Blendee wins Ericsson Innovation Awards for their future of learning solution
April 15 2015 - 12:11PM
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Team Blendlee wins the EUR 25,000 first prize
for their platform for self-development based on the concept of
blended learning
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Teams from Germany, India, Ukraine and USA made
it to final four in Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA)
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Over 270 teams from 43 countries submitted
entries
Team Blendlee, consisting of Marcos Welker and
Jolita Kiznyte's from Germany, has been chosen as the winner of the
Ericsson Innovation Awards for their platform for self-development
based on the concept of blended learning. Blendlee works to combine
the possibilities of technology and human factors to meet unique
user needs.
Taking home a top prize of EUR 25,000, the winners
beat off strong competition from runners-up Pik-Do (USA),
third-placed 132 CONNECT (India) and Bridge (Ukraine), who
came in fourth place.
Motivating their decision to choose Blendlee as
the winners, the judges said: "Blendlee did a great job of
structuring a combination of educational activities into personal
goals and strength assessment. Bringing in a coaching community,
taking a lifetime learning approach and mixing in certifications
and goal mapping was definitely appreciated."
Open to student from all over the world, the teams
that entered the 2015 competition were asked to be fundamental
drivers of change in the future of education. Each was required to
come up with an innovative idea, a business plan and a description
of why it should be chosen ahead of the others.
In addition to the first, second and third place
winners, a special Technology for Good award was given to one team
in special recognition for their work in social responsibility how
they used technology for a good cause. The prize was EUR 3,000.
The winners for the Technology for Good award were
Tent School System team from Pakistan consisting of team leader
Zulqarnain Jameel and Maryem Tanveer, Mahoor Obaid and Yasir
Mustafa. The team's ultimate is to eradicate illiteracy in
Pakistan by 2020 and operates in an Islamabad slum, offering free
education to children who don't even have basic necessities.
Started in 2009, the competition began as the
Ericsson Application Awards, a research and development initiative
to spark app development and boost innovation.
In 2015, the competition changed its name to the
Ericsson Innovation Awards, and the scope was broadened to target
university talent globally. With education playing a key part in
the move toward Ericsson's vision of the Networked Society - where
everything that can be connected will be connected - the 2015 theme
was The Future of Learning.
The competition has been open to students from any
academic institution, and 270 teams from 43 countries entered.
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