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Study of Hackathons through Desert Hacks
Description
Hackathons are 24-36 hour events where participants are encouraged to learn, collaborate, and build technological inventions with leaders, companies, and peers in the tech community. Hackathons have been sweeping the nation in the recent years especially at the collegiate level; however, there is no substantial research or documentation of the actual effects of hackathons especially at the collegiate level. This makes justifying the usage of valuable time and resources to host hackathons difficult for tech companies and academic institutions. This thesis specifically examines the effects of collegiate hackathons through running a collegiate hackathon known as Desert Hacks at Arizona State University (ASU). The participants of Desert Hacks were surveyed at the start and at the end of the event to analyze the effects. The results of the survey implicate that participants have grown in base computer programming skills, inclusion in the tech community, overall confidence, and motivation for the technological field. Through these results, this study can be used to help justify the necessity of collegiate hackathons and events similar.
Date Created
2017-12
Contributors
- Le, Peter Thuan (Author)
- Atkinson, Robert (Thesis director)
- Chavez-Echeagaray, Maria Elena (Committee member)
- Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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Extent
61 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Academic Year 2017-2018
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.45836
Level of coding
minimal
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- 2017-11-16 11:40:34
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 3 months ago
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