Winner of Govhack 2022 - Digital Skills Challenge
Winner of Govhack 2022 - Digital Skills Challenge
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The story
The story
From the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data around Technology and Innovation, since 2018 there has been up to a 8% increase in the need for IT professional and support based skills used in undertaking core business activities. In this same time period up to a 10% increase can be seen in the ability for staff to be able to work from home. With these values consistent across all industries, even those that traditionally are non-digitally focused, it is obvious how important digital skills are becoming in the modern world.
More than 516 online government services are provided in Queensland alone, and alongside a 13% increase of reported cyber crimes in the 2020–21 financial year means this ever expanding footprint of the digital world and its impact on the daily lives of citizens highlights how critical it is that every person has the knowledge and skills to navigate this new landscape.
Moving away from digital skills, students are overwhelmed by different career pathways provided once graduated and would like more direction. There have also been statistics show major discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, like being unfairly denied a job or unfairly discouraged from continuing education, with one in five Australians recently experienced major discrimination.
Our Solution
Our Solution
Our idea is an app called connectiverse, this web based application would allow people to connect and help develop each others skills.
Users of connectiverse can add skills to their profile they would like to teach and would like to learn. Based on the skills entered the users will be matched up with other members of society that would like to connect and also be able to view upcoming courses.
Users can message each other to discuss teaching/learning each other skills and can register to events.
Students can put in skills they have acquired through their education to get an idea of what career pathways align closely with them and what skills they need to learn and allow local organisations and businesses to organise local events that could connect with a local school to engage with students that have similar skills.
By building a community through connectiverse aimed at improving knowledge and skills, we hope to encourage cultural diversity in the workplace and create social cultural awareness to allow people that have been unfairly discouraged from continuing education another avenue for learning.
Who is Connectiverse for?
Who is Connectiverse for?
Mentors
Mentors
Someone who has skills they would like to teach other people.
Learners
Learners
Someone who is wanting to up skill and learn in new areas.
Events
Events
Hosted events that will allow attendees to up skill in their life.
How is it used?
How is it used?
The user creates a profile on Connectiverse
Provide their basic details
Add their current skills to their profile
The current skills are the ones they would like to teach
Once a the profile is completed they can see mentors/learners and events around them
Search for skills
Search for skills
A user can search for skills in the Australian Skills Classification
They can view a description of the skills
Add the skills to their profile as either a skill they have or a skill they desire to learn
User can do an exam to prove they have knowledge in the skill, these are represented by a tick.
Add skills to learn using the Skills Calc
Add skills to learn using the Skills Calc
User clicks on the "Use Skills Calc" button
User is taken to the skills calculator
The user selects the skills/positions based on their career
Based on what is selected the user is given careers based off how close their skills relate
When the user selects a career they are given a description of the role and the skills required
The user can add the desired skills to their profile
View Upcoming Events
View Upcoming Events
A user can view upcoming events aligned with skills or of interest
They can view event details
They can see a map location
They can add the event to their devices calendar
The user can register using their profile info
A reminder alert will be sent to the user closer to the event
Connect with Mentors/Learners
Connect with Mentors/Learners
User clicks on the "Learn" or "Teach" button (the example below is for Learn)
User is taken to their page to see possible Teachers in their area
A user can click on the user to see their profile and what skills they can teach
User can then click the Contact Button and send a message to initiate contact
In the background...
In the background...
Think Rhino
Think Rhino
Think Rhino is the team behind connectiverse. We are a group of five that are passionate about the digital industry and providing useful applications to the public.
The Team:
Matthew Aisthorpe
Tash
Aisjam
Sable
Thomas Donaldson
Future ideas
Future ideas
During our brainstorm we came up with some ideas for future implementation to enhance the user experience of connictiverse but will require dedicated time to implement.
Organising Events - Booking library spaces
Micro credentials for Skills
Adding Badges to highlight user achievements in connectiverse (such as a badge for helping 10 people)
Notifying users or changes to the skill definition in the Australian Skills Classification data.
Links to appropriate university courses to up skill.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Read our submission on GovHack - https://2022.hackerspace.govhack.org/projects/connectiverse
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