Imagine the Future of Learning
About innov8
innov8 is an Open Innovation competition that aims to engage learners, educators, designers and developers, technology enthusiasts, games creators, innovators and anyone with an interest in ensuring that technology is used in new and exciting ways to engage, inspire learners.
innov8 is interested in ideas that can take learning into new places and spaces and engage learners in new ways. Five innov8 finalists will win £1,000 to work up their idea into a pitch and then the final winner will win an additional £5,000. The five finalists will include at least one idea from a young person or group of young people working together. To ensure that the judging panel is responsive to young people’s priorities and ideas, the panel will include young people as well as experts from across the learning technology space.
Entering innov8 is straightforward. We are interested in great ideas about the future of learning, not products ready for use today. innov8 is a chance to imagine the future of learning and then work in partnership with Pearson, the worlds leading learning company, to see your idea become reality.
innov8 is driven by Pearson’s desire to support innovation in learning, open up new spaces for collaboration and to explore a range of potential new partnership working opportunities.
What to do next?
Anyone interested in innov8 should register at http://innov8.pearson.com to receive the innov8 entrants information pack and updates about the competition.
Key dates
8th August 2011 - Registration at http://innov8.pearson.com opens
1st September 2011 - Competition opens for entry and for Q&A submission
1st October 2011 - Final date for Q&A submission
31st October 2011 - Competition closes
11th November 2011 - 5 Finalists invited to pitch their ideas to the innov8 panel
21st November 2011 - Finalist present practice pitch to the innov8 panel
13th January 2012 - Pitching competition at BETT 2012, Olympia, London
14th January 2012 - Winner announced
http://innov8.pearson.com
