The LxJamathon is a 72-hour hackathon/game jam for learning and development practitioners (and anyone else who wants to play in the LX space). Team up with other designers and developers to create a cool learning solution! 

You’ll get a THEME and PROMPT and explore one (or both) of them during the 72-hour event. You’ll also have an opportunity to get feedback on your submission from industry professionals.

Jam the Theme!

The THEME will be a broad, open-ended concept. Design for the THEME if you want an experience that’s more like a game jam.

2022 Theme: Sustainability

Make a learning experience based on this theme. The content, interactivity, design, and desired learner outcomes of the learning experience are up to you!

Hack the Prompt!

The PROMPT will be a well-defined learning & development or performance problem, with specified parameters that the solution must include or achieve. Design for the PROMPT if you want an experience that’s more like a hackathon.

2022 Prompt: “Oscaloose”

For this year’s L&D Jamathon PROMPT, we’ve created a fictional endangered species and invented an agency that’s trying to protect it. Help the citizens of Everton protect the charming oscaloose!

WOWF (Wonderful Oscaloose Wildlife Foundation) has tasked you to help protect the oscaloose. WOWF has two distinct goals it could use your help with.

1. Raise oscaloose awareness so that residents know when they have an oscaloose nesting in their neighborhood. The oscaloose is a rare species, and not many people know about the adorable critters.
2. Encourage and teach people about sustainability techniques, specifically related to garbage, that can help people be more cognizant allies of the oscaloose. The oscaloose is a versatile scavenger, but modern humans create a lot of dangers in their garbage, such as plastic, glass and cans, that can be deadly to a scavenging oscaloose.

More information (and assets) for the oscaloose prompt is available on Google Drive.

Make New Friends

Form teams and get to know each other during the event as you design and build a solution together. Sign up with your friends as a pre-defined team, or register solo—we’ll help you join or create a team at the beginning of the Jamathon.

Discord Server

Coordinate and collaborate on the ID Discord server. Join here: https://discord.gg/xfzh84V

Jamathon Schedule

Times below are in Central Daylight Time (GMT -6:00)

• Friday 6:00 PM: Kickoff meeting on Discord. Organizers will share the specific THEME and the PROMPT for this weekend’s event, as well as available DIVERSIFIERS.
• Friday 6:30 PM: Team formation
  • Decide if you want to build something for the THEME or for the PROMPT. Or both, if you’re really ambitious!
  • Decide if you want to work solo (on your own) or in a team. If you want to work in a team, event organizers will create a dedicated channel on Discord for you and your teammates.
  • Choose your DIVERSIFIERS, if any.
• Friday 7:30 PM: Start jamming!  
• Monday 8:00 PM: End of the jam! Upload your solution by 8:00 PM CDT on Monday, April 11.

Learn More

Visit https://lxjamathon.com/ for resources and tips. You might also take a look at our participant guide (Google Doc).