Twinning Remote Lab Challenge/ Europe North & Benelux

TWINNING PROJECT & COMPETITION

Let Cisco Academies students connect to live Cisco Hardware labs for real networking challenges
Make better use of existing hardware labs

The Twinning competition is a co-creation challenge for "Twin Cisco Academy Teams". The aim is to interconnect networking labs to be used remotely by students and instructors.

Twinning Competition Registration Form URL: https://forms.gle/2ZtmKL8KNjFEV4Fj6
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HfiZU86qNp0dEH6cTg97LqExqQZTa_Eef1cSyQFeaus/edit?usp=sharing
Due to the pandemic we prefer to postpone the date of the event until everyone is going out of lockdown.
All registered teams will be informed in due time.

TWINNING REMOTE LAB CHALLENGE FOR CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMIES -- BASICS

CHALLENGE 

Design, develop, prototype and create a solution based on the Twinning concept for remote Cisco Academy labs.

Twin Academy Teams are briefed, trained, coached and followed up by NetAcad Coaches and Cisco Experts

TEAMS -- Teams need to be official Cisco Academies

• Number of teams: 8 co-creation teams or "Twin Academies"
• Student Proficiency Level: CCNA 3, Security, CyberOps, CCNP

HOW TO WIN? 

1. DIDACTIC -- Didactic documentation of the added value => 25%
2. TECHNICAL -- Technical documentation & quality of the prototype => 25%
3. COMMUNICATION -- User guide, videos and demos => 25%
4. PITCHING -- Live pitch + online demonstration => 25%

DATES -- Team activities and communication will be online using Webex

• December 2, 2020 => Informing ASCs 
• Until January 29, 2021 => Enrolling Twin Teams 
• February 5, 2021 => Didactic & Technical Briefing => Instructors
• February-March 2021 => Twin Academy Hackathon: Ideation & Prototype Development  => Local Winners
• Preparing International Final
• April 2nd, 2021 => Online Pitching and Demonstrating Prototype => Competition Winners + Awards

EXPERTS AND ADVISORS

During the competition the "Twin Academy Teams" will be advised via Webex by NetAcad coaches and Cisco experts. Based on the team prototype experts and advisors will give a go for the teams that will be invited to create a working solution.

JURY

The jury consists of technical and non-technical professionals who understand the use cases presented in the competition.