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This document presents a report of a national survey on technology ownership and usage among primary school teachers in Madagascar, conducted in 2023. The survey, a collaboration between EdTech Hub, the National Institute of Pedagogical Training (INFP), and the Ministry of National Education, aimed to gather reliable data on ICT deployment across Madagascar's 23 regions. Data was collected through quantitative surveys and qualitative focus groups involving 1403 educators. Key findings reveal...
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The Cohort Learning Handbook captures EdTech Hub’s approach to building cohorts on its Evidence-Led Entrepreneurship Course. The course aims to help entrepreneurs adopt and utilise evidence to learn and to scale their products and services. The Handbook is for individuals and organisations who support EdTech entrepreneurs (e.g., accelerators, entrepreneurship programmes, and funders). Building a cohort supports entrepreneurs to learn quickly and more confidently as a result of learning with,...
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EdTech in Senegal: A Rapid Scan (Country Scan No. 9)Upadhyay, A., & Taddese, A. - 2020 - EdTech Hub
EdTech Hub country scans explore factors that enable and hinder the use of technology in education. These factors include the policy or vision for EdTech, institutional capacity, private sector partnerships, and digital infrastructure. The scans are intended to be comprehensive but are by no means exhaustive. The aim is to provide a useful starting point for more in-depth discussions about opportunities and barriers in EdTech in specific countries and, in this case, Liberia. This report is...
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This document was produced in response to a request from the UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) submitted to the EdTech Hub Helpdesk in October 2021. The UNICEF team requested a curated list of digital learning platforms in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and an analysis of a shortlisted series of platforms intending to explore their potential for at-scale implementation and impact. This report does not aim to cover every leading and innovative digital...
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EdTech in Liberia: A Rapid Scan (Country Scan No. 1)Upadhyay, A., & Taddese, A. - 2020 - EdTech Hub
EdTech Hub country scans explore factors that enable and hinder the use of technology in education. These factors include the policy or vision for EdTech, institutional capacity, private sector partnerships, and digital infrastructure. The scans are intended to be comprehensive but are by no means exhaustive. The aim is to provide a useful starting point for more in-depth discussions about opportunities and barriers in EdTech in specific countries and, in this case, Liberia. This report is...
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Seventy-one teachers participating in the ‘Onneshon’ prototype were flooding the WhatsApp group with messages about the challenges and hiccups they were experiencing, either with watching the video content or with taking a quiz in the first two weeks. Problems were pouring in and so were solutions being innovated and offered through diverse channels. In the space of two weeks, the…
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High-income countries often use external incentives such as remuneration, professional pathways or accreditation to motivate teachers to engage in professional development. This paper reflects on the challenges of engaging teachers in school-based professional development in resource-scarce education environments where the use of such incentives is not feasible and explores practical strategies to motivate their engagement. In such contexts, where qualified teacher status and promotion are...
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Arnaldo Pellini, Susan Nicolai, Moizza Binat Sarwar, Sam Wilson, Akanksha Bapna, Chris McBurnie, Adedoyin Adesina, Oladele Akogun, Ernest Ngabo, Hind Al-Hindawi, Ni Wayan Suriastini, Vollan Ochieng, Moses Ngware, Asma Rabi , Abdul Musawir, Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Edem Agbe , Rabia Tabassum, Amna Zaidi, Jeroen Groenewegen, Harish Doraiswamy, Sudhansu Sharma, Liangdi Xu In this blog we summarise four takeaways from a reflection…
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This is a report on a knowledge exchange visit between the Ministry of National Education of Madagascar and the Mauritius Institute for Education. The visit focused on sharing lessons and discussing ongoing projects related to technology in education. Key objectives included presenting successes and challenges of distance learning, discussing pedagogical design and digital platforms, and exploring long-term collaboration. School visits provided insights into technology integration in...
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This is a practical guide for users of a tablet for the distance learning platform (FAD), specifically for 2000 primary teachers in Madagascar. It covers: Tablet Basics: How to use the tablet, buttons, screen, touch controls, navigation, and settings. Accessories: Information on the solar charger / power bank and mini-speaker. Communication: Instructions on making calls, sending SMS and emails, and accessing the internet. Applications: Guides for using applications for training content and...
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EdTech Hub country scans explore factors that enable and hinder the use of technology in education. This includes policies, government leadership, private-sector partnerships, and digital infrastructure for education. The scans are intended to be comprehensive but are by no means exhaustive; nonetheless, we hope they will serve as a useful starting point for more in-depth discussions about opportunities and barriers in EdTech in specific countries and, in this case, Vietnam. This report was...
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The current approaches to providing high quality learning experiences to learners with disabilities in low and middle-income (LMICs) countries requires radical rethinking. To date, significant numbers of learners with disabilities are not enjoying the benefits of barrier-free and meaningful engagement with the school curriculum in order to reach their potential. Appropriately matched technology to learner needs – in terms of…
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This is a practical guide for administrators of the Formation À Distance (FAD) platform in Madagascar. The guide provides instructions on managing the platform, with a focus on evaluations and forums. It covers topics such as setting up different types of evaluations (quizzes, assignments), configuring forum settings, managing discussions, and moderating forums. It also includes best practices for both evaluations and forums, as well as security considerations. The document provides...
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This Learning Brief is part of the EdTech Hub Learning Brief Series, providing practical resources for people working to improve the use of technology in education. In this brief, we look at priorities for governments and ministries of education when crafting EdTech Strategies. Interest in developing EdTech strategies related to operational targets and outcomes has increased over the past few years, especially in response to the learning disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence...
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This Rapid Evidence Review (RER) provides an overview of existing literature on the use of educational technology (EdTech) for education of refugees in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The RER has been produced in response to the widespread global shutdown of schools resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19. It therefore has an emphasis on transferable insights that may be applicable to educational responses resulting from the limitations caused by Covid-19. In the current global...
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Sierra Leone’s Education Data Hub is designed to make school-level data more useful in decision making. Nine months into its launch, MBSSE and DSTI were keen to understand who was using the Data Hub, the kinds of decisions it informed, and where improvements were needed to ensure that non-technical users, including policymakers, teachers, parents, and students could access and use…
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The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of approximately 90,000 schools across Kenya, causing over 18 million pre-primary, primary, and secondary school learners to be out of school throughout 2020. These lockdown measures of Covid-19 are expected to amplify gender inequalities in education and girls’ access to school, with girls likely to have experienced losses in learning during the pandemic to a greater extent than their male counterparts (⇡Malala Fund, 2020). To enable continued...
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This document, details the Alpha user testing of a digital learning platform and educational applications for the Ministry of National Education of Madagascar, aimed at training 2000 teachers. Conducted in July 2024, the testing focused on functionality and accessibility. Twenty-nine testers, primarily web developers and instructional designers, used a Google Forms questionnaire to evaluate the platform and applications. The results showed that while the platform was generally functional,...
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This is a report on the Beta testing of a digital learning platform and applications developed for the Ministry of Education in Madagascar. The project aims to train 16,000 teachers, with 2,000 utilising distance learning via tablets. The Beta user testing focused on the pedagogical relevance, usability, and ergonomics of the platform and two offline applications. Twenty-one teachers participated, evaluating tasks like launching applications, navigating content, accessing multimedia, and...
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