Explore
Full Library 7,086 resources
-
The educational enterprise is in the midst of a philosophical shift from a behaviorist to a constructivist paradigm. If constructivism is to be taken seriously as a new educational paradigm in the information age, learning technology R&D must pay more attention to learners instead of teachers. A constructivist learning environment (CLE) is a technology-rich, open place where a learner can use a variety of tools and information resources in his pursuit of learning goals and problem-solving...
-
Within the context of almost nine million children with hearing disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, their education is an important topic. The problem was the lack of conclusive research about the effects of digital assistive technologies for educating deaf learners in Sub-Saharan African countries, such as Namibia. The question was could a digital assistive technology improve the mathematics achievement of deaf children? The research objective was to gather scientific evidence by conducting...
-
We test the hypothesis that the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices has the same construct validity in African university students as it does in non-African students by examining data from 306 highly select 17- to 23-year olds in the Faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of the Witwatersrand (177 Africans, 57 East Indians, 72 Whites; 54 women, 252 men). Analyses were made of the Matrices scores, an English Comprehension test, the Similarities subscale from...
-
The Leading Family Newspaper in Zimbabwe
-
<p>We outline CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting standards, an extension to the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement that aims to improve the reporting of intervention effects in randomised trials where health equity is relevant. Health inequities are unfair differences in health that can be avoided by reasonable action. We defined a randomised trial where health equity is relevant as one that assesses effects on health equity by evaluating an intervention focused on...
-
This EdTech Hub Helpdesk Response provides feedback on 15 Tanzania University Strategic Implementation Plans (USIPs) submitted to the Word Bank’s Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project (HEET). The feedback is intended to enhance and strengthen the plans provided by universities such that the USD 300 million is allocated and spent most effectively.
-
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unprecedented shutdown of society. Among the various safety measures taken, much attention has been given to school closure as a non-pharmaceutical mitigation tool to curb the spread of the disease through ensuring “social” (physical) distancing. Nearly 1.725 billion children in over 95% of countries worldwide have been affected by school closures implemented in April 2020 as the virus continued to spread. In the field of education, policymakers’ attention...
-
ChatGPT for Research. Consensus is an AI-powered search engine that finds and summarizes scientific research papers. Just ask a question!
-
Cette liste de sources annotée a pour but d’informer la prise de décisions des acteurs du domaine de l’éducation concernant l’introduction de technologies en classe dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. Cette liste est une introduction qui expose de façon informelle certains des conseils généraux que prodiguent souvent les experts de l’EdTech Hub.
-
More than 4 billion people are not connected to the Internet. This is either because there is no infrastructure or because Internet access is not affordable. This digital divide is extreme in Africa. At Microsoft, we have been investigating various technologies to bridge this divide. In this paper we describe our research around the TV White Spaces, and how we have leveraged it, and worked with our partners to connect communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Filter by our tags
Learners
Educators
Education systems
- Access (62)
- Accountability (12)
- Assessment (15)
- Curriculum and educational content (31)
- Education financing (6)
- Educational data (22)
- Equity (47)
- Governance (15)
- Monitoring and evaluation (19)
- Quality (35)
- System readiness (22)
Hardware and modality
- App-based (23)
- Audio (14)
- Blended learning (25)
- Desktop and laptop computers (24)
- Distance education (49)
- MP3 player (1)
- Online learning (28)
- Open educational resources (16)
- Personalised learning (15)
- Phone (43)
- Printed teaching and learning materials (12)
- Radio (32)
- Social media and messaging (15)
- Tablet (32)
- Television (19)
- Video (14)
Educational level
- Adult education (3)
- Early childhood and pre-primary (11)
- Higher education (7)
- Informal education (7)
- Primary education (103)
- Secondary education (86)
- Vocational education (5)
Within-country contexts
- Fragile and conflict affected contexts (17)
- Low connectivity and/or electricity (65)
- Peri-urban (18)
- Rural (39)
- Urban (22)
Language of publication
Publisher and type
- Blog / op-ed (25)
- Collaborative evaluation (1)
- Country summaries and case studies (8)
- Evidence Review (14)
- Helpdesk Response (46)
- Horizon-scanning study (1)
- In partnership with BETER (1)
- In partnership with UNICEF (22)
- In partnership with World Bank (5)
- Journal article (14)
- Learning Brief (5)
- Methodology publication (3)
- Other type (15)
- Policy Brief (10)
- Position Paper (8)
- Rapid Evidence Review (7)
- Research Instruments and Tools (3)
- Sandbox Sprint Review (6)
- Systematic Review (1)
- Technical Report (23)
- Working Paper (18)
Research method
Topic Area
Focus Countries
- Bangladesh (11)
- Ghana (8)
- Kenya (17)
- Malawi (2)
- Pakistan (12)
- Sierra Leone (19)
- Tanzania (15)
Publication year
-
Between 1900 and 1999
(132)
- Between 1930 and 1939 (2)
- Between 1950 and 1959 (3)
- Between 1960 and 1969 (13)
- Between 1970 and 1979 (15)
- Between 1980 and 1989 (23)
- Between 1990 and 1999 (76)
-
Between 2000 and 2024
(6,141)
- Between 2000 and 2009 (480)
- Between 2010 and 2019 (2,991)
- Between 2020 and 2024 (2,670)
- Unknown (813)