Each block below brings together a central track and examples of possible questions or
sub-topics. It is meant as a starting point for academic projects, not as a closed list.
01
Learning, attention and retention
Investigates how students' brains and behaviour respond to prolonged cycles of teaching, cognitive effort
and continuous exposure to knowledge.
- Neural plasticity under continuous exposure to learning across 10h, 24h and 80h+ windows.
- The engineering of sustained attention and strategies for within-session recovery.
- Cognitive fatigue versus actual content retention over the course of attendance.
- Inducing and maintaining individual and collective states of flow.
02
Biomarkers and physiological signals
Relates bodily variables to cognitive performance, engagement and strain in real time, bringing education
closer to physiological monitoring.
- Correlation between HRV, stress and perceived learning during the lesson.
- Neurofeedback applied to education to read focus, relaxation and overload.
- Eye tracking as a proxy for visual attention and loss of engagement.
- Posture, hydration and metabolism as indicators of cognitive persistence.
03
Health, wellbeing, performance and safety
Examines the physical and clinical limits of extreme educational environments, focusing on prevention,
protocols and safeguarding participants' integrity.
- Medical protocols for extreme fatigue and continuous preventive monitoring.
- The impact of sleep deprivation on attention, mood and emotional stability.
- Ergonomics, mobility, active breaks and injury prevention in prolonged sessions.
- Visual fatigue, eye health and cognitive nutrition as performance variables.
04
Psychology and collective behaviour
Opens space to understand resilience, emotional contagion, belonging and the symbolic force a large
educational event can create within a group.
- The psychology of prolonged effort and the building of cognitive resilience.
- Emotional contagion, motivation and group dynamics in mass lessons.
- The formation of collective memory from extreme educational experiences.
- Local pride, belonging and the demonstration effect in small towns.
05
Regional impact and social perception
Analyses how science, education and technology can reposition a region, change local self-image and
activate regional innovation ecosystems.
- Repositioning Três de Maio as an emerging hub for technology and education.
- Building a regional brand around knowledge, science and city branding.
- Impact on how young people in the region see themselves in relation to technology careers.
- Long-term legacy: from a one-off event to a lasting regional identity.
06
Pedagogy and educational architecture
Studies the instructional design of learning marathons, the orchestration of tools and the balance between
narrative, assessment and engagement.
- Instructional design for ultra-long-duration journeys.
- Using Google Classroom and digital tools as the backbone of pedagogical coordination.
- Collective knowledge building with collaborative notes and mind maps.
- Continuous formative assessment in extreme learning environments.
07
Artificial intelligence as co-teacher
Investigates AI not only as a support tool, but as an agent of mediation, structuring, gap detection and
amplification of teaching.
- AI as a real-time co-teacher, mediating continuously throughout the lesson.
- Automatic generation of structured materials, learning paths, summaries and books derived from the event.
- Detection of recurring questions, errors and gaps in understanding.
- Personalising teaching from behavioural and physiological signals.
08
National diffusion of computing
Explores the challenge's potential as a public act of democratising computing, inspiring career choices and
symbolically bringing young people closer to technology.
- The first hour of the lesson as a national initiative to democratise computing education.
- Reducing the symbolic distance between public-school students and technology careers.
- Aspirational effects on secondary-school students and the creation of new role models.
- Computing as contemporary literacy, at scale.
09
Data analytics and educational observability
Turns the event into an infrastructure for continuously reading the learning process, combining behaviour,
performance and multimodal data.
- Real-time learning analytics for monitoring engagement and retention.
- Integrated educational observability with a multidimensional view of the student.
- A digital twin of the lesson for simulation, monitoring and dynamic adjustment.
- Creating a continuous-learning dataset with global benchmark potential.
10
Law, ethics and governance
Discusses the ethical and legal limits of large-scale monitored events, particularly where image, voice,
biometrics and sensitive data are involved.
- Consent and the use of image and voice in mass educational broadcasts.
- Data protection law and the processing of biometric, behavioural and educational data.
- Criteria for physical fitness, liability and participant safety.
- Data governance, anonymisation, transparency and ethical research protocols.
