Reimagining Education Through Innovation

🚀 About Olabs

Online labs (OLabs) is an innovative virtual learning platform that brings lab experiments online, addressing challenges like limited access to physical labs, costly equipment, and geographical constraints.

⚡️ Key Features
• Aligned with NCERT/CBSE and State Board syllabi.
• Offers interactive simulations (2D/3D/VR), animations, and lab videos.
• Facilitates equal and comprehensive learning by allowing students to perform, record, and understand experiments anytime, anywhere.
• Provides learning-enabled assessments to evaluate procedural, conceptual, and reporting skills.

Currently, the OLabs portal hosts 473 labs, with an additional 100 labs under development.

The labs are accessible through the following platforms:
• OLabs Website: www.olabs.edu.in

💡 About OLabs Hackathon

The OLabs Hackathon is a prestigious national-level technology event jointly organized by Amrita School of Computing and ACM Chapter, and Amrita Center for Research in Analytics, Technologies & Education (Amrita CREATE), Amritapuri.

💻 Core Goal: Enhancing Olabs with creative, practical, scalable, technological solutions.

Problem Statement

Design and develop innovative, scalable, and technology-driven solutions to enhance the OLabs platform, addressing key challenges in virtual education. Focus on improving the accessibility, functionality, and effectiveness of virtual labs while ensuring security, reliability, and data integrity.

Themes

Participants can explore and contribute to a diverse set of themes, such as:

1. AI-Powered Virtual Labs: Leveraging artificial intelligence to improve lab experiences.
2. Cybersecurity in Virtual Labs: Ensuring secure and safe online learning environments.
3. Blockchain for Lab Integrity: Using blockchain technology to maintain data authenticity and integrity.
4. Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) Integration: Enhancing virtual labs with immersive technologies.
5. Data Science & Analytics for Virtual Labs: Applying analytics to optimize and personalize lab usage.
6. Collaborative Learning: Building features that enable peer-to-peer and group learning.
7. IoT and Virtual Labs: Integrating IoT devices to expand lab functionality.

Subject Areas

Participants can develop solutions related to:
• Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
• Computer Science and Programming
• Entrepreneurship Development
• Indian Sign Language

Who can Participate?
• Secondary and Higher secondary school students (8th to 12th grade)
• College students (UG and PG (including PhD))
• Industrial professionals

Why Participate?
• Create, innovate, and develop solutions to enhance OLabs
• Make a difference in the virtual lab experience across subjects
• Collaborate with brilliant minds
• Win exciting prizes and recognition
• Network with seasoned experts

Rules
• Registration: Registration must be completed via the designated website. Each team must participate through a single account.
• Team Structure: Teams of 2-4 members, all from either school or college or industry (no mixed-category teams). You can only be part of one team. Team changes are not allowed after the idea submission phase.
• Content should be in English.
• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham will retain a copy of all entries, and the submitted eContent may be used for educational purposes, including dissemination through
online and offline modes.
• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham reserves all rights to modify the rules and dates.

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