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DreamCoder 2.0

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SDG4 Quality Education
SDG8 Decent work and Economic Growth
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Dreamcoder 2.0

By 2025, an estimated 1.67 million vacancies for ICT professionals will be unfilled in Europe. Using ESA-backed Dreamcoder 2.0 students learn how to code and execute experiments in a space environment, paving the way for a career in ICT.

Source: World Economic Forum

Dreamcoder 2.0 is a tele-education service, which helps students learn to code. Students/Virtual participants learn, practice, and refine real-world engineering design skills by programming and analyzing experiments in an out-of-this-world laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS). The service involves a virtual classroom on Earth, an electronic board on the ISS, and a relay between the electronic board and a web platform.

Target:

4.3 Ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.4 Substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
8.6 Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Organization:

ESA

Directorate:

TIA

Keywords:

Education
ICT
Training

Regions:

Global

Website:

https://business.esa.int/projects/dreamcoder-20

Type:

Demonstration Project

Status:

Ongoing

ESA contact:

Liz Barrow

Other contact:

Nanoracks Space Outpost Europe Srl https://www.nanoracks.com/