platform in Spanish that will be open-source, and available for others to develop in LatAm

Defi Discussions LLC partnership with Techademia, Plutus Pioneers, 20+ of years experience in software engineering, 15+ of years DEVOPS expertise, counseled by Business Advisors, Marketing advisors, and Deans of respected Universities, F4-F7 Project Managers, Access to BoE

[IMPACT]

We have partnered with Techademia to achieve the goal of creating code for the d-edTech Platform in Spanish that will provide a “learn to earn" model. The code for this d-edTeach platform will be open source for the students of the platform and Cardano community to develop and improve. While at the same time offering educational resources to build brand new projects on Cardano. We will provide education for development in the Cardano & Catalyst ecosystem and Incentive systems for learning and development. All these resources will be in Spanish as we are trying to target students and developers in South America.

Our project will increase the number of contributors/developers in the community and thereafter increase the quantity and the quality of Cardano Open Source projects.

Our main concern is with scaling. The cost of paying students to learn will increase as more students partake in learning. We hope to sustain the project by getting support from educational institutions/investors/the Cardano community/local governments.

[FEASIBILITY]

Short-Mid Term (1-3 Months)

Content Development begins. Open-source code available for people to contribute

Mid Term (3-12 Months)

Deploy the beta for the platform and begin to onboard interested/aspiring developers.

Long Term (12 months-36 months) Success

Success will be achieved if we generate between 50,000 enrollments in the first 3 years of operation. With at least 10% of these enrollments acquiring jobs.

Operational Costs (Hardware/Software infrastructure): $4,000

Creation of educational content(translation/software engineering/editing) : $6,000

instructor staff: $8,000

Incentives for Adoption (Learn to Earn, Wifi Access, Computer Access): $12,000

Budget Requested: $30,000

Gavin Briggs Perez: Founder of Defi Discussions LLC Project Manager & F7 Fund Recipient

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-briggs-perez-163330a5/

Jose Velazquez: CEO Defi Discussions LLC, Project Manager, Asset Acquisition Manager, F7 Fund Recipient

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-velazquez-809665186/

Will Shelton: Film Director & Professional Theater Services

Richard Lago: International Logistics, Digital Marketing & Marketing Manager

Nathan Samson: Latte Swap Co-Founder & F5, F6, and F7 Project Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-samson-419349135/

Craig Tibber: Professional Film Director & 10 plus years of film experience

Humberto Bacquerizo: (Advisor) MentorU CEO. Educational Specialist at New Jersey Medical School. Hispanic Commissioner of the City of Newark. Author: "Hispanic Star Rising Volume II"

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hxbed/

Moto Oba: Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Merchify co-Founder, Cardano Community Ambassador

Mit Patel: Professional Coder, Project Manager, Digital Security, Multilingual

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitpatel717/

Techademia team members (Ayllu)

[AUDITABILITY]

Numbers of students enrolled in class

Number of student turned into developers and hired

Number of Universities onboarded

Report an increase in the issuance of token rewards to students who complete a course (Correlated to Completion Rates)

Platform can be self sustainable

Recruit at least two academic advisors from different countries in LatAm

Recruit at least two members of local government officials

Amount of contribution to open-source code

Number of lines of code

Success for our project is an increase in the number of students who understand blockchain and implement contribute back to the d-edTech platform code or even develop new creative ideas with their knowledge. Another metric of success will be if the platform has become sustainable through its incentivization method

This will be a continuation and expansion of a course already in development funded in F5 and F7 by DeFi Discussions LLC and Techademia. We are developing a partnership

Links:

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/381053

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/384439

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/351854

SDG Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG subgoals:

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.b By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training