EdTech Hackathon: Focusing on Adaptive Self-Regulated Learning
EdTech Hackathon: Focusing on Adaptive Self-Regulated Learning brings together researchers, lecturers, students, and EdTech professionals to collaboratively explore how educational technologies can support adaptive and self-regulated learning. With a strong focus on real-world challenges posed by Swiss EdTech companies, this interdisciplinary event invites participants—especially those with backgrounds in education, psychology, learning sciences, and engineering—to co-design research-based solutions.
Teams will tackle concrete problems presented by two EdTech companies Evulpo and Stealth Startup, including:
- Developing adaptive learning paths and evaluating their effectiveness
- Improving teacher-facing UX with data-driven insights
- Designing AI-driven interactivity that fosters cognitive engagement and social learning
- Enhancing learner motivation through gamification and feedback mechanisms
Throughout the hackathon, participants will receive guidance from expert mentors, attend keynotes from prominent professors, and collaborate in shaping research prototypes and project concepts.
The event will culminate in a pitch session evaluated by a jury of academic and industry experts. Selected teams and/or individuals may be offered internship opportunities with participating EdTech companies, continued faculty mentorship, and support in pursuing research funding. All participants will be awarded certificates in recognition of their contribution.
The goal ist to initiate interdisciplinary, research-informed projects that investigate how educational technologies can meaningfully support adaptive and self-regulated learning, while addressing practical challenges faced by EdTech companies.
Participation requirements include:
- interest (preferably background) in educational technologies and research
- affiliation with a Swiss university
- membership in the DSI Community Education (to apply, contact Diana Pak)
- professional working proficiency in English (C1)
- full onsite attendance on both days of the event
Registration
- You can register/apply individually or as a team (2-3 people).
- As the event room has a limited capacity for participants, the organizing team will select the participants based on submitted applications. The results will be announced by October 1, 2025.
- To register, please fill out the form by September 22, 2025.
When / Wann: October 15-16, 2025, 08:30-17:00
Where / Wo: Digital Society Initiative, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zurich
Language / Sprache: English
Registration / Anmeldung: Link (Deadline September 22, 2025)
Organisation: DSI Community Education
Program
October 15
| 08:30 | Registration and welcome breakfast |
| 08:45 | Opening ceremony |
| 09:00 | Keynote 1: ‘Adaptive Teaching with Technology: Bridge or Barrier?’ by Asst. Prof. Dr. Leonie Sibley |
| 09:50 | Keynote 2: ‘Empowering Learners, Shaping Systems: Self-Regulated Learning in the Age of Adaptive Technologies’ by Prof. Dr. Yves Karlen |
| 10:40 | Challenge briefs by EdTech companies (Evulpo & Stealth Startup) |
| 11:40 | Team building and ideation |
| 12:00 | Hack & snack social lunch |
| 13:15 | Ideation and project development (stage 1) |
| 15:00 | Expert feedback roundtables |
| 16:30 | End-of-day reflections |
October 16
| 09:00 | Welcome-back breakfast |
| 09:30 | Project development (stage 2) |
| 12:00 | Pizza power lunch and networking |
| 13:00 | Pitch preparation |
| 14:30 | Project presentations |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 | Closing ceremony and awards |