omegaUp: A Decade of Growth and Impact in Latin American Coding Education
Hugo E. DUEÑAS OROZCO, Tania AVALOS PIÑON · OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS · 2024
Ten years ago we presented in this journal omegaUp, an open-source contest management platform for the Mexican Olympiad in Informatics. Today, it has grown into a comprehensive education technology tool empowering tens of thousands of students in Latin America, from beginners to competitive programmers. In this article we discuss the main achievements in the past decade including free online courses, content quality assurance, improved UX, as well as becoming the host of important competitions such as the Iberoamerican Olympiad in Informatics and the national olympiads in Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.