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EdTech Hub participated in a question and answer session in May 2020 for policymakers in The Maldives and Sri Lanka. The session focused on the challenges and issues in designing effective distance education programmes during the Covid-19 pandemic. This document provides answers to a list of 13 questions received from stakeholders.
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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.
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A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a virtual space designed to support teaching and learning and can resemble anything from a curated content repository to a synchronous video-enabled learning space. This technical note aims to inform the design and implementation of a VLE at a national level for basic education.
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This topic brief reviews evidence about the use of blended learning to support the education of marginalised adolescent girls in low- and middle- income countries.
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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.
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This paper analyses a range of literature reviews to identify characteristics of effective teacher education, including focusing on practical subject pedagogy; incorporating peer support and; creating a coherent policy environment.
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EdTech Hub participated in a Girls’ Education Challenge webinar in May 2020, which welcomed stakeholders from countries including the UK, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nepal. The session focused on issues regarding gender and social inclusion during the Covid-19 crisis. This document provides answers to a list of 10 questions received from stakeholders.
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This brief explores the use of EdTech to support distance learning in Pakistan. Specifically, it explores ways to provide distance education to children in remote rural areas and urban slums.
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Regular readers will know about our Helpdesk, the on-demand support service we provide for FCDO advisers and World Bank staff to help them make evidence-informed decisions. Since the onset of coronavirus, the Helpdesk team has responded to requests from 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle…
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This EdTech Hub Helpdesk response focuses on back-to-school campaigns following disruptions to education, ensuring that children rapidly return to school as soon as it is safe and practical. Key themes of effective school re-openings are examined in the context of modalities used to deliver distance learning (e.g., radio, television).
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This document was produced in response to a request from the FCDO Rwanda team for a curated list of EdTech initiatives related to the following focus areas: 1. Classroom software 2. Teacher education 3. School administration.
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As of December 2020, EdTech Hub’s Helpdesk has been active for nine months, responding to over 60 requests supporting decision-making on education technology. This document summarises our responses to six commonly asked questions across the topics of reaching marginalised learners, supporting teachers, and using EdTech to mitigate learning loss.
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This EdTech Hub Helpdesk Response presents an overview of curriculum reform implementation within the context of Covid-19 and strengthening education systems for when children return to school ('building back better'). The document emphasises interventions and evidence relevant to African countries.
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This brief focuses on how policymakers can make decisions about EdTech to support learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) while offering policymakers the rationale and tools to move towards an inclusive approach. It also includes a detailed annex with descriptions, costs, availability, and examples of accessible and assistive technologies.
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In March 2020, many countries began to close schools to slow the spread of coronavirus. Education leaders have subsequently launched rapid response programmes, implemented measures to support system recovery and explored long-term reforms. This paper proposes a five-part approach to guide education leaders through this process.
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The EdTech Hub received a request from the FCDO Bangladesh team to provide a topic brief identifying best practices from previous back-to-school campaigns following disruptions. Key themes of effective school re-openings are examined in the context of modalities used to deliver distance learning (e.g., radio, television).
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This brief outlines a model for monitoring and evaluating distance learning based on a desktop review of interventions during the Covid-19 school closures and other previous school shutdowns. It then examines how this might be applied in the Bangladeshi context.
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This list curates resources — both tools and initiatives — that can be adapted to support teacher education in low-connectivity settings, a prevailing challenge in Madagascar. Each example identifies the challenges; necessary prerequisites; pros and cons and; costs and impact assessment data where possible.
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This list curates resources on the use of EdTech to support the effective monitoring of educational outcomes, such as learning, reporting, and attendance. Resources shared are both tools and initiatives that can be adapted to support effective educational monitoring.
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<strong>This curated list defines open educational resources, offers background on open source licensing, and provides a review of OER relevant to the context of Ghana in response to an EdTech Hub helpdesk request. This document does not intend to set out a comprehensive list of OER used by teachers, students, parents or other stakeholders; rather, this document will identify exemplars of OER provided they are relevant to the Ghanaian context and focus on: </strong> <strong>reaching...
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