@techreport{nicolai_edtech_2023, type = {Working {Paper}}, title = {{EdTech} {Evidence} {From} {Covid}-19 {Response}: {A} thematic review of primary research from {Bangladesh}, {Ghana}, {Kenya}, {Pakistan} and {Sierra} {Leone}}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International}, url = {https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/K5BJUBRE}, abstract = {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 four main user groups of learners, girls, teachers, and parents and caregivers and points to a series of cross-cutting factors that are important for EdTech interventions in low-resource settings. An overarching takeaway centres on the fact that having technology in place is a small part of EdTech effectiveness, with wider teaching and learning ecosystems accompanying EdTech deserving more attention. Overall, the studies reveal a symbiotic relationship between people and technology, reinforcing that EdTech works best when users are involved across design, iteration, awareness building, and engagement. Keywords: EdTech, Covid-19, digital, education, learning, remote An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org}, language = {en}, number = {49}, institution = {EdTech Hub}, author = {Nicolai, Susan and Jefferies, Kate and Stepanek Lockhart, Ashley}, year = {2023}, doi = {10.53832/edtechhub.0114}, note = {ZenodoArchiveID: 7074857 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 7074856 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5281/zenodo.6326179 10.5281/zenodo.7074857 10.53832/edtechhub.0114 2405685:K5BJUBRE 2405685:REW8F5TJ 2405685:U6G7C62D}, keywords = {\_r:AddedByZotZen}, }