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Cohort Learning Handbook [Methodology publication]

Nicholson, B. - 2024 - EdTech Hub

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,...

Working Towards Education Success Using Data: A review of Ghana’s journey towards improved learning outcomes using data [Country summaries and case studies]

Radford, K., & Ampofo, R. - 2024 - EdTech Hub

The sub-Saharan Africa region is trapped in a learning crisis with devastating implications for children. The Covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated the situation, with children losing an estimated equivalent of an additional year’s learning. Not addressing the regional learning crisis will have a detrimental impact on economic development and well-being and risks restricting future national and regional economic growth and productivity and fuelling social unrest. Education research has shown...

Summary: EdTech in Cambodia - A Rapid Scan

Thinley, S., Hayat, A., Thang, S., & Mazari, H. - 2024 - EdTech Hub

This document is a summary of a country scan on XYZ produced by EdTech Hub as part of the ASEAN-UK SAGE programme. 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...

EdTech for Learners With Hearing and Visual Impairments: A Rapid Evidence Review for the Southeast Asian Region [Rapid Evidence Review]

Zhao, A., Hinks, J., Thang, S., … D’Rozario, J. - 2024 - EdTech Hub

This publication is one part of a series of Rapid Evidence Reviews (RERs) that has been produced by EdTech Hub as part of the ASEAN-UK Supporting the Advancement of Girls’ Education (SAGE) Programme. The programme aims to enhance foundational learning opportunities for all by breaking down barriers that hinder the educational achievements of girls and marginalised learners. The purpose of the RERs is to provide education decision-makers with accessible, evidence-based summaries of good...

TCPD in Tanzania: Design-Based Implementation Research Cycle 1 Recommendations Policy Brief [Policy Brief]

Koomar, S., Massam, W., Chachage, K., … Nkya, H. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

MEWAKA (Mafunzo Endelevu kwa Walimu Kazini, or teacher continuous professional development [TCPD]) is a landmark teacher professional development programme being implemented by the Government of Tanzania. The research project, 'The Impact of a Tech-Supported, School-Based TPD Model on Learning Outcomes in Tanzania, using Design-Based Implementation Research (DBIR)', closely aligns with the Tanzania National TCPD implementation plan, to evaluate the implementation of MEWAKA at school level....

Understanding Teacher School Choice Preferences: What Matters Most for Teacher Deployment in Sierra Leone?

2023 - EdTech Hub Preprint

This exploratory mixed-methods study investigates the factors that shape where teachers want to work in Sierra Leone. We identify five dominant factors: monetary incentives, school conditions, opportunities for professional development and support, school location, and relationships with the school and the community. Importantly, these factors combine to push and pull teachers to different locations. Moreover, the factors interact with individual teacher characteristics such as gender,...

Using Technology to Improve Education for Marginalised Girls: Lessons in implementation from the Girls’ Education Challenge [Preprint]

Anonymised for Peer Review Purposes - 2023 - EdTech Hub

This article presents the findings of an in-depth study on the implementation of six EdTech-supported projects within the UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s Girls’ Education Challenge portfolio, which aims to improve education for the world’s most marginalised girls. Using primary key informant interviews and secondary data from sampled projects, the study identifies the core components related to the implementation of EdTech within the sampled projects:...

Investigating the Activity Levels of School Quality Assurance Officers in Sierra Leone (Working Paper No. 51)

Beoku-Betts, I., & Leh Wi Lan - 2023 - EdTech Hub

Since the launch of the Free Quality School Education (FQSE) Programme in 2018, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has prioritised the use of data for decision-making across several education reform programmes. Part of this vision has been to build systems to measure school quality through School Quality Assurance Officers (SQAOs) using data collection and feedback. This system includes using tools for teacher management, lesson observations, school...

School-to-School Mobility Patterns and Retention Rates of Payroll Teachers in Sierra Leone (Working Paper No. 48)

Espinoza-Revollo, P., Ali, Y., Garrod, O., … Haßler, B. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

This report is one of several on the research project on the Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone. Recent studies from this series have shown that being put on the government payroll can incentivise teachers to relocate to remote areas of the country. There is a concern, however, that being put on the payroll does not necessarily ensure the retention of teachers in these areas and that teachers will soon move to locations they consider more favourable. As there is no...

Randomised Controlled Trial Protocol: Digital personalised learning to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes in Kenyan classrooms [Methodology publication]

Major, L., Daltry, R., Otieno, M., … Friedburg, A. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

This protocol provides a detailed overview of a cluster-randomised controlled trial (RCT) being undertaken in pre-primary schools in Kenya. The RCT seeks to rigorously investigate the impact of a classroom-integrated digital personalised learning (DPL) tool on early grade numeracy and literacy learning outcomes. The protocol is being disseminated prior to endline data analysis to promote transparency and a comprehensive understanding of the RCT approach and design. This protocol was...

EdTech Evidence From Covid-19 Response: A thematic review of primary research from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan and Sierra Leone (Working Paper No. 49)

Nicolai, S., Jefferies, K., & Stepanek Lockhart, A. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

To better understand the use of EdTech interventions as part of response to the Covid-19 pandemic, EdTech Hub commissioned ten small-scale research studies in five low- and middle-income countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, and Sierra Leone. This paper includes insight into research methodologies across these studies, with particularly interesting findings on how EdTech effectiveness is being measured. A semi-structured thematic analysis further provides insights in relation to...

The Use of Technology to Promote Equity and Inclusion in Education in North and Northeast Kenya (EdTech Hub Working Paper No. 52)

Otieno, J., Kaye, T., & Mbugua, W. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

Kenya has been lauded as having one of the most progressive and effective education systems in Africa. Significant investments in education funding, innovative technology-enabled approaches to improve teaching and learning, and committed leadership make Kenya an example for neighbours and others across the world. However, at a sub-national level, significant variances in education access and quality arise. While many improvements have been made to participation, quality, equity, and...

Testing EdTech Interventions in Bandarban: Key Findings from the EdTech Hub Sandbox [Sandbox Sprint Review]

Tanweer, R., Plaut, D., Datta, R., … Afroze, S. - 2023 - EdTech Hub

The Covid-19 pandemic has catalysed the need for technology-enhanced education globally. This is no different in Bangladesh, where the Education Section of the UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office is seeking a better understanding of the role and potential of EdTech to improve numeracy skills among the most marginalised learners. In efforts to do this, UNICEF Bangladesh partnered with EdTech Hub to in which EdTech interventions contribute the most to numeracy learning for marginalised learners...

Telephone Survey: Caregivers’ and Learners’ Perspectives on SMS for Education in Kenya [Technical Report]

Myers, C., Jordan, K., Khagame, P., … Zhao, A. - 2022 - EdTech Hub

This document presents the structure and questions used for a telephone survey which was undertaken with a sample of learners who use the M-Shule platform and their caregivers, in Kenya, during July and August 2022. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org

Using technology to improve the equity of teacher allocation in Sierra Leone: the challenge and a way forward

McBurnie, C., Vijil, A., & Haßler, B. - 2022, May 8 - EdTech Hub

An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org

Pakistan Digital Learning Landscape Analysis [Technical Report]

Zubairi, A., Khalayleh, A., Baloch, I., … Groeneveld, C. - 2022 - EdTech Hub

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a dramatic increase in the role educational technology (EdTech) plays in education delivery. As schools have closed worldwide, EdTech has played a critical role in keeping children learning. However, as the pandemic has persisted, the optimism around EdTech has plateaued. It has given way to fears that children who are using EdTech are not learning, and that the most marginalised children are falling further behind due to the emergence of a digital...

Tackling coloniality in EdTech: Making your offering inclusive and socially just

Adam, T., Moustafa, N., & Sarwar, M. - 2022 - EdTech Hub

On 29 June 2022, Bertha Centre, EdTech Hub, Open Development & Education and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) presented a workshop on Tackling Coloniality in EdTech. The workshop was hosted by Ntombini Marrengane (Bertha Institute). This slide deck shares the resources and activities used at the workshop, in the hope that it inspires others to host similar workshops that critically reflect on how coloniality can be embedded in EdTech designs, projects, programmes, processes,...

Pakistan Landscape Analysis Inception Report: UNICEF Inception Report

EdTech Hub Team - 2022 - EdTech Hub

Based on the growing access to technology, and the lessons learned from the experiences during the Covid-19 school closures, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (MoEFPT) has identified the formalisation of a strategy to develop and implement technology-based learning approaches as an immediate national priority. UNICEF Pakistan is developing a strategy to guide its engagement in the technology-facilitated learning space in Pakistan. This strategy will identify how...

Design-Based Implementation Research Baseline Data Collection: Technical report [Technical Report]

Koomar, S., Adam, T., Massam, W. E., … Barretto, J. - 2022 - EdTech Hub

This research study aims to investigate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of a tech-supported, decentralised, and school-based teacher continuous professional development (TCPD) model, to improve learning outcomes in rural Tanzanian primary schools. The research will test and iteratively improve the national TCPD model and roll-out (including the semi-structured Communities of Learning), as outlined in the Tanzanian National TCPD Implementation Plan (2021). We seek to...