{"id":3973,"date":"2009-10-26T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5.64"},"modified":"2009-10-26T13:39:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T20:39:02","slug":"mozilla-jetpack-for-learning-design-challenge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2009\/10\/mozilla-jetpack-for-learning-design-challenge-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla &#8220;Jetpack for Learning&#8221; Design Challenge &#8211; turning the open web into a rich learning environment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/5\/files\/2009\/08\/conceptseries.jpg\" alt=\"conceptseries\" width=\"175\" height=\"211\" style=\"margin:0 0 5px 5px;float: right\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>We invite you to help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online, by participating in the <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozillalabs.com\/jetpack-for-learning\/\">Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge<\/a> sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/education.mozilla.org\">Mozilla Foundation<\/a> with support from the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfound.org\/education\"> John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation<\/a> as part of its digital media and learning initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are looking for designers, educators and software developers who want to turn their innovative ideas about learning online into working prototypes in the form of Firefox add-ons. We&#8217;ll help you refine your designs and teach you how to create Firefox add-ons using Jetpack and other Mozilla technologies.  Participants creating the best prototpes will be invited to the Jetpack for Learning Design Camp and the <a href=\"http:\/\/sxsw.com\/\">SXSW Interactive conference<\/a> in March 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>How does it work?<\/h2>\n<p>Come up with an innovative idea for a Firefox add-on that brings personal learning features to the open Web. Create a mock-up and submit it on the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge web-site before midnight (US Pacific Time) on 27 November 2009. Based on the quality of submissions, up to 60 participants will be invited into a 6-week online course that covers design\/UX and technical aspects of add-on development and will help you turn your mock-up into a working prototype. We&#8217;ll select the most promising prototypes and invite up to ten of their creators to further refine their add-ons at a face-to-face Jetpack for Learning Design Camp in March 2010 and to attend SXSW Interactive immediately following the Design Camp. <\/p>\n<h2>What kind of ideas are we looking for?<\/h2>\n<p>We are looking for your ideas on how Firefox add-ons, preferably add-ons created with Mozilla&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/jetpack.mozillalabs.com\">Jetpack<\/a> technology, can turn the web browser into a platform for rich personal learning on the open web. You are not restricted to work on any particular type of application. Here are a few examples to get you started &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn social bookmarking and page annotation into effective learning tools (for example by including peer-assessment features)<\/li>\n<li>Allow users to easily compile personal e-portfolios (for example, by combining their own works \u2014 photos, comments, articles\u2014with testimonials others have written about them)<\/li>\n<li>Let the browser suggest relevant materials for learning (for example, by automatically identifying additional articles based on what sites a person visits or which topics they search for)<\/li>\n<li>Support social learning communities (for example, by making it easy to find and connect with others who share similar learning interests)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who should apply?<\/h2>\n<p>Participation is open to individuals and teams, but we especially encourage submissions from inter-disciplinary groups (designers, educators, and software developers). You don&#8217;t need to be a computer geek, but participants are expected to implement their ideas as Firefox add-ons, which will require writing some software code.<\/p>\n<p>You must be at least 18 years old in order to participate in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge. You must also make your submission and your add-ons available for public use under open licenses. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozillalabs.com\/jetpack-for-learning\/\">Jetpack for Learning web site<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozillalabs.com\/jetpack-for-learning\/rules.html\">complete rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>You can find more information about the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge, including how to apply, on our web site:<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.org\/jetpack-for-learning\">http:\/\/design-challenge.mozilla.org\/jetpack-for-learning<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online, by participating in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2009\/10\/mozilla-jetpack-for-learning-design-challenge-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16577,19110,22915,19595],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}