{"id":8087908,"date":"2023-07-26T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agilealliance.wpengine.com\/?post_type=aa_initiative&#038;p=8087908"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:12:05","slug":"agiledemics-agile-in-academics-initiative","status":"publish","type":"aa_initiative","link":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/resources\/initiatives\/agiledemics-agile-in-academics-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Agiledemics \u2013 Agile In Academics Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agiledemics &#8211; Agile In Academics Initiative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the Agiledemics Initiative is to promote Agile education in academics (students and educators in schools, colleges, and universities) through community-based hubs. Unlike existing commercial offerings, the&nbsp;<strong>Agiledemic Hubs<\/strong>&nbsp;are community-based and provide FREE education and mentorship to Students and Educators on Agile and emerging working culture, as they prepare to participate in the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Agiledemics\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/845398110?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organize and support long-running, self-sustaining Agile Communities of Learning (Hubs) in schools and colleges (includes the creation of scalable \u201cModel of Operation\u201d or blueprint that can be leveraged)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attract Agile Professionals to volunteer in sharing knowledge and mentoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attract local organizations to provide internship opportunities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognize contributors and learners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key elements and activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Education around using agile in school, home, and community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mentoring Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internships with local businesses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local event- school, community, state, Nations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location and Live link to international conferences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peer support- Ted Talk-like sessions, study groups, Hackathons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How you can participate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ambassadors<\/strong>&nbsp;will support the initiative in their respective communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Volunteers<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Agile Professionals supporting the execution and running of Agiledemics programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hosts<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Schools, Colleges, and Universities hosting the Agiledemic Hubs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Partners<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp; Local organizations providing support like internships and co-op opportunities to participants (Students and Educators)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteer today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1kCICRL_z4KP6K10wtoq2EdD5e6-mIhkfuxI0UNrkSuY\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use this form<\/a>&nbsp;if you are interested in roles such as Trainer, Social Media Manager, Ambassador, Communication Lead, etc.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1kCICRL_z4KP6K10wtoq2EdD5e6-mIhkfuxI0UNrkSuY\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Host an Agiledemics Hub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1EID3CXkYngp4D2ArVhThoP78SLUFacj-RUkl6QbcdVg\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use this form<\/a>&nbsp;if you are a student or an institution and you will like to start an Agiledemics Hub in your school.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1EID3CXkYngp4D2ArVhThoP78SLUFacj-RUkl6QbcdVg\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This initiative promotes Agile education in academics \u2013 students and educators in schools, colleges, and universities\u00a0\u2013 through community-based hubs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8033092,"featured_media":8087910,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[182],"tags":[714],"class_list":["post-8087908","aa_initiative","type-aa_initiative","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-current"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aa_initiative\/8087908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aa_initiative"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aa_initiative"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8033092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aa_initiative\/8087908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8102714,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aa_initiative\/8087908\/revisions\/8102714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8087910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}