Girls education in Southeast Asia: A Rapid Evidence Review for the Southeast Asian Region - Mitchel, Joel; Hinks, Jessica; D'Rozario, Jonny; Thinley, Sangay (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10987856 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1022 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10987855
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Special Educational Needs: A Rapid Evidence Review for the Southeast Asia region Cognitive and learning disabilities - Mitchel, Joel; Zhao, Annette; Thang, Sarah; Hinks, Jessica; Rabi, Asma; Ullah, Noor; Zazai, Rozina; Emerusenge, Aime Parfait; Barnes, Katrina; D’Rozario, Jonny (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10987889 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1023 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10987888
Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

TCPD in Tanzania: Design-Based Implementation Research Cycle 2 Recommendations Policy Brief - Koomar, Saalim; Chachage, Kristeen; Swai, Calvin; Massam, Winston; Anthony, Gervace; Mrope, Winifrida Jacob; Malibiche, Mustafa; Mutura, Emmanuel; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Mtenzi, Frederick; Komba, Aneth; et al. (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10652003 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1013 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10652002
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Titre du rapport - Traore, Moussa (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10935897 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1021 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10935896
Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

EGates Knowledge Pack - Moustafa, Nariman (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10619937 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1010 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10619936
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Case study: Building strong institutional capacity and expertise in data for decision-making through developing a unified data management system. - Ampofo, Rudolph; Simiyu, Genevieve; Ayinga, Ussif (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10617486 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1009 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10617485
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

OOSYC in ASEAN - Barnes, Katrina (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10610797 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1007 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10610796
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Special Educational Needs: A Rapid Evidence Review for the ASEAN region - Zhao, Annette (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10610780 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1006 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10610779
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Recommendations report for technology and CPD for secondary school leaders and teachers in Sierra Leone - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10726179 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1016 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10726178
Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

EdTech to support blended learning in Mozambique A curated list of EdTech interventions to inform UNICEF Mozambique in their process of building a deeper understanding of blended learning mechanisms in the region. - Flam, Rebekka; Ramesh Vasudevan, Sharanya; Coutrim, Erica (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10599846 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1004 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10599845
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Using AI to Automate Literature Reviews - Haßler, Björn; Hassan, Mustafa; Klune, Christopher (EdTech Hub, 2024)
In many research organisations, systematic literature reviews often happen manually, especially at country-level. To improve the speed of literature reviews and improve the efficiency of literature reviews across the sector, the present document presents a short topic brief that explores the use of AI to automate EdTech literature reviews. The topic brief considers several questions: What tools are available for conducting automated evidence reviews? How appropriate are these existing tools? Are they easy to use? Do they have licensing or cost barriers? How advanced are these AI tools?
ZenodoArchiveID: 10529049 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1003 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10529048
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

Understanding the pricing of the ChatGPT API - API (OpenAI Developer Forum, 2024)
Greetings, if our institution opts for the Tier 3 plan for the ChatGPT API, allowing students to utilize our API, and the usage either surpasses or falls below the predefined limits of Tier 3, how does it influence the monthly pricing? To clarify, if usage exceeds the Tier 3 limits, will our monthly payment remain fixed at $1000, or will the pricing be adapted according to our actual usage? You can refer to the link provided for details on the tier plans: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/...
Section: API KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:WK8YCRCC 2486141:YJVMBKUH

Scopus AI Beta: functional analysis and cases - Aguilera Cora, Elisenda; Lopezosa, Carlos; Codina, Lluís (2024)
Academic databases are a fundamental source for identifying relevant literature in a field of study. Scopus contains more than 90 million records and indexes around 12,000 documents per day. However, this context and the cumulative nature of science itself make it difficult to selectively identify information. In addition, academic database search tools are not very intuitive, and require an iterative and relatively slow process of searching and evaluation. In response to these challenges, Elsevier has launched Scopus AI, currently in its Beta version. As the product is still under development, the current user experience is not representative of the final product. Scopus AI is an artificial intelligence that generates short synthesis of the documents indexed in the database, based on instructions or prompts. This study examines the interface and the main functions of this tool and explores it on the basis of three case studies. The functional analysis shows that the Scopus AI Beta interface is intuitive and easy to use. Elsevier's AI tool allows the researcher to obtain an overview of a problem, as well as to identify authors and approaches, in a more agile search session than conventional search. Scopus AI Beta is not a substitute for conventional search in all cases, but it is an accelerator of academic processes. It is a valuable tool for literature reviews, construction of theoretical frameworks and verification of relationships between variables, among other applications that are actually impossible to delimit.
Accepted: 2024-01-09T15:30:03Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:ELXBVWUQ 2486141:2DKDU6LF
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Designing for Social Justice: A Decolonial Exploration of How to Develop EdTech for Refugees - Barnes, Katrina; Emerusenge, Aime Parfait; Rabi, Asma; Ullah, Noor; Mazari, Haani; Moustafa, Nariman; Thakrar, Jayshree; Zhao, Annette; Koomar, Saalim (Education Sciences, 2024)
This paper reflects on the lived experiences of young refugees located in Pakistan and Rwanda when interacting with education technology (EdTech) during and following displacement. We offer a broad decolonial commentary on issues related to the design and development of EdTech initiatives for refugees, noting some of the historical trends prevalent in the education and emergencies sector. We are guided by questions such as: Why EdTech to start with? Who designs the products? Where are they designed? How are they designed? And, which power dynamics are at play during the design process? From this, we draw on qualitative data generated through three focus groups, where we explore young refugees’ experiences of EdTech. The focus group included a creative element inviting participants to imagine what a liberatory EdTech practice would look like. We aim to illustrate the practical implications of design choices taken by EdTech developers and, from this, recommend a set of justice-centred design principles for developers of EdTech in refugee contexts. These insights relate specifically to the experiences of refugees in Rwanda and Pakistan, though we also discuss the implications of these learnings for other contexts.

ijmarshall/robotreviewer - Marshall, Iain (2024)
Automatic synthesis of RCTs
original-date: 2016-07-21T19:23:35Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:PQL34IN7 2486141:K5QNVJ2N
Keywords: bias; clinical-trials; cochrane; icasr; rcts; systematic-reviews; trial

Helping families help themselves: The (Un)intended impacts of a digital parenting program - Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Dominguez, Patricio; Perez-Vincent, Santiago M. (Journal of Development Economics, 2024)
Parenting practices play a crucial role in child development. We evaluate the impact of a free digital stress management and positive parenting intervention designed to improve caregiver’s mental health and positive caregiver–child interactions in El Salvador. Drawing on the prior success of in-person interventions, we study the effects of digital intervention delivery and examine differential treatment effects by caregiver’s sex. Using an individual-level experiment, we find that the intervention increased stress and anxiety and lowered caregiver–child interactions among male caregivers. In contrast, among female caregivers, we did not detect changes in mental health and observed a decrease in the use of physical violence against children. We also find that family structure and the severity of economic deprivation greatly moderated the intervention’s impact, especially among male caregivers. Our findings indicate that one-size-fits-all digital parenting interventions may not serve all caregivers effectively, emphasizing the need for thorough evaluations prior to extensive implementation.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103181 2339240:NAASZWJX 2405685:V5FU4M64
Keywords: Child maltreatment; Mental health; Parental stress; Positive parenting

How do Communities of Practice Support Teacher Learning and What Role Can EdTech Play? - Adam, Taskeen; Friese, Laila (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
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Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

How Can EMIS be Designed and Implemented in Ways That Make Them Used and Useful? - Adam, Taskeen; Mitchell, Joel (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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 education management information systems (EMIS). EMIS are pivotal in educational administration, facilitating the digitisation of processes and data to enable informed decision-making. However, persistent challenges impede their effectiveness. We examine why it is vital to consider how EMIS are designed and implemented, particularly with regard to the needs and contexts of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We consider constraints in technical capacity, limited funding, and insufficient user engagement. We identify concrete, evidence-based recommendations for how to make EMIS useful and used more frequently based on current and recent research. To enhance EMIS efficacy, there is a need to underscore utility and usability, ensuring the collection of pertinent data and user-friendly interfaces. Furthermore, the social implications of EMIS data on individuals and communities must be considered in order to meet their needs. We also explore areas for further consideration and include lists of resources relevant to EMIS and questions and solutions to consider. Keywords: education management information systems (EMIS); low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); user-centred design; evidence-based decision-making; EdTech; educational administration. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10694602 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10694601 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5281/zenodo.10080734 10.53832/edtechhub.1015
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; _r:AddedByZotZen

Remote Supervision Options for School Quality Assurance Officers: Recommendations for a cost-effective and rapid develop-and-test process - Beoku-Betts, Iman; Ampofo, Rudolph; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2024)
The Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme II (SSEIP II) is a five-year programme funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to improve learning outcomes for students at secondary level and to increase the enrolment, retention and well-being of girls and children with disabilities in school. Part of the programme includes exploring the use of different digital tools for School Quality Assurance Officers (SQAOs), including tools for remote visits. In December 2022, the EdTech Hub collaborated with the Government of Sierra Leone and implementing partners of the Leh Wi Lan programme (continued under SSEIP II) to better understand what factors affect the variability in the activity levels of SQAOs and the level of engagement with digital tools by school principals. Based on the findings of this research, the SSEIP II project will look at supporting the MBSSE to formalise remote supervision options for the SQAOs, particularly for those with remote clusters. As part of this work, this report focuses on recommendations for how SQAOs can conduct remote school visits, particularly for schools in hard-to-reach areas.An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10354009 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1002 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10354008
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in the Context of the National Numeracy Programme in Malawi: Findings from a Rapid In-depth Qualitative Study - Correa de Oliveira, André; Kanyoza, Charity; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Boilo, Violet; Kadzamira, Esme; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Designing Teacher Learning Circles for Improved Foundational Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from the National Numeracy Programme in Malawi - Correa de Oliveira, André; Plaut, Daniel; Kanyoza, Charity; Boilo, Violet; Chidothi, Emmanuel; Kadzamira, Esme; Mpoola, Dorothy; McBurnie, Chris; Phiri, Magret; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Keywords: _forthcoming; _r:AddedByZotZen

Lessons on Scalability Implementing Digital Personalized Learning in Public Schools - D'Angelo, Sophia; Barón, Juan; Mazari, Haani; Morales, Daniel; Tabares, Santiago Ospina; Santos, Paola Polanco; Kaye, Tom (World Bank, 2024)
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How Can Participatory Methods Centre Teachers Within Education Policy? - Koomar, Saalim (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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 the potential for participatory methods to bring teachers closer to the decision-making table. Insights from those closest to the work shed light on the daily contextual realities that can determine the mechanisms for optimal success or failure of a programme. However, these voices are often neglected in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. We examine why and how teachers can have a voice and a space to share their wisdom to inform and improve education policy. We draw on EdTech Hub's work across various low- and middle-income contexts to offer practical insights when using or planning to use participatory methods. We share details of some of the most significant findings and engaging lessons EdTech Hub has learnt about the methods used and how they have contributed to ensuring teachers’ voices are heard at the policymaking level. We also explore areas that require further research, noting five issues that we at EdTech Hub are still grappling with in our own work, and include lists of resources relevant to participatory methods for centring teachers in education policy. Keywords: teacher; participatory methods; action research; implementation research; teacher professional development; education policy An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
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Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; _r:AddedByZotZen

What is 'Nudging' and How Does it Change Behaviour in Education? - Koomar, Saalim (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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 the behaviour change strategy of leveraging concise messages at strategic decision points (i.e., ‘nudging’) to influence the behaviour of a recipient towards a desired outcome. We focus on EdTech Hub’s work concerning nudge messaging. It builds on work from messaging interventions in Ghana and Kenya, linking these to the broader literature on the topic. It emphasises that although there is a strong and growing evidence base for nudge technologies, effective implementation remains dependent upon context-specific adaptation. It is not inevitable that nudge messaging interventions will lead to positive outcomes — indeed, outcomes are often mixed. It is therefore vital to understand the specific impacts of interventions on particular groups of recipients. We present findings and recommendations that should inform how nudging technologies in education are approached and what decision-makers need to consider in order to ensure uptake and minimise risks. Lastly, we explore areas that require further research, namely, the changing nature of nudging due to artificial intelligence, the safeguarding risks of nudging, persisting questions about cost-effectiveness, and how nudging can more specifically target learning. Keywords: Behavioural psychology; EdTech; education; messaging; nudging; participation An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10628960 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1011 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10628959
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

MEWAKA National Teacher Development Reform in Tanzania: Design-Based Implementation Research: Cycle 1 Findings - Koomar, Saalim; Massam, Winston; Chachage, Kristeen; Anthony, G.; Mrope, Winifrida Jacob; Malibiche, Mustafa; Mutura, Emmanuel; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Mtenzi, Fred; Komba, Aneth; Mwakabungu, Fika; et al. (EdTech Hub, 2024)
MEWAKA (Mafunzo Endelevu kwa Walimu Kazini, or Teacher Continuous Professional Development [TCPD]) is a landmark, school-based teacher professional development programme being implemented nationally by the Government of Tanzania, with the ultimate aim of raising learning outcomes in schools. EdTech Hub, Aga Khan University, and the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) are conducting research to iteratively enhance the MEWAKA implementation at primary school level and to understand the role that technology can play in scaling TCPD. This report presents the findings and recommendations from the first cycle of design-based implementation research (DBIR) conducted in rural schools in the Lindi region. Following a pilot peer facilitator workshop, data was collected through observation and self-reporting methods between September and December 2022. The aims were to capture stakeholders' perspectives at all levels of the education system and to see how schools are implementing the programme on the ground. The emerging findings and recommendations are being used to inform the redesign and further implementation of this TCPD model, and were used to identify key areas to test and investigate in the second cycle of the DBIR in 2023. Keywords: teacher professional development; design-based implementation research; Tanzania; primary education An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

How Can Decision-Makers Assess EdTech Interventions for Cost-Effectiveness to Enable Better Investments? - Plaut, Daniel (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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 how decision-makers should consider cost-effectiveness when contemplating investing in EdTech programmes. Cost-effectiveness is a critically important consideration for anyone planning investments in EdTech, but it is also a complex one, which requires understanding the total cost of an intervention and comparing it against the likely impact on education. We draw on work from EdTech Hub and other prominent researchers to distil key practical insights for decision-makers on how to apply cost-effectiveness analysis to their decision-making. Practical considerations include recommendations on gathering the right data for analysis; ensuring cost calculations are holistic; leveraging existing frameworks and tools for cost and impact calculations; and ensuring that comparisons are made against non-tech interventions as well as the broader resource envelope available for education to determine affordability in a given context. Finally, we explore areas where additional work is needed, including an increased understanding of the challenges faced by decision-makers in considering cost-effectiveness and the need for greater transparency and accountability in cost-effectiveness analysis in the sector. Keywords Cost-effectiveness; EdTech; education policy; total cost of implementation; affordability; Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10837295 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1018 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10837294
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

How Can Implementers Apply Digital Personalised Learning in Schools? - Plaut, Daniel (EdTech Hub, 2024)
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 digital personalised learning (DPL), a promising EdTech approach to improving learning outcomes, and consider how to implement this approach in school settings. We draw on work from EdTech Hub and other prominent researchers to first unpack the ‘basics’ of DPL implementation. These include the importance of teaching at the right level as a driver of DPL’s impact, and how DPL tools are applied in schools as supplementary learning and / or integrated into existing curricula. We also consider some of DPL’s technical requirements and achievements in improving learning outcomes. We then explore emerging insights about effective DPL implementation in schools, including the role of teachers as facilitators, the evidence behind student-device ratios, and the importance of coordinating DPL implementation with broader education system actors. Lastly, we look at areas that require further research, noting issues that we at EdTech Hub are still grappling with in our own work, and include lists of resources relevant to DPL application in education systems. Keywords: digital personalised learning; DPL; implementation research; teaching at the right level; learning outcomes; education policy An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10616734 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1008 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10616733
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

EdTech in Malawi: A Rapid Scan - Rui, Tingting (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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EdTech in Cambodia: A Rapid Scan - Thinley, Sangay; Hayat, Amal; Thang, Sarah; Mazari, Haani (EdTech Hub, 2024)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10893092 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/edtechhub.1020 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10893091
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Lebanon: Needs at a Glance – 2024 - UNHCR (2024)
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Data collection and visualisation tools in the education sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia - Vijil, Alejandra; El-Serafy, Yomna; Adam, Taskeen; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2024)
This report provides a landscape analysis of available data collection and visualisation tools in the education sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Digital data collection has the potential to facilitate cost-effective, adaptable, timely and reliable data to inform decision-making. The value proposition of these tools, as opposed to paper-based data collection, is that they have the potential to save valuable time and resources, minimise errors, and facilitate the sharing of results. To develop this report, we reviewed 50 available tools, of which we reviewed four in depth, considering their uses, features, and challenges. This report offers key takeaways on the potential advantages and limitations of using digital data collection tools in the education sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Key words: data collection, data visualisation, education, sub-saharan africa, south asia, landscape analysis An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Cost Analysis Guidance for USAID Funded Education Activities, third edition - Walls, Elena; Tulloch, Caitlin; Keuren, Christine Harris Van (United States Agency for International Development, 2024)
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Minoritised Languages, Education, and Technology: Current practices and future directions in low- and middle-income countries - Zhao, Annette; Mitchell, Joel; Gasanabandi, Gentille; Ullah, Noor; Barnes, Katrina; Koomar, Saalim (EdTech Hub, 2024)
This article explores the current status and future directions of mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MTB MLE) and the use of technology in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), focusing on the use of minoritised mother tongues. An initial literature review of available academic sources in multiple languages reveals a lack of evidence on the use of technology in MTB MLE across different countries, especially multilingual contexts with greater linguistic diversity. To understand the issue in greater detail and to offer recommendations informed by current practice, interviews and a collaborative workshop with four organisations with relevant educational technology (EdTech) initiatives were conducted. The analysis covers facilitating and limiting factors these organisations have encountered, and the potential positive impact on learners and society generally. We conclude by identifying practical, policy, and research priorities for multilingual education and educational technology in general.
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Conceptual Modeling: Topics, Themes, and Technology Trends - Storey, Veda C.; Lukyanenko, Roman; Castellanos, Arturo (ACM Computing Surveys, 2023)
Conceptual modeling is an important part of information systems development and use that involves identifying and representing relevant aspects of reality. Although the past decades have experienced continuous digitalization of services and products that impact business and society, conceptual modeling efforts are still required to support new technologies as they emerge. This paper surveys research on conceptual modeling over the past five decades and shows how its topics and trends continue to evolve to accommodate emerging technologies, while remaining grounded in basic constructs. We survey over 5,300 papers that address conceptual modeling topics from the 1970s to the present, which are collected from 35 multidisciplinary journals and conferences, and use them as the basis from which to analyze the progression of conceptual modeling. The important role that conceptual modeling should play in our evolving digital world is discussed, and future research directions proposed.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1145/3589338 2405685:I4MW7HVE 2486141:DE5MJL8K
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

paperdigest (AI-Powered Research Platform) (Paper Digest, 2023)
Based in New York, we serve users from thousands of universities & companies on search, review, text rewriting and more.
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Learners and caregivers barriers and attitudes to SMS-based mobile learning in Kenya - Jordan, Katy; Damani, Kalifa; Myers, Christina; Mumbi, Albina; Khagame, Phoebe; Njuguna, Lydia (African Educational Research Journal, 2023)
The use of mobile phones has been identified as a potential way to bring the benefits of educational technology to a wider audience, including in low-connectivity settings. This is a topic that has received renewed interest recently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures. While a number of recent studies have demonstrated good potential for mobile phones and SMS to be used to support learning, there are also questions about how equitable this medium is in practice. We conducted a telephone survey with learners (n = 122) and their caregivers (n = 124) who use M-Shule, an SMS-based educational platform in Kenya, in order to understand their attitudes towards mobile learning, and the benefits and constraints. In particular, we consider whether there are differences in responses according to gender and/or location, to shed light on whether use is equitable. We find that girls and boys face similar barriers to use, and the technology is perceived to be equally beneficial. We identify some areas for potential further support for all learners through mobile learning.
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ChatGPT Pricing: How Much Does ChatGPT Cost? - Drapkin, Aaron (Tech.co, 2023)
ChatGPT has lots of different plans, models and services. But how much do they actually cost? We take a closer look.
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Disseminating the Evidence and Outputs Generated by Your Programme: Three options for setting up an evidence library - Haßler, Björn; Mansour, Hassan; Friese, Laila; Longley, Sophie (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This document is designed as a guide for building and implementing a content management system, specifically an evidence library, prioritising the needs of research programmes generating evidence for other researchers and policymakers and for public readership and global dissemination. The primary focus is on securely building a system to meet research discovery requirements, such as search engine optimisation, and visibility on Google Scholar. A robust content management system like an evidence library goes beyond simply meeting web standards. It is about enhancing the research discoverability of your work, gauging your impact and reach, increasing the accessibility of your evidence, and fostering a more collaborative environment. This comprehensive approach is vital for successfully sharing evidence with the public and the global community. The document is primarily aimed at project or communications leads. We assume no specific technical expertise. It seeks to help you decide how to deploy an evidence library and whether to draw on internal or external resources (such as web developers). We expect the document to also be useful for product owners and web developers; however, we expect that for such users, the document will cover a lot of familiar ground.
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EdTech, Learning and Equity: The EdTech Hub Research Portfolio - Haßler, Björn; Wagner, Dan; Outhwaite, Laura (EdTechHub, 2023)
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ChatGPT Pricing, Explained: Plus & Tokens (2024) - Ch, David (Guides.ai, 2023)
ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per month ($23.80/month for EU + UK). The ChatGPT API costs $0.002 for every 1000 tokens.
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Making Teacher Policy Work - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2023)
Making Teacher Policy Work (English)
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Reviews and Reviewing: Approaches to Research Synthesis. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper - Smith, Linda C. (Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2023)
Abstract Reviews have long been recognized as among the most important forms of scientific communication. The rapid growth of the primary literature has further increased the need for reviews to distill and interpret the literature. This review on Reviews and Reviewing: Approaches to Research Synthesis encompasses the evolution of the review literature, taxonomy of review literature, uses and users of reviews, the process of preparing reviews, assessment of review quality and impact, the impact of information technology on the preparation of reviews, and research opportunities for information science related to reviews and reviewing. In addition to providing a synthesis of prior research, this review seeks to identify gaps in the published research and to suggest possible future research directions.
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The creation of a nudging protocol to support online student engagement in higher education - Brown, Alice; Lawrence, Jill; Basson, Marita; Axelsen, Megan; Redmond, Petrea; Turner, Joanna; Maloney, Suzanne; Galligan, Linda (Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023)
Combining nudge theory with learning analytics, ‘nudge analytics’, is a relatively recent phenomenon in the educational context. Used, for example, to address such issues as concerns with student (dis)engagement, nudging students to take certain action or to change a behaviour towards active learning, can make a difference. However, knowing who to nudge, how to nudge or when to nudge can be a challenge. Providing students with strategic, sensitive nudges that help to move them forward is almost an art form. It requires not only technical skills to use appropriate software and interpret data, but careful consideration of what to say and how to say it. In this article a nudge protocol is presented that can be used in online courses to encourage student engagement with key course resources that are integral to supporting their learning.
Publisher: SAGE Publications KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/14697874211039077 2339240:UIHACPNQ 2405685:VQ794IWE

AI language tools risk scientific diversity and innovation - Nakadai, Ryosuke; Nakawake, Yo; Shibasaki, Shota (Nature Human Behaviour, 2023)
Number: 11 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1038/s41562-023-01652-3 2405685:QIX9ZW5M 2486141:LHWYJQUZ
Keywords: Cultural evolution; Scientific community

bwallace/abstrackr-web - wallace, byron (2023)
web-based citation screening tool
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Perplexity AI: Review, Advantages & Guide (2023) - Aayush (Elegant Themes Blog, 2023)
AI assistants are changing how we interact with technology, helping us with tasks like answering questions and creating content. Google and Bing have already added AI like Bard and Bing Chat to their platforms. However, there’s a new player in the market: Perplexity AI. In this post, we will look at Perplexity AI and its […]
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Revolutionizing Text Data Analysis with AI Autocoding with NVivo - Lumivero (Lumivero, 2023)
As the original AI qualitative data analysis software, NVivo has fine-tuned the autocoding feature that lets researchers conduct text data analysis with AI to detect and code themes and sentiments.
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Ethical Aspects of Faking Emotions in Chatbots and Social Robots - Indurkhya, Bipin (arXiv, 2023)
Telling lies and faking emotions is quite common in human-human interactions: though there are risks, in many situations such behaviours provide social benefits. In recent years, there have been many social robots and chatbots that fake emotions or behave deceptively with their users. In this paper, I present a few examples of such robots and chatbots, and analyze their ethical aspects. Three scenarios are presented where some kind of lying or deceptive behaviour might be justified. Then five approaches to deceptive behaviours - no deception, blatant deception, tactful deception, nudging, and self deception - are discussed and their implications are analyzed. I conclude by arguing that we need to develop localized and culture-specific solutions to incorporating deception in social robots and chatbots.
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Keywords: Computer Science - Robotics; I.2.9

Nudging parents and teachers to improve learning and reduce child labor in Cote d’Ivoire - Wolf, Sharon; Lichand, Guilherme (npj Science of Learning, 2023)
Whether SMS-based nudge interventions can increase parent engagement and improve child learning outcomes across diverse contexts such as rural West Africa is unknown. We conducted a school-randomized trial to test the impacts of an audio or text-message intervention (two messages per week for one school year) to parents and teachers of second and fourth grade students (N = 100 schools, 2246 students) in Cote d’Ivoire. Schools were randomly assigned to have messages sent to (i) parents only, (ii) teachers only, (iii) parents and teachers together, or (iv) control. There were statistically non-significant impacts of the parents-only treatment on learning, although with typical effect sizes (d = 0.08, p = 0.158), and marginally statistically significant increases in child labor (d = 0.11, p < 0.10). We find no impacts of the other treatment conditions. Subgroup analyses based on pre-registered subgroups show significantly larger improvements in learning for children with below-median baseline learning levels for the parents-only arm and negative impacts on learning for girls for the teachers-only arm, suggesting different conclusions regarding impacts on equity for vulnerable children.
Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1038/s41539-023-00180-z 2339240:TBVAYFZC 2405685:XET829T4
Keywords: Economics; Education

Ghana’s Education Reforms in Spotlight - Ministry of Education Ghana (2023)
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Strengthen Educational Accountability in Ghana (SAGES) - A USAID-funded program - U.S Embassy - Ghana (USAID News & Events, 2023)
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Usability Testing of a Mobile-based Learning Management System for Teacher Continuous Professional Development in Tanzania - Kondoro, Aron; Maro, Salome; Mtebe, Joel; Haßler, Björn; Proctor, Jamie; EdTech Hub (The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2023)
The last two decades have seen the growing adoption of mobile devices to enhance the quality of teachers' continuous professional development (TCPD) in low-income countries. Using mobile devices, typically not designed for educational use, presents new usability challenges, preventing teachers from effectively accessing learning materials in learning management systems (LMS). Therefore, it is important to test usability to improve the delivery of TCPD via mobile devices. This study evaluated the usability of TCPD-focused mobile-based LMS accessed via a mobile web browser and mobile app. The evaluation used a hybrid think-aloud method involving 63 teachers from 12 schools in Tanzania. Half of the schools were evaluated using a concurrent think-aloud method, and the other half using a retrospective think-aloud method. The study found that teachers encountered many usability problems in using the mobile app compared to those who accessed the LMS via mobile web browsers. The study also found usability flaws in the registration and login process, poor language translation, technical errors, and issues with quiz questions. These findings show the importance of user testing, even for well-developed LMS, such as Moodle. Additionally, this work provides useful guidance for those who want to implement mobile learning via an LMS in low-income countries.
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Digital Personalised Learning to Improve Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes in Kenyan Classrooms - Daltry, Rebecca; Major, Louis; Sun, Chen; Otieno, Mary; Otieno, Kevin; Otieno, Louis Major, Chen Sun, Mary Otieno and Kevin, Rebecca Daltry (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This blog forms part of a wider research study on digital personalised learning to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes in Kenyan classrooms, and outlines emergent findings from a randomised controlled trial following the first two rounds of assessment (baseline and midline). The preliminary findings will be strengthened after further analyses and endline assessment.
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Experimental education research: rethinking why, how and when to use random assignment - Sims, Sam; Anders, Jake; Inglis, Matthew; Lortie-Forgues, Hugues; Styles, Ben; Weidmann, Ben (UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, 2023)
Over the last twenty years, education researchers have increasingly conducted randomised experiments with the goal of informing the decisions of educators and policymakers. Such experiments have generally employed broad, consequential, standardised outcome measures in the hope that this would allow decisionmakers to compare effectiveness of different approaches. However, a combination of small effect sizes, wide confidence intervals, and treatment effect heterogeneity means that researchers have largely failed to achieve this goal. We argue that quasi-experimental methods and multi-site trials will often be superior for informing educators' decisions on the grounds that they can achieve greater precision and better address heterogeneity. Experimental research remains valuable in applied education research. However, it should primarily be used to test theoretical models, which can in turn inform educators' mental models, rather than attempting to directly inform decision making. Since comparable effect size estimates are not of interest when testing educational theory, researchers can and should improve the power of theory-informing experiments by using more closely aligned (i.e., valid) outcome measures. We argue that this approach would reduce wasteful research spending and make the research that does go ahead more statistically informative, thus improving the return on investment in educational research.
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Keywords: education; experiments; policy; randomized controlled trials; research

Global Education Monitoring Report 2023: Technology in education: A tool on whose terms? - UNESCO (GEM Report UNESCO, 2023)

The Use of SMS and Other Mobile Phone-based Messaging to Support Education at Scale: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence - Jordan, Katy; Damani, Kalifa; Myers, Christina; Zhao, Annette (Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2023)
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Deployment of Offline Learning Management Systems: Comparing the Performance of Selected Micro-servers in Tanzania - Maro, Salome; Kondoro, Aron; Haßler, Björn; Mtebe, Joel; Proctor, Jamie (Journal of Learning for Development, 2023)
Low-powered mobile devices such as Raspberry Pis and tablets can be used as micro-servers to implement offline Learning Management Systems (LMS). Despite their potential, especially for low-income countries, such as Tanzania, no research is available detailing the affordances of these devices for supporting LMS features. This study investigated the suitability of various low-cost micro-servers for deploying LMSs. It compared the performance of the Raspberry Pi, Android tablet, and Chromebook in terms of LMS benchmarking, response time, and resource utilisation. Results showed all devices had sufficient hardware resources to support the LMS, however, software stacks, I/O performance, and platform optimisations affected the micro-servers' performance. The Chromebook had the best performance in terms of response time, followed by the Raspberry Pi and tablets. In terms of cost, the Raspberry PI was the cheapest option. The installation process for tablets was more cumbersome than the other devices, meaning the devices with better tooling and a more conventional software stack were a better option for deploying offline micro-servers.
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Rensvandeschoot/software-overview-machine-learning-for-screening-text - schoot, Rens van de (2023)
The repository aims to create an overview and comparison of software used for systematically screening large amounts of textual data using machine learning.
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; active-learning; machine-learning; software-development; systematic-reviews

Education in times of restriction: an examination of refugee girls’ and young women’s access to learning during COVID-19 school closures in Pakistan - Barnes, Katrina; Ashlee, Amy; Mukankusi, Aimee; Pacitto, Julia; Rabi, Asma; Thomas, Matt; Ullah, Noor; Zazai, Rozina; Zhao, Annette (Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2023)
This paper examines the extent to which refugee girls and young women were able to access learning during COVID-19 education closures in Pakistan, and the role that EdTech played in their learning access. It is based on findings from a survey with 403 Afghan refugee students, along with in-depth interviews with six young female refugees. The research shows that, while the majority of female refugee students were able to continue accessing education in some form during school closures, learning access was nevertheless limited, and a sizable minority were not engaged in any learning during this time. Teacher and institutional support was either absent or inadequate for many students, and infrastructure and devices that serve to support remote learning were not always reliable or accessible. Although male respondents were less likely than females to engage in independent study during the closures, refugee girls and young women were significantly less likely than their male counterparts to own the devices they needed for learning. The findings demonstrate how targeted investment in specific types of EdTech and teacher professional development, as well as supporting educational institutions in the establishment of remote learning opportunities, could help sustain learning during future periods of educational restriction.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Distance education; Educational technology; Gender; Pakistan; Refugee education

Teacher Retention and Mobility in Sierra Leone: What factors motivate teachers to stay at or leave schools? - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Mansaray, Kabiru; Kamara, Josephine; Khanu, Alimamy James; Cameron, Emma; Godwin, Katie; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2023)
The current study is the third in a series of research studies, which aim to generate evidence that can support the MBSSE and TSC with their teacher allocation and deployment strategy. Our first study investigated teacher preferences for school choice and uncovered important considerations for teacher deployment. Following this, we investigated mobility patterns for teachers who are on the government payroll, and payroll teacher retention rates. The latter study helped us understand where teachers move to when they change schools, and also helped us identify areas with high (hot spots) and low retention rates (cold spots). The current study is explanatory in nature and aims to understand why teachers stay at or leave their schools. Keyword: teacher allocation; teacher retention; teacher mobility; Sierra Leone An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The importance of theoretical positioning and the relevance of using bibliometrics for literature reviews - Rowe, Frantz; Kanita, Nada; Walsh, Isabelle (Journal of Decision Systems, 2023)
The theoretical positioning of a review is of the utmost importance in terms of its contribution to knowledge. This paper clarifies the significance of this design principle for different types of review i.e. for describing, understanding, explaining or testing purposes. Furthermore, new tools now mean that it is both possible and relevant for bibliometrics novices to use bibliometrics to support literature reviews. Applying the BIBGT method and combining two bibliometric techniques – co-citation analysis of references and bibliographic coupling of documents – can enhance the efficiency of the first three types of literature review. This paper provides examples of published works that apply BIBGT to each of these types of review and highlights the bibliometric software used. It concludes with a survey of promising applications for all researchers and makes recommendations for both experienced literature review researchers and literature review novices.
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Livrable 6: Rapport final - Rasolohery, Hasiniavo; Koomar, Saalim; Mitchell, Joel; Messa, Angele (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Livrable 3: Enquête nationale sur la possession et les usages des technologies parmi les enseignants du primaire - Rasolohery, Hasiniavo; Mitchell, Joel (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Towards Improving the Accessibility and Usability of a Mobile-based Learning Management System for Blind Primary School Teachers - Kondoro, Aron; Maro, Salome; Mtebe, Joel; Proctor, Jamie; Komba, Aneth; Haßler, Björn (2023 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa), 2023)
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TCPD in Tanzania: Design-Based Implementation Research Cycle 1 Recommendations Policy Brief - Koomar, Saalim; Massam, Winston; Chachage, Kristeen; Anthony, Gervace; Mrope, Winifrida Jacob; Malibiche, Mustafa; Mutura, Emmanuel; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Mtenzi, Frederick; Komba, Aneth; Mwakabungu, Fika; et al. (EdTech Hub, 2023)
MEWAKA (Mafunzo Endelevu kwa Walimu Kazini, or Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (TCPD)) is a landmark teacher professional development programme being implemented by the Government of Tanzania. The current and ongoing research project, The Impact of a Tech-Supported, School-Based TPD Model on Learning Outcomes in Tanzania, using Design-Based Implementation Research (DBIR), closely aligned with the Tanzania National TCPD implementation plan (TIE, 2021), evaluates the initial implementation of MEWAKA at school level. This policy brief presents a summary of the key findings and recommendations from the first cycle of the DBIR carried out between September and December 2022. Keywords: TCPD; teacher professional development; design-based implementation research; primary education; tanzania; communities of learning An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research? - Atanasova, Dimitrinka (Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research?, 2023)
Whilst the ability of generative AI to produce text in English has been widely covered, the implications of its ability to translate and act as a cultural broker into English have received less att…
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Notes de conseils sur l'exploitation des donnees d'enquete - Hasiniavo, Rasolohery; Joel, Mitchell; Angele, Messa (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Learning Curve: Progress in the Replication Crisis - Angrist, Noam; Cullen, Claire; Ainomugisha, Micheal; Bathena, Sai Pramod; Bergman, Peter; Crossley, Colin; Letsomo, Thato; Matsheng, Moitshepi; Panti, Rene Marlon; Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Sullivan, Tim (AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023)
We present detailed monitoring data across a five-country randomized trial of phone-based targeted tutoring–one of the largest multicountry replication efforts in education to date. We study an approach shown to work in Botswana and replicated in India, Kenya, Nepal, the Philippines, and Uganda. While the existing literature often finds diminishing effects as proof-of-concept studies are replicated and scaled, we find the opposite: implementation fidelity (the degree of targeted educational instruction) improves across replications and over time. This demonstrates that replication is not intractable; rather, equipped with mechanisms to learn from experience, organizational “learning curves” can enable effective replication and scale-up.
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Developing dialogic classroom practices through supporting professional agency: Teachers’ experiences of using the T-SEDA practitioner-led inquiry approach - Calcagni, Elisa; Ahmed, Farah; Trigo-Clapés, Ana Laura; Kershner, Ruth; Hennessy, Sara (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2023)
Classroom dialogue is considered productive for learning but rarely observed, and practitioner professional development is needed. This study investigated how 67 teachers across educational phases in six countries contextualised the T-SEDA inquiry toolkit to conduct classroom inquiries and develop new practices. Surveys and inquiry reports yielded insights into how practitioner agency was further developed, with implications for sustainability. Change was evident in self-reported enhanced awareness and understanding of dialogue and use of dialogic strategies. Increases in students’ dialogic participation and plans for dissemination to colleagues were reported.
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Keywords: Classroom dialogue; Dialogic teaching; Professional development; Professional learning; Reflective inquiry; Teacher agency

2023 Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning - What does recent evidence tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in low- and middle-income countries? - Akyeampong, K; Andrabi, A; Banerjee, A; Banerji, R; Dynarski, S; Glennerster, R; Grantham-McGregor, S; Muralidharan, K; Piper, B; Ruto, S; Saavedra, J; Schmelkes, S; et al. (FCDO, the World Bank, UNICEF, and USAID, 2023)
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Transforming Teaching, Education & Learning Directors' Report 2022 - 2023 - T-TEL (Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, 2023)
T-TEL's 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) Report
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Sustainable Solutions to Rural Girls’ Education: A Rapid Evaluation of Lyra in Africa’s Green Hostels - Simmons, Hannah (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Financial sustainability of digital learning environments - Oliveira, AndreCorreade; Rui, YangTingting; Upadhyay, Arjun (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Efficacy of an Adaptive Game-Based Math Learning App to Support Personalized Learning and Improve Early Elementary School Students’ Learning - Bang, Hee Jin; Li, Linlin; Flynn, Kylie (Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023)
This study investigates whether using My Math Academy, which provides personalized content and adaptive embedded assessments to support existing curricula, can improve learning outcomes and engagement for kindergarten and first grade students (N = 505 treatment, 481 control). Findings indicate that students using My Math Academy made significant learning gains in math relative to children who did not. More skills mastered in My Math Academy was associated with greater learning gains on the external assessment, with the greatest impacts among students with lower levels of math knowledge, where there was more room for growth and on the most difficult skills. Teachers surveyed found My Math Academy easy to use in their classrooms and recognized it as a valuable learning resource that supplemented their existing curricula to improve students’ engagement, motivation, and confidence in learning math.
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Keywords: Adaptive instructional systems; Early childhood education; Game-based learning; Math learning; Personalized learning

Interview with the Center for National Distance Learning and Open School on data governance practices within the Ghana Ministry of Education. - CENDLOS (2023)
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Decolonising EdTech: Unpacking Conceptual Frameworks. Writers Workshop 1 - Adam, Taskeen; Moustafa, Nariman (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Interview with the National Teaching Council on data governance practices within the Ghana Ministry of Education. - Daniel, Asai Boso (2023)
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Interview with the Ghana Library Authority on data governance practices within the Ghana Ministry of Education. - Dennis, Mawuli Dakudzie (2023)
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Interview with the Ghana Education Service on data governance practices within the Ghana Ministry of Education. - Fred, Binkorang (2023)
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Interview with the Statistics, Research & Information Management Directorate on data governance practices within the Ghana Ministry of Education. - Sackey, Robert (2023)
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Where do teachers go, and where do they stay? - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Espinoza-Revollo, Patricia; Ali, Yusuf; Garrod, Oliver; Atherton, Paul; Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Beoku-Betts, Iman; Haßler, Björn; Godwin, Katie; Godwin, Patricia Espinoza-Revollo, Yusuf Ali, Oliver Garrod, Paul Atherton, Alasdair Mackintosh, Ana Ramirez, Iman Beoku-Betts, Björn Haßler and Katie, Anne-Fleur Lurvink (EdTech Hub, 2023)
In Sierra Leone, a government payroll position is tied to the teacher, not the school, meaning teachers can change schools once they go on the payroll. This leads to certain schools being chronically understaffed. It also suggests that deploying teachers to rural and understaffed schools (or putting teachers already there on payroll) might not tackle high pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratios in the longer term. Investigating the school-to-school movement of payroll teachers can help us understand where teachers go after they go on the payroll and how long they stay in a given school. We also looked at overall movement nationally to identify areas of the country that are outliers in terms of high and low retention of teachers.
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Access to and use of technology by primary school teachers: A survey in the 23 regions of Madagascar - Rasolohery, Hasiniavo; Koomar, Saalim; Mitchell, Joel (EdTech Hub, 2023)
The Madagascar Ministry of National Education, through the National Institute for Pedagogical Training, plans to use new technology in teacher training for early-stage reading and writing in Malagasy. This initiative is undertaken within the framework of the Madagascar Basic Education Support Project. The main objective is to train 5,000 teachers of the T2 class remotely, drawing inspiration from systems such as the Distance Education for Primary Teachers (FADEP).
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Access to and use of technology by primary school teachers: A survey in the 23 regions of Madagascar - Rasolohery, Hasiniavo; Koomar, Saalim; Mitchell, Joel; Mitchell, Saalim Koomar and Joel, Hasiniavo Rasolohery (EdTech Hub, 2023)
The Madagascar Ministry of National Education, through the National Institute for Pedagogical Training, plans to use new technology in teacher training for early-stage reading and writing in Malagasy. This initiative is undertaken within the framework of the Madagascar Basic Education Support Project. The main objective is to train 5,000 teachers of the T2 class remotely, drawing inspiration from systems such as the Distance Education for Primary Teachers (FADEP).

Pakistan Education Sector Working Group flood response performance monitoring dashboard (as of 28 February 2023) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb - Education Sector Working Group (2023)
Infographic in English on Pakistan about Contributions, Coordination, Flash Flood, Flood and more; published on 9 Mar 2023 by Education Cluster, Save the Children and 2count other organizations
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First Lessons from Our Study: Optimising Messaging for Returns to School - Kably, Nathan; Mitchell, Joel; Zhao, Annette; D'Rozario, Jonny (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This blog examines the valuable insights gained from EdTech Hub's initial research on the use of messaging (primarily text messaging) to assist caregivers in promoting their children's school attendance. In this blog, we delve into the workings of messaging mechanisms and share our study findings. Additionally, we outline critical considerations for those interested in developing a comparable intervention. Read on to learn more...
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Teknolojia na maendeleo ya taaluma ya walimu nchini Tanzania: Zana za utafiti - Koomar, Saalim; Massam, Winston; Jacob, Winnie; Gervace, Anthony; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Chacage, Kristeen; Malibiche, Mustafa; Mutura, Emmanuel; Mtenzi, Fredrick; Mwakabungu, Fika (EdTech Hub, 2023)
Kifurushi hiki kina zana za utafiti zilizotengenezwa na EdTech Hub, Aga Khan University, na Taasisi ya Elimu Tanzania kwa ajili ya utafiti unaochunguza athari za programu ya maendeleo ya kitaaluma ya walimu kwenye matokeo ya masomo ya ngazi ya msingi. Zana zimetengenezwa na kufanyiwa majaribio makubwa katika warsha, pamoja na shuleni. Zana hizi zimetengenezwa kwa kuzingatia mifano mizuri kama vile zana ya Benki ya Dunia ya TEACH ya uchunguzi wa darasani, pamoja na miradi mingine ya utafiti ambayo timu imefanyia kazi. Tunaweka zana hizi zipatikane kwa watafiti wengine na watendaji tukitumai kuwa zitakuwa za manufaa. Zana hizi zinapatikana kwa umbizo linaloweza kuhaririwa ili wengine waweze kuhariri inavyofaa kwao.
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MEWAKA in Tanzania: Emerging findings on tech-supported teacher professional development - Koomar, Saalim; Massam, Winston; Anthony, Gervace; Mrope, Winifrida; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Mtenzi, Fredrick; Proctor, Jamie; Komba, Aneth; Mwakabungu, Fika; Barretto, Johnpaul; Barretto, Winston Massam, Gervace Anthony, Winifrida Mrope, Taskeen Adam, Sara Hennessy, Fredrick Mtenzi, Jamie Proctor, Aneth Komba, Fika Mwakabungu and Johnpaul, Saalim Koomar (EdTech Hub, 2023)
MEWAKA (Mafunzo Endelevu kwa Walimu Kazini, or Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (TCPD)) is a landmark teacher professional development programme being implemented by the Government of Tanzania. The programme is decentralised, with teacher learning based in schools and focused on semi-structured Communities of Learning (CoLs). CoLs are spaces where teachers can gather weekly to discuss and reflect on issues most relevant to their schools as well as learn and improve their pedagogical skills. Peer facilitators help teachers to collaboratively solve problems, learn new approaches to improve their practice, and generally create a culture of reflection and school improvement.
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Technology and Teacher Professional Development in Tanzania: Research instruments pack - Koomar, Saalim; Massam, Winston; Jacob, Winnie; Gervace, Anthony; Adam, Taskeen; Hennessy, Sara; Chachage, Kristeen; Malibiche, Mustafa; Mutura, Emmanuel; Mtenzi, Fredrick; Mwakabungu, Fika (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This pack contains links to research instruments developed by EdTech Hub, Aga Khan University, and Tanzania Institute of Education for a study investigating the impact of a national teacher professional development programme on primary-level learning outcomes. The tools have been developed iteratively, with substantive piloting having taken place, both in workshop settings and in schools. They draw on good practice examples, such as the World Bank’s TEACH tool for classroom observation and other research projects the team have worked on. We are making these tools available to other researchers and practitioners and hope that they will prove useful. They are provided in editable format so that others can modify them as they see fit.
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The Charm or Chasm of Digital Personalized Learning in Education: Teachers’ Reported Use, Perceptions and Expectations - Van Schoors, Rani; Elen, Jan; Raes, Annelies; Vanbecelaere, Stefanie; Depaepe, Fien (TechTrends, 2023)
Although digital personalized learning (DPL) is assumed to be beneficial for the student as well as the teacher, the implementation process of DPL tools can be challenging. Therefore, the aim of our study is to scrutinize teachers’ perceptions towards the implementation of DPL in the classroom. A total of 370 teachers from primary and secondary education (students aged 6–18 years old) were questioned through an online survey. An overview of descriptive results is presented regarding (1) teachers’ reported technology use, (2) their perceptions towards adaptivity and dashboards in DPL tools and (3) their expectations of support in view of implementing DPL. Based on a cluster analysis, three teacher clusters are distinguished. Results reveal all three clusters had positive perceptions towards DPL. Nevertheless, there is great variety in reported use of DPL tools.
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Keywords: Adaptive technology; Cluster analysis; Digital personalized learning; Educational technology; Teachers

KEY FIGURES: 5th Rwanda Population and Housing Census (PHC) - National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. (National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda., 2023)
The fifth Population and Housing Census in Rwanda, was conducted in August 2022. The Census operation was coordinated by the National Census Commission. Various census technical and administrative structures have been put in place to ensure a successful census operation.

Sustainable Solutions to Rural Girls’ Education: A Rapid Evaluation of Lyra in Tanzania - Simmons, Hannah (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The RISE Education Systems Diagnostic: A Tool for Identifying Strategic Priorities for Education System Reform - RISE (RISE Programme, 2023)
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Creating a contextually relevant acceptable or responsible use policy (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The Impact of a Tech-Supported, School-Based TCPD Model on Learning Outcomes in Tanzania: Research tool pack (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Continuous Teacher Training Goes Nationwide in Tanzania - World Bank (World Bank, 2023)
A World Bank-funded program is piloting continuous professional development for primary school teachers in Tanzania.
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Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of AI-Language Learning Tools - Rebolledo Font de la Vall, Roxana; Gonzalez Araya, Fabian (International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, 2023)
AI language learning tools are computer programs or software applications that use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help users learn and improve their skills in a foreign language. These technologies have a lot of benefits, such as the ability to save time and speed up learning, to give students personalized learning experiences, and to help them learn about other cultures. In this study, the scientific literature was looked at to find out the pros, cons, opportunities, and challenges of using AI language learning tools, such as the need for more human interaction, the complexities of language in context, and the fact that training needs a lot of data. In the future, these AI tools could be used to make changes, like combining VR and AR, developing better algorithms for processing natural language, and using more advanced algorithms for adaptive learning. By addressing these problems and limitations, AI learning systems could become even more powerful and valuable tools for learning languages. Their integration is critical to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of learning user experience solutions.
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Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue - Cecilia Macaulay (BBC News, 2023)
Nigeria wants local languages to replace English in primary education, but some say it's not practical.
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Understanding Teacher School Choice Preferences: What Matters Most for Teacher Deployment in Sierra Leone? (EdTech Hub Preprint, 2023)
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, family status, and experience to influence school choice preferences. This set of factors — and their interaction with certain teacher characteristics — continues to shape preferences as teachers move up the career ladder. Keywords: Teacher deployment, teacher preferences, Sierra Leone, teacher supply, remote schools An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning - What does recent evidence tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in low- and middle-income countries? - Akyeampong, K; Andrabi, T; Banerjee, A; Banerji, R; Dynarski, S; Glennerster, R; Grantham-McGregor, S; Muralidharan, K; Piper, B; Ruto, S; Saavedra, J; Schmelkes, S; et al. (FCDO, the World Bank, UNICEF, and USAID, 2023)
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Guidance note on using implementation research in education - Allison, C (Building Evidence in Education (BE2 ), 2023)
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The Latest Tanzanian National Panel Survey Shows Progress in Education - Amankwah, Akuffo; Palacius-Lopez, Amparo; Gul, Maryam (2023)
The state of education in a country has cascading impacts across multiple facets of development. In line with SDG 4, providing equitable quality education remains a key mission for countries, especially those with low literacy rates. Zooming in on Tanzania...
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Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries - Angrist, Noam; Ainomugisha, Micheal; Bathena, Sai Pramod; Bergman, Peter; Crossley, Colin; Cullen, Claire; Letsomo, Thato; Matsheng, Moitshepi; Panti, Rene Marlon; Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Sullivan, Tim (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023)
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Using Technology to Improve Education for Marginalised Girls: Lessons in implementation from the Girls’ Education Challenge - Anonymised for Peer Review Purposes (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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: evidence-informed design and delivery; building and maintaining relationships across and between stakeholders; comprehensive and continuous training and capacity development; and situating EdTech within a broader holistic model that prioritises gender inclusion to optimise implementation for marginalised girls. In doing so, the study provides key lessons for optimising the future implementation of EdTech for marginalised girls. Keywords: educational technology; girls’ education; programme implementation; Covid-19 An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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2023 Cost-effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning - What does Recent Evidence Tell Us are “Smart Buys” for Improving Learning in Low- and Middle-income Countries? - Banerjee, Abhijit; Andrab, Tahir; Banerji, Rukmini; Dynarski, Susan; Glennerster, Rachel; Grantham-Mcgregor, Sally; Muralidharan, Karthik; Piper, Benjamin; Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Ruto, Sara; Schmelkes, Sylvia (World Bank Group, 2023)
2023 Cost-effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning - What does Recent Evidence Tell Us are “Smart Buys” for Improving Learning in Low- and Middle-income Countries? (English)
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Teacher Deployment in Sierra Leone: Lessons learnt and moving forward - Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This report provides an overview of the teacher deployment process in Sierra Leone prior to and including 2022. Through interviews with key stakeholders in the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), we look at lessons learnt from the deployment process and next steps for how teacher deployment can be implemented. Although there are a number of volunteer teachers in Sierra Leone, the TSC are aiming to increase the number of qualified teachers on the government payroll as well as retaining teachers in rural areas. It was noted that teachers from rural areas being put on the government payroll and deployed to rural schools are better placed to teach in rural schools than teachers moving from urban to rural areas. Hpwever, it is still challenging to find qualified teachers in these rural areas. The TSC want to look at how they can target teachers to take up rural positions, either through distance learning to gain the right qualifications or working with teacher training institutions (TTIs) to prioritise schools in rural areas for placement. Overall, the TSC want to use data as the basis for decision-making on deploying teachers equitably. Keywords Teacher deployment; teacher training; unqualified teachers; volunteer teachers; rural schools; data for decision-making An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Investigating the Activity Levels of School Quality Assurance Officers in Sierra Leone - Beoku-Betts, Iman; Leh Wi Lan (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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 improvement, and attendance monitoring. This report presents findings from qualitative research conducted in three districts in Sierra Leone. The aim is to provide the MBSSE and other partners with insights to understand the variation in and what is needed to maximise SQAO activity levels, increase principal engagement with digital tools, and support and promote quality visits to schools. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Under the Hood of an EdTech Study in Kenya: Implementation challenges, successes, and lessons learnt - Büchel, Konstantin; Crossley, Colin; Cullen, Claire; Letsomo, Thato (EdTech Hub, 2023)
In the years following a global pandemic that left 1.6 billion learners out of school, the global learning crisis has grown more urgent. Governments worldwide have sought technology-enabled education platforms that can support higher quality, resilient education systems. One cheap and easy tool for delivering remote educational support is basic mobile phones, which represent a potentially cost-effective and remote platform for adapting a range of proven pedagogical methods. To do so successfully, programme delivery should consider three key factors that include (1) careful training on delivering pedagogical methods in a phone setting, (2) Appropriate monitoring systems to ensure weekly delivery fidelity and, (3) an appropriate data and/or delivery infrastructure to enable programme monitoring. If done successfully, mobile phone programmes can present education ministries with an efficient delivery option for quality education at a fraction of the cost of higher-tech solutions. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Edtech and marginalization: scaling for learning equity - Castillo, N. M.; Wagner, D; Alrawashde, G; Moog, C (UNESCO GEM Background paper, 2023)
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Teacher Continuous Professional Development in Tanzania: Lessons Learnt - Chachage, Kristeen; Thakrar, Jay (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This report shares the experience and learning from the activities carried out as part of the Government of Tanzania's efforts to operationalise its National Framework for Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD), which shifts TCPD from discreet workshops to cost-effective, ongoing, school-based professional development. It is among the first of its kind at a national level, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts. Through a collaborative and responsive approach of adaptive technical assistance and innovation, the EdTech Hub team supported Government of Tanzania partners in developing and implementing a technology-enhanced, school-based, national TCPD system. This report begins with an overview of the activities implemented and then consolidates reflection through nine lessons learnt that could help inform current and future thinking on the design, delivery, and funding of TCPD programming in Tanzania. The TCPD reflected in this report is specific to Tanzania's teaching and learning environment. While we recognise that environments can vary widely, even between countries with similar goals and objectives, the report also seeks to contribute to any current and future analyses that collate features of effective TCPD from around the world. Keywords: teacher professional development; teacher training; technology; learning management system; communities of learning; teacher needs assessment; An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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V-Dem Dataset v13 - Coppedge, M. et al. (Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, 2023)
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Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone - Crawfurd, Lee; Evans, David K.; Hares, Susannah; Sandefur, Justin (Journal of Development Economics, 2023)
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The Future of EMIS: A Public Financial Management Perspective - Cresswell, Simon; Long, Cathal; Fraser, Alasdair (EdTech Hub, 2023)
Policymakers in low- and lower-middle-income countries are in a bind: while more complex EMIS designs may make processes more likely to fail following donor exit, simple EMIS designs do not provide enough information to track the effects of reforms and progress addressing the learning crisis. Even for basic measures, EMIS appear to generate inaccurate data in many cases. Reflections on EMIS implementation challenges point to demand and supply issues, with the former being the more important determinant for realising EMIS potential and their ongoing development. This paper considers demand and supply for EMIS from a public financial management (PFM) perspective. Keywords: public financial management, budgeting, digital, data governance, education An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Results – Rapid Scans – The EdTech Hub - EdTech Hub (2023)
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School-to-School Mobility Patterns and Retention Rates of Payroll Teachers in Sierra Leone - Espinoza-Revollo, Patricia; Ali, Yusuf; Garrod, Oliver; Atherton, Paul; Mackintosh, Alisdair; Ramirez, Ana; Beoku-Betts, Iman; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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 data on teacher mobility patterns and schools’ teacher retention rates, policies tend to be based on anecdotal evidence. This paper aims to fill this evidence gap by exploring teachers’ school-to-school mobility trends and retention rates using the Annual School Census (ASC) data from 2015 to 2021. Using data on teachers’ individual characteristics, as well as geospatial location data of each school, the paper explores whether mobility patterns vary by teachers’ gender or qualifications and whether the teaching workforce is urbanising. While studies have looked at teacher retention, this study is the first in a low-income country to use school census data to create a panel dataset to study teachers’ movements and school retention rates over time. Keywords: teacher mobility; teacher retention rates; mobility patterns; teacher deployment; Sierra Leone; education An output of the EdTech Hub https://edtechhub.org
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Can A/B Testing at Scale Accelerate Learning Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Environments? - Friedberg, Aidan (Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky, 2023)
On current trends the world will fail to reach the objectives set in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for Education by 2030 or even within the 21st century. Changing this trend will require a significant acceleration in learning outcomes. Digital personalised learning (DPL) tools are a potentially cost-effective intervention that can contribute to this acceleration. In particular, the continuous experimentation afforded by these tools through software A/B testing, has considerable potential to create compounding improvements in learning outcomes. This paper provides an overview of EIDU, an educational platform combining student focused DPL content with digital structured pedagogy programmes in public pre-primary schools in Kenya. Collection of student’s longitudinal unsupervised assessment data at scale creates the possibility of learning outcome focused A/B testing. This is a novel contribution to the development and research field as up until now this type of capability has largely been confined to students in high-income environments.
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Education Sector Budget Proposal Report 2023/24 - Government of Kenya (Government of Kenya, 2023)
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Report of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform: ​​Transforming education, training and research for sustainable development in Kenya - Government of Kenya (2023)
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Building Educational Foundations through Innovation & Technology (BEFIT): Malawi Scale-Up Program Overview - Government of Malawi (2023)
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Fiscal Transfers: View Consolidated formulae - Government of Uganda (OTIMS, 2023)
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The National Numeracy Programme — Outputs Register - Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Outputs Register: The Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone - Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris; Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2023)
EdTech Hub, Fab Inc, and the Education Workforce Initiative have produced the outputs listed in this document as part of the EdTech Hub-commissioned research project on ‘GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone’. This research project began in January 2022. This document lists all outputs produced under this project. All outputs are available to the public via the EdTech Hub Evidence Library. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Technology use in teacher preparation and professional development in low-and middle-income countries - UNESCO Digital Library - Hennessy, Sara; D'Angelo, Sophia; Koomar, Saalim; Kreimeia, Adam; Adam, Taskeen; Cao, Lydia; Haßler, Björn (UNESCO, 2023)
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Uzoefu wa Walimu katika kufundisha kwa kutumia teknolojia nchini Tanzania Mapendekezo Juu ya Sera na Utekelezaji - Hennessy, Sara; Koomar, Saalim; Kreimeia, Adam (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This is a Swahili version of the policy brief Teachers’ Experiences of Teaching With Technology in Tanzania: Recommendations for policy and practice published in October 2022. Muhtasari huu wa masuala ya kisera unatoa ripoti ya utafiti wa walimu nchini Tanzania (Julai-Novemba 2021) ambao EdTech Hub iliagiza HakiElimu kuufanya ili kuchangia taarifa itakayosaidia mchakato endelevu wa serikali kuleta mageuzi ya MEWAKA katika ngazi za shule na vituo vya walimu. Dodoso zilichukuliwa kutoka katika uchunguzi wa kihistoria wa kimataifa uliohusisha takriban walimu 20,000+ , kuhusu uzoefu na changamoto zao katika ufikiaji na matumizi ya EdTech, ufundishaji na ujifunzaji, na maendeleo ya kitaaluma katika mwaka 2021, iliyoripotiwa na timu kutoka T4 Education na EdTech Hub. Maneno muhimu: teknolojia ya elimu; matokeo ya kujifunza; mahitaji ya mwalimu; mafunzo endelevu ya taaluma ya ualimu; sauti ya mwalimu / Kauli ya mwalimu; ufikiaji wa teknolojia An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Automated Knowledge Extraction from IS Research Articles Combining Sentence Classification and Ontological Annotation - Huettemann, Sebastian (2023)
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Low-tech personalised learning to improve girls' education in Kenya. - Jordan, K; Damani, K; Khagame, P; Mongeau, C; Mumbi, A; Myers, C; Njuguna, L; Otieno, J; Zhao, A (EdTech Hub and M-Shule, 2023)
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How can messaging apps, WhatsApp and SMS be used to support learning? A scoping review - Jordan, Katy (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2023)
In response to disruption to education during the Covid-19 pandemic, mobile phone-based messaging has emerged in some instances as an accessible, low-connectivity way of promoting interactivity. However, no recent reviews have been undertaken in relation to how social media and messaging apps can be used to effectively support education in low- and middle-income countries. In this scoping review, 43 documents were identified for inclusion and three main thematic areas emerged: supporting student learning (including interacting with peers and other students, peer tutoring and collaborative learning; and interacting with teachers, through content delivery, teaching and assessment); teacher professional development (including structured support and prompts, and informal communities of practice); and supporting refugee education. The discussion and findings are both of practical use, to inform responses to the current pandemic and designing initiatives in the future, and will also be useful for advancing research in this expanding field.
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Learners and Caregivers' Barriers and Attitudes to SMS-based Mobile Learning in Kenya: Key findings from a telephone survey - Jordan, Katy; Damani, Kalifa; Myers, Christina; Khagame, Phoebe; Mumbi, Albina; Njuguna, Lydia (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Nudging or Nagging? Conflicting Effects of Behavioral Tools - Kalil, Ariel; Liu, Haoxuan; Mayer, Susan; Rury, Derek; Shah, Rohen (SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023)
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The evolution of systematic evidence reviews: Past and future developments and their implications for policy analysis - Lemire, Sebastian; Peck, Laura R.; Porowski, Allan (Politics & Policy, 2023)
Abstract Evidence reviews are widely used to summarize findings from existing studies and, as such, are an important base for policy analysis. Over the past 50 years, three waves of evidence reviews have emerged: (1) the meta‐analysis wave, (2) the mixed‐methods synthesis wave, and (3) the core components wave. The present article first describes these waves and reflects on the benefits and limitations of each wave in the context of policy analysis. Informed by this historical account, the article then identifies and discusses three trends that are likely to influence future directions of evidence reviews: (1) using data science tools, (2) embedding an equity focus, and (3) translating research into practice. The concluding discussion connects these developments to public policy, identifying how evidence from systematic evidence reviews informs—or could better inform—policy decisions. Related Articles Nunes Silva, Carlos. 2012. “Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect—By Paul Gary Wyckoff.” Politics & Policy 40(3): 541–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00363.x . Sinclair, Thomas A. P. 2006. “Previewing Policy Sciences: Multiple Lenses and Segmented Visions.” Politics & Policy 34(3): 481–504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2006.00025.x . Smith‐Walter, Aaron, Holly L. Peterson, Michael D. Jones, and Ashley Nicole Reynolds Marshall. 2016. “Gun Stories: How Evidence Shapes Firearm Policy in the United States.” Politics & Policy 44(6): 1053–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12187 . , La evolución de las revisiones sistemáticas de evidencia: Desarrollos pasados y futuros y sus implicaciones para el análisis de políticas Las revisiones de evidencia se utilizan ampliamente para resumir los hallazgos de estudios existentes y, como tales, son un tipo importante de análisis de políticas. En los últimos 50 años, han surgido tres oleadas de revisiones de evidencia: (1) la oleada de metanálisis, (2) la oleada de síntesis de métodos mixtos y (3) la oleada de componentes centrales. El presente artículo primero describe estas oleadas y reflexiona sobre los beneficios y limitaciones de cada oleada en el contexto del análisis de políticas. Basado en este relato histórico, el artículo luego identifica y analiza tres tendencias que probablemente influirán en las direcciones futuras de las revisiones de evidencia: (1) usar herramientas de ciencia de datos, (2) incorporar un enfoque de equidad y (3) traducir la investigación a la práctica. La discusión final conecta estos desarrollos con la política pública, identificando cómo la evidencia de las revisiones sistemáticas de evidencia informa, o podría informar mejor, las decisiones de política. , 系统性证据审查的演变:过去和未来的发展及其对政策分析的影响 证据审查被广泛用于总结现有研究结果，因此是一种重要的政策分析类型。过去50年里，出现了三次证据审查浪潮，即荟萃分析、混合方法综合、以及核心组分法。本文首先描述了这三种方法，并在政策分析情境下反思了每种方法的优势和局限性。根据这一历史叙述，本文随后识别并探讨了可能影响证据审查未来方向的三种趋势:(1)使用数据科学工具，(2)嵌入公平视角，(3)将研究转化为实践。结论将这些发展与公共政策相联系，识别了来自系统性证据审查的证据如何影响政策决策(或如何能更好地影响政策决策)。
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; análisis de políticas; componentes básicos; core components; evidence review; meta-analysis; metanálisis; mixed methods; métodos Mixtos; policy analysis; research synthesis; revisión de evidencia; revisión sistemática; systematic review; síntesis de Investigación; 政策分析; 核心组分; 混合方法; 研究综合; 系统性综述; 荟萃分析; 证据审查

Introduction of an EdTech intervention to support learning of foundational skills in Sierra Leone: policy, teacher, and community perspectives - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Pitchford, Nicola J. (Frontiers in Education, 2023)
Background: Like many other countries, Sierra Leone faces significant challenges with primary education resulting in many children leaving primary school without acquiring basic foundational skills. To address these challenges, an educational technology (EdTech) intervention was implemented in 20 primary schools located in two marginalized districts in Sierra Leone. While this EdTech intervention has been shown to raise learning outcomes, little is known about the impacts on the broader education ecosystem. This paper investigates how this EdTech intervention might address some the challenges faced with primary education in Sierra Leone, by examining policy, teacher, and community perspectives. Method: A mixed methods approach was employed which included a policy mapping exercise, a survey of teachers training needs in supporting the development of foundational skills with grade 1 learners, an interview with teachers after they had delivered the EdTech intervention to garner their perceptions and experiences of using the technology in their class, and focus groups with teachers and other community members to gain insights into how the EdTech intervention had been received. Results: Findings from the policy mapping exercise and quantitative data from the survey of teacher training needs were triangulated with qualitative data from the interviews and focus groups. Four key themes emerged relating to the effective and sustained use of this EdTech intervention to support the acquisition of foundational skills by primary school children in Sierra Leone: (1) the need for continued teacher professional development, (2) the use of English as the language of instruction, (3) access to the technology by children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and (4) the importance of active community engagement in supporting the intervention. Discussion: Collectively, results indicated that the EdTech intervention employed in this study aligned well to the education policy in Sierra Leone. Enhanced teacher training is needed, especially in using English as the language of instruction, and continued community engagement is essential for scaling the intervention effectively and ensuring that all children, including those with SEND, access the technology at primary school. These results have implications for other EdTech intervention deployed in resource-poor settings to enhance learning of foundational skills.
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Randomised Controlled Trial Protocol: Digital personalised learning to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes in Kenyan classrooms - Major, Louis; Daltry, Rebecca; Otieno, Mary; Otieno, Kevin; Zhao, Annette; Hinks, Jessica; Sun, Chen; Friedburg, Aidan (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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. Keywords: digital personalised learning; DPL; Randomised controlled trial; RCT; research methodology; learning outcomes; Kenya An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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A dialogic design-based research partnership approach: developing close-to-practice educational technology theory in Kenya (Forthcomming) - Major, Louis; Daltry, Rebecca; Rahman, Asad; Plaut, Daniel; Otieno, Mary; Otieno, Kevin (Global Perspectives on Teaching with Technology: Theories, Case Studies and Integration Strategies, 2023)
Design-based research (DBR) has promise for investigating educational technology in low- and middle-income contexts. However, DBR is implemented infrequently in such settings, highlighting a need for guidance on implementation. This chapter critically reflects on innovative DBR involving Kenyan teachers and research partners over two years. This focused on the iterative evaluation of a ‘digital personalised learning’ tool to improve its integration into classroom practice. This DBR promoted teacher-researcher engagement through adopting a dialogue-informed 'intermediate theory building' framework, bridging the theory-practice gap. Additionally, it enhanced inclusivity by broadening the concept of partnership through an ‘integrated’ approach. Lessons learned and practical implications are highlighted. Outcomes establish a novel foundation for applying DBR to enhance educational technology for marginalised learners.
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Building Education Foundations through Innovation & Technology: Malawi Scale-Up Program Overview - Malawi Ministry of Education (Government of Malawi, 2023)
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Building Education Foundations through Innovation & Technology: Malawi Scale-up Program Overview - Malawi MoE (2023)
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Learning continuity in response to climate emergencies: Pakistan's 2022 floods - Mazari, Haani; Baloch, Imdad; Thinley, Sangay; Radford, Kate; Kaye, Tom; Perry, Freya (EdTech Hub, 2023)
Building on EdTech Hub's preliminary insights, this extended resource explores Learning continuity in response to climate emergencies following the 2022 Pakistan floods. The intention is to support stakeholders in identifying scalable and feasible ways of using EdTech in response to Pakistan’s 2022 floods and improving learning responses in future climate emergencies. We identified these approaches by interviewing flood-affected parents and teachers, government education officers, development partners, local NGOs, and international experts in education in emergencies. We find that during the different phases of response to the emergency, communities’ needs and infrastructural realities keep changing. However, existing responses to support learning have not been able to address these needs at scale. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The current landscape and future of tablet-based cognitive assessments for children in low-resourced settings - McHenry, Megan S.; Mukherjee, Debarati; Bhavnani, Supriya; Kirolos, Amir; Piper, Joe D.; Crespo-Llado, Maria M.; Gladstone, Melissa J. (PLOS digital health, 2023)
Publisher: Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA

National Numeracy Programme (NNP) – Objectives - National Numeracy Programme (NNP) (2023)
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EdTech Evidence From Covid-19 Response: A thematic review of primary research from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan and Sierra Leone - Nicolai, Susan; Jefferies, Kate; Stepanek Lockhart, Ashley (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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
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Toward a holistic approach to EdTech effectiveness: Lessons from Covid-19 research in Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, and Sierra Leone - Nicolai, Susan; Jordan, Katy; Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom; Myers, Christina (International Journal of Educational Development, 2023)
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Raising Readers: Can mobile technology enable Kenyan schools to improve parent and carer engagement in reading with their children? - Nicolai, Susan; Khan, Amina; Kartha, Ashwati; Bapna, Akanksha; Kamninga, Tony (EdTech Hub, 2023)
Deploying design-based, mixed-methods research, the study Raising Readers (Phase 1) explores how technology can be best used to strengthen parent and carer engagement with children’s reading in Kenya. In close collaboration with Worldreader, a digital reading organisation, five co-designed modalities (parental training, feedback loops, nudges/messaging, incentives, and reading celebrations) were tested in 14 schools across Nairobi and Kiambu counties over 12 weeks in 2022. The intervention helped to assess the potential of the different modalities in facilitating parental/carer engagement around children’s reading using the BookSmart app. As measured by average reading time, intervention groups showed higher engagement using BookSmart than the control group. ‘Incentives’ led with 39 hours 29 minutes average reading time per school over 12 weeks, followed by ‘reading celebrations’ with 24 hours 13 minutes. ‘Feedback loops’ and ‘training’ had comparable levels (10 hours, 28 minutes, and 9 hours, 27 minutes per school, respectively). ‘Messaging / nudges’ had the lowest engagement (5 hours 57 minutes versus 3 hours 2 minutes in the control group). Parental/carer knowledge, attitudes, and practices supporting their child's reading improved with the interventions. Findings of Phase 1 were used to inform the design of Phase 2. Keywords: Education, app, reading, school, child, Kenya An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The Use of Technology to Promote Equity and Inclusion in Education in North and Northeast Kenya - Otieno, Jennifer; Kaye, Tom; Mbugua, Wanjiku (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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 inclusion in education in Kenya, there are persistent disparities in access and outcomes for rural learners, girls, learners with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. The North and Northeastern (N/NE) counties of Kenya are where some of the greatest disparities exist. Our research examines the context of N/NE Kenya to understand why these disparities exist, and how technology can play a role in increasing equity and inclusion in education in the region. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Collaboration to Realise Kenya’s National Learning Goals through EdTech - Otieno, Jennifer; Omuthe, Ronald; Ampofo, Rudolph (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Personal communication: Research on solar-power projector DPL implementation in Malawi - Pitchford, Nicola J. (2023)
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Using evidence in practice when there is high uncertainty on what works - Rahman, Asad; Simpson, Lea; Wilkinson, James; Kuria, Catherine; Kably, Nathan; Plaut, Daniel; Tanweer, Rabia; Mbugua, Ciku (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Breaking Through Limitations: Enhanced Systematic Literature Reviews With Large Language Models - Reason, Tim; Langham, Julia; Gimblett, Andy; Malcolm, Bill; Klijn, Sven (Population, 2023)
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Mapping National Digital Learning Platforms - Rui, Tingting; Chuang, Rachel; Thinley, Sangay; AlSheikh Theeb, Thaer; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Hasiniavo. Rasolohery (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This report presents findings from a global mapping exercise of 471 national digital platforms across 184 countries that was conducted by EdTech Hub following a Helpdesk request from UNICEF. The mapping exercise focused on examining three key areas of availability, usability, and inclusivity of national digital learning platforms. The study found that 32% of identified national digital learning platforms no longer exist, have not been updated since 2020, or have links that do not work. Only 30% of platforms offer offline functionality. Eighty-five per cent of platforms were accessible on a basic smartphone. This report serves as a snapshot in time of national digital learning platforms around the world. Future mapping exercises and reports may be carried out to expand on this work. Keywords: platforms, digital, learning, mobile, mapping, offline An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Mapping National Digital Learning Platforms: Full Dataset - Rui, Tingting; Chuang, Rachel; Thinley, Sangay; AlSheikh Theeb, Thaer; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Hasiniavo, Rasolohery (EdTech Hub, 2023)
The dataset provided here as a link to a spreadsheet presents raw data from a global mapping exercise of 471 national digital platforms across 184 countries conducted by EdTech Hub as part of a Helpdesk request from UNICEF. The mapping exercise examined three key areas of availability, usability, and inclusivity of national digital learning platforms. Analysis from the dataset was used to generate a report on national digital learning platforms. The datasheet includes the authors’ organisation of the dataset under key indicators. Readers can use the datasheet to replicate or conduct their own analysis. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Systematic Review using a Spiral approach with Machine Learning - Saeidmehr, Amirhossein; Steel, Piers; Samavati, Faramarz (2023)
With the accelerating growth of the academic corpus, doubling every nine years, machine learning is a promising avenue to make systematic review manageable. Though several notable advancements have already been made, the incorporation of machine learning is less than optimal, still relying on a sequential, staged process designed to accommodate a purely human approach, exemplified by PRISMA. Here, we test a spiral, alternating or oscillating approach, where full-text screening is done intermittently with title/abstract screening, which we examine in three datasets by simulation under 360 conditions comprised of different algorithmic classifiers, feature extractions, prioritization rules, data types, and information provided (e.g., title/abstract, full-text included). Overwhelmingly, the results favored a spiral processing approach with Logistic Regression, TF-IDF for vectorization, and Maximum Probability for prioritization. Results demonstrate up to a 90% improvement over traditional machine learning methodologies, especially for databases with fewer eligible articles. With these advancements, the screening component of most systematic reviews should remain functionally achievable for another one to two decades.
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Text classification using deep learning techniques: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions - Sarin, Gaurav; Kumar, Pradeep; Mukund, M. (Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2023)
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Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Classification; Data mining; Deep learning; Text analytics; _Added-ailr-2024

Towards a Resilient Education Recovery from Pakistan's Floods: Rapid Response Research - Sarwar, Moizza Binat (Malala Fund & Pakistan Coalition for Education, 2023)
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Nearly half a million children in Malawi unable to attend school due to Cyclone Freddy - Save the Children (2023)
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About IDELA - Save the Children, IDELA (IDELA, 2023)
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Digital degrowth: toward radically sustainable education technology - Selwyn, Neil (Learning, Media and Technology, 2023)
This paper outlines how ideas of ‘degrowth’ might be used to reimagine sustainable forms of education technology. In essence, degrowth calls for a proactive renewal of technology use around goals of voluntary simplicity and slowing-down, community-based coproduction and sharing, alongside conscious minimalization of resource consumption. The paper considers how core degrowth principles of conviviality, commoning, autonomy and care have been used to develop various forms of ‘radically sustainable computing’. The paper then suggests four ways in which degrowth principles might frame future thinking around education technology in terms of: (i) curtailing current manipulative forms of education technology, (ii) bolstering existing convivial forms of education technology; (iii) stimulating the development of new convivial education technologies; and (iv) developing digital technologies to achieve the eventual de-schooling of society. It is concluded that mobilisation of these ideas might support a much-needed reorientation of digital technology in education along low-impact, equitable lines.
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Keywords: Degrowth; Illich; digital; education; sustainability

Bringing Digital Learning to Rural Schools: A Rapid Evaluation of Lyra in Africa - Simmons, Hannah (EdTech Hub, 2023)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Human-AI Collaboration to Identify Literature for Evidence Synthesis - Spillias, Scott; Tuohy, Paris; Andreotta, Matthew; Annand-Jones, Ruby; Boschetti, Fabio; Cvitanovic, Christopher; Duggan, Joe; Fulton, Elizabeth; Karcher, Denis; Paris, Cecile (2023)
Systematic approaches to evidence synthesis can improve the rigour, transparency, and replicability of a traditional literature review. However, these systematic approaches are time and resource intensive. We evaluate the ability of OpenAI’s ChatGPT to undertake two initial stages of evidence syntheses (searching peer-reviewed literature and screening for relevance) and develop a novel collaborative framework to leverage the best of both human and AI intelligence. Using a scoping review of community-based sheries management as a case study, we nd that with substantial prompting, the AI can provide critical insight into the construction and content of a search string. Thereafter, we evaluate ve strategies for synthesising AI output to screen articles based on prede ned inclusion criteria. We nd low omission rates (< 1%) of relevant literature by the AI are achievable, which is comparable to that of human screeners. These ndings show that generalised AI tools can assist reviewers with evidence synthesis to accelerate the implementation and improve the reliability of a review.
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What Is Data Governance and Why Does It Matter? - Stedman, Craig (Data Management, 2023)
Learn what data governance is, why it's important, its benefits, who's responsible for it, data governance best practices and more in this in-depth guide.
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Exploring the Relationship Between Teachers’ Use of Technology During the Covid-19 Pandemic in India and Their Perspectives on Students’ Motivation to Learn - Tailor, Kavita; Hennessy, Sara; Jordan, Katy (EdTech Hub, 2023)
During the Covid-19 pandemic, a wealth of research emerged to quantify student learning and the accessibility of technology for learners. However, existing evidence highlights that access to technology did not equate to learning, yet few studies have investigated the underlying reasons behind this. As a correlating factor of learning achievement, this report investigates student motivation to learn, as perceived by teachers, and how this may have been influenced by their use of remote technologies during the pandemic. It elucidates the perspectives of teachers working remotely during the pandemic by presenting a secondary data analysis using the world’s largest teacher survey post-Covid-19 (the T4 teacher survey). It complements these findings with qualitative data gathered from eight teachers and education practitioners in India via an online focus group. Results from this study imply that teachers’ pedagogy was more important for student learning motivation than their use of technology and confirmed that more frequent interaction between teachers and students or parents can increase teacher perceptions of student learning motivation. Findings also suggest that student learning motivation may have significantly depended on the continued development of academic and socio-emotional skills. These findings have practical implications for improving remote learning and blended learning environments and for addressing the salient issue of rote learning in India. Keywords: student motivation, technology, learning loss, Covid-19, digital pedagogy, self-determination theory An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Testing EdTech Interventions in Bandarban: Key Findings from the EdTech Hub Sandbox - Tanweer, Rabia; Plaut, Daniel; Datta, Rupa; Nashtaran, Trishia; Rahman, Asad; Ahmed, Shakil; Fazly, BMRabbi; Hoque, Rashedul; Moon, NurunNahar; Afroze, Sadia (EdTech Hub, 2023)
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 in Bangladesh. This was explored through a sandbox in Bandarban, a remote region in South-Eastern Bangladesh. This report synthesises the evidence generated from this EdTech Hub sandbox. While further research is needed, its findings suggest that multimedia classrooms, which were found to be present and functioning in most schools in the region, are a promising intervention. Their effectiveness and implementation are worthwhile avenues for further research. Keywords: Bangladesh, Low connectivity/electricity, rural, marginalised learners, blended learning, tablets An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Building an Acceptable Use Policy - Tanweer, Rabia; Wyss, Natalie (EdTech Hub, 2023)
Acceptable use policies (AUPs) aim to define how digital and technological tools and services (both devices and ICT services) should be used in or by education systems and actors. These policies address the rights, privileges, responsibilities, and ramifications associated with the use of technology in education spaces and for educational purposes. In doing so, AUPs attempt to promote good practice and responsible, safe use of the internet and digital technologies. This brief uses global examples of AUP policies and guidance on the development of AUPs to outline best practices and key considerations for the development of AUPs. Keywords: EdTech usage; acceptable use policy; tablets; laptops; desktop computers; EdTech hardware; EdTech software. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Large-Scale Simulation Study of Active Learning models for Systematic Reviews - Teijema, Jelle Jasper; de Bruin, Jonathan; Bagheri, Ayoub; van de Schoot, Rens (2023)
The active learning methods for prioritising systematic reviews have undergone significant progress and innovation in recent years. This rapid development, however, has inadvertently highlighted the disparity between the rapid development of these methodologies and their rigorous evaluation, stemming from constraints in simulation size, lack of infrastructure, and the use of few datasets. We embark on a large-scale simulation study involving over 27 thousand simulations and over 156 million datapoints, designed to provide robust empirical evidence of active learning methodologies performance. We evaluate 13 combinations of different classification models and feature extraction techniques across high-quality datasets sourced from the SYNERGY dataset. We run a single simulation for each possible combination of selected classification model, feature extraction technique, dataset, and relevant document. The spectrum of performance varies considerably, from marginally better than random reading to near flawless results. Still, every single model-feature extraction combination outperforms random screening. Results are publicly available for analysis and replication. This study advocates for large-scale simulations as the gold standard for assessing active learning methods; it underscores the importance of comprehensive testing to reduce reporting bias and enhance result reliability. It also highlights the need for curating diverse datasets for systematic review literature.
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Childhood Cost Calculator (C3): User Guide. A costing tool for education and early childhood development - The Brookings Institution (Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2023)
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EdTech to Support Out-of-School Children and Adolescents - Thinley, Sangay; Rui, Yang (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This Helpdesk report was created in response to a request from the World Bank Malawi Education Team for a curated list of resources on examples of EdTech interventions targeting out-of-school children and adolescents to inform an ASA (Advisory Services and Analytics) output. The ASA output will provide policy options to improve second-chance learning and foundational skills for out-of-school children (OOSC). To provide the World Bank Malawi team with adequate information on the above. This curated list begins with an introduction to the use of EdTech to support out-of-school children and youth, and then moves on to present examples of such interventions and programmes within Malawi, as well the wider African region and the rest of the world. This list is designed to serve as a resource for the team and does not make any direct recommendations on actions to be taken. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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SDG 4 September 2023 - UNESCO (2023)
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UNICEF Data Warehouse - UNICEF (2023)
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Gateways to Public Digital Learning - United Nations (United Nations, 2023)
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School mapping and decision-making - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Godwin, Katie; Ramirez, Ana; Mackintosh, Alasdair; Haßler, Björn (GEM Report UNESCO, 2023)
Reliable and timely data is essential for decision-makers at all administrative levels to ensure inclusive, equitable, and quality education for all. Geospatial data has the potential to provide valuable insights across a range of areas of interest to the education sector, from identifying potential threats to schools and the education community, such as throughdata on natural disaster patterns, to supporting equitable allocation of resources based on data showing the remoteness of schools. However, the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is not widespread in the education sector. In this paper, we shed light on the experiences of five country governments, one regional agency, one international initiative, one implementing partner and one private entity, all using GIS for education decision-making in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.This paper presents the findings from primary data collection and analysis of interviews with representatives from these organisations from August –December 2022. Across these countries, we identified two central applications of school geospatial data, which included education planning -which school mapping is a part of -and cross-sector coordination. Among the main challenges to effectively using school geospatial data to make decisions, we found significant issues with capacity building, funding, bridging the data, and policymaking. On the other hand, when school mapping was used effectively, it helped increase transparency and equity, intersectoral collaboration, cost-effectiveness, and accuracy and reliability. After comparing the seven cases, we concluded that two key enablers need to be in place to promote the impact of geospatial data on educational decision-making: ‘usability’ and ‘availability and openness’.
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Factors Related to Teacher Absenteeism in Sierra Leone: Literature review - Vijil, Alejandra; McBurnie, Chris; Bellinger, Amy; Godwin, Katie; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2023)
This report is one of several on the research project on the Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone (Hub-Led Research Programme 3). The education workforce is the most important school-level determinant of student learning. In Sierra Leone, the pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio rises from 44:1 for schools in urban centres to 76:1 for schools in rural areas. Meanwhile, an average of a quarter of the workforce is absent from school on any given day. This informal literature review provides a summary of the most recent literature on teacher absenteeism, covering a wide range of low- and middle-income countries, including Sierra Leone, where the larger study is being undertaken. For the purposes of this review, we have focused on lessons learnt from sub-Saharan African studies that share similar education contexts and challenges as Sierra Leone. Based on the review, we hypothesise that distance from a teacher’s home to their school and their ability to choose which school they would like to work in impact teacher motivation, school attendance, and time on task. Efficient teacher allocation could improve each of these outcome estimates. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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South Africa Public Expenditure and Institutional Review for Early Childhood Development - World Bank (2023)
South Africa Public Expenditure and Institutional Review for Early Childhood Development (ECD PEIR) (English)
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Technology and School Mapping - Vijil, Alejandra; Godwin, Katie; Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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USAID Announces $74 Million for Early Grade Reading in Malawi | Press Release - USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development, 2022)
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is supporting Malawi’s vision for early grade literacy through the new Next Generation (NextGen) early grade reading project. This investment of $74 million over the next five years, subject to appropriations, will improve the delivery of high-quality early grade reading instruction in all of Malawi’s over 5,700 public primary schools nationwide. Since 2015, the U.S. government has invested more than $136 million in Malawi’s early grade reading efforts.
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Model Safe Education Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Cohort 3 Digital Skills Training Completion | Digital Malawi - Ntha Foundation (Ntha Foundation, 2022)
The evaluation and assessment process of the first phase of the Digital skills training is taking place at the Kwathu Innovation and Creative Centre hub this week.
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Education Sector Contingency Plan: Guidelines and Templates - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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The Sandbox Model: A Novel Approach to Iterating while Implementing an Emergency Education Program in Lebanon during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Boujikian, Michèle; Carter, Alice; Jordan, Katy (2022)
Jusoor’s Refugee Education Program helps Syrian refugee children living in Lebanon integrate back into formal schooling. When schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the refugee program adapted to distance learning by developing Azima, a novel program that used WhatsApp to enable children to keep learning. Azima had to respond immediately to the emergency context while maintaining high education standards, and it also needed to find an effective way to test and refine its content quickly. To do this, the Azima program adopted an innovative experimental approach called a sandbox. A sandbox model operates in rapid iterative cycles and uses multiple methods to quickly test a program’s assumptions about how it will meet its goals. In this field note, we use Azima as a case study to report on our experience of applying the sandbox model. We reflect on the benefits and limitations of this novel approach in supporting the use of education technology in a crisis situation.
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Evaluating the impact of technology-supported personalised learning interventions on the mathematics achievements of elementary students in India - Tailor, Kavita (2022)
Technology-supported personalised learning (TSPL) refers to the use of technology to personalise a learner’s experience by adjusting the pace and relevance of content based on the learner’s age, capability and prior knowledge (FitzGerald et al., 2018). Although technology has been epitomised in creating personalised and effective learning experiences for students, there are perennial debates on its role in enhancing quality, productivity and learning (Payal Arora, 2019; Zierer, 2019). This review explores the effectiveness of TSPL on the mathematics achievements of elementary students in India. This review argues that while evidence on using TSPL at scale to benefit all learners remains mixed and inconclusive, with continued iterative research, TSPL holds promise in serving learners’ needs irrespective of achievement level or socio-economic background. In doing so, this review outlines an agenda for future research to improve the efficiency, reach, and effectiveness of TSPL. This involves gaining a deeper understanding of whether TSPL works best as either a supplement or substitute in classrooms and the impacts of doing so in different quality schools. Mechanisms around how TSPL interventions can operate via low-tech mechanisms to better serve low-income communities and to advantage students of all learning abilities are also explored.
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Keywords: India; education technology; elementary school; mathematics; personalised learning

Livrable 4: Note de conseils sur la plateforme numérique - Messa, Angele; Koomar, Saalim; Mitchell, Joel (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Diverse definitions of engagement: Personalised learning analytics to support staff and students - Thoeming, Alix; Baird, Aaron; Weeks, Ruth; Liu, Danny; Flitcroft, Harriet; Bridgeman, Adam (ASCILITE Publications, 2022)
Although teachers design learning experiences, their pedagogical and pastoral connections to students and teaching are often unaccounted for in learning analytics approaches. What is needed for analytics to reconnect teachers and students at a unit and program level, and help unit and program coordinators support those students who need it most? We present the approaches and findings from a pilot initiative where a freely available learning analytics platform allowed unit coordinators to define their own contextually unique measures of engagement and allowed program coordinators to see across units. We discuss the forms of outreach afforded by the initiative, the support provided to coordinators, and the implications of learning analytics that are not one-size-fits-all on using data meaningfully to support human connection.
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Telephone Survey: Caregivers' and Learners' Perspectives on SMS for Education in Kenya - Myers, Christina; Jordan, Katy; Khagame, Phoebe; Mumbi, Albina; Njuguna, Lydia; Zhao, Annette (EdTech Hub, 2022)
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
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Session 6: How do I ensure my EdTech investments are cost-effective? - Chuang, Rachel; Proctor, Jamie (2022)
The Strategic Choices for Education Reform workshop held in Zimbabwe in November 2022 aimed to provide a forum for senior government officials to reflect and consider the strategic reform options for their countries. The objective was to convene officials in key positions in the ministries of education, higher education, finance, and planning to learn about important issues and approaches in education; exchange experiences and lessons; develop an understanding of what is necessary to reconstruct better and more resilient education systems; and to transform the large potential of young people, through human capital investments, into development and prosperity. EdTech Hub was invited to facilitate the day of the workshop focused on harnessing ICT for better teaching and learning. This presentation is one of several used in the workshop to promote learning, discussion, and problem solving among the participants. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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How do I ensure my EdTech investments are cost effective - RachelChuang, JamieProctor (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Session 3: How can I develop an aligned and actionable EdTech strategy - Wyss, Natalie; Mbugua, Wanjiku; Kaye, Tom (2022)
The Strategic Choices for Education Reform workshop held in Zimbabwe in November 2022 aimed to provide a forum for senior government officials to reflect and consider the strategic reform options for their countries. The objective was to convene officials in key positions in the ministries of education, higher education, finance, and planning to learn about important issues and approaches in education; exchange experiences and lessons; develop an understanding of what is necessary to reconstruct better and more resilient education systems; and to transform the large potential of young people, through human capital investments, into development and prosperity. EdTech Hub was invited to facilitate the day of the workshop focused on harnessing ICT for better teaching and learning. This presentation is one of several used in the workshop to promote learning, discussion, and problem solving among the participants. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Digital Tools for Real-Time Data Collection in Education - Gustafsson-Wright, Emily; Osborne, Sarah; Aggarwal,, Muskan (Brookings Institute, 2022)
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No teacher is an Island - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Bokamba, Tania Elena Megogo; Mason, Miriam; Godwin, Katie; Godwin, Tania Elena Megogo Bokamba, Miriam Mason and Katie Godwin, Anne-Fleur Lurvink, Tania Elena Megogo Bokamba, Miriam Mason and Katie, Anne-Fleur Lurvink (Open Development and Education, 2022)
When we step into the head-teacher’s office in one of our project schools, Foday, the facilitator comes in and greets us. He asks us to be patient while they sort out lunch for the children and get the teachers together. We sit back and relax, and watch the hundreds of learners receive

Artificial intelligence for strengthening healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review - Ciecierski-Holmes, Tadeusz; Singh, Ritvij; Axt, Miriam; Brenner, Stephan; Barteit, Sandra (npj Digital Medicine, 2022)
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), AI has been promoted as a potential means of strengthening healthcare systems by a growing number of publications. We aimed to evaluate the scope and nature of AI technologies in the specific context of LMICs. In this systematic scoping review, we used a broad variety of AI and healthcare search terms. Our literature search included records published between 1st January 2009 and 30th September 2021 from the Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Global Health and APA PsycInfo databases, and grey literature from a Google Scholar search. We included studies that reported a quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation of a real-world application of AI in an LMIC health context. A total of 10 references evaluating the application of AI in an LMIC were included. Applications varied widely, including: clinical decision support systems, treatment planning and triage assistants and health chatbots. Only half of the papers reported which algorithms and datasets were used in order to train the AI. A number of challenges of using AI tools were reported, including issues with reliability, mixed impacts on workflows, poor user friendliness and lack of adeptness with local contexts. Many barriers exists that prevent the successful development and adoption of well-performing, context-specific AI tools, such as limited data availability, trust and evidence of cost-effectiveness in LMICs. Additional evaluations of the use of AI in healthcare in LMICs are needed in order to identify their effectiveness and reliability in real-world settings and to generate understanding for best practices for future implementations.
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Behaviour change key principles for EdTech | MASTER framework - Rahman, Asad; Carter, Alice; Wambûi Kuria, Catherine; Mbugua, Ciku; Simpson, Lea; Kably, Nathan (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An EdTech Hub sandbox fast-tracks promising EdTech interventions by providing funding, tools, and access to evidence. It provides a space for partners to test and grow ideas in conditions of uncertainty. Since 2020, EdTech Hub has worked with partners in eight countries, to test and grow EdTech based on our sandbox methodology. When testing and growing EdTech, this tool aims to help you get started with ways to design for innovation behaviours or mindsets and make them stick. Keywords: behavioural change; behavioural design; behavioural innovation; EdTech; innovation; sandbox; intervention design An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Livrable 1: Rapport de démarrage (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Methodologies for mapping Ministry of Education EdTech interventions: Lessons from Ghana - Radford, Kate; Ampofo, Rudolph (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Drought situation in the Kenya ASAL areas now at crisis level - Kenya | ReliefWeb - ASAL Humanitarian Network (2022)
News and Press Release in English on Kenya about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought and more; published on 5 Oct 2022 by ASAL Humanitarian Network
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A Theory of Change for Parents and Caregivers Towards a Technology-Enhanced Education System in Bangladesh - Clark-Wilson, Alison; Bashir, Amreen; Ahmed, Shakil; Mazari, Haani; Kaye, Tom; Radford, Kate; Otieno, Jennifer (EdTech Hub, 2022)
The third of a trilogy of Theories of Change (TOCs) that focuses on parents and caregivers as key agents of change in the development of an increasingly technology-enhanced education system in Bangladesh. The TOC was created following a period of desk research and in-country stakeholder workshops. It offers a theory for how parents’ and caregivers’ experiences in diverse programmes and initiatives will enable them to support children to improved educational outcomes, and take advantage of available technology. It offers a tool for programme designers, implementers, and evaluators to think critically about how their initiative(s) will impact parents and caregivers for the longer-term benefits of their children. Keywords: Bangladesh; Theory of Change; technology-enhanced learning; parents and caregivers; parenting; education An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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الامتحانات عبر الإنترنت في سياقات الطوارئ: هل المراقبة، والتقنيات الأخرى، مجدية في سوريا لتيسير عقد امتحانات تشمل جميع الطلاب؟ - AlSheikhTheeb, Thaer; Sahin, AynurGul; Abdelrahman, Salma; Chuang, Rachel; Affolter, Friedrich; AlMekdad, Bayan; Sabboura, Rani; Sheqem, Yazeed (EdTech Hub, 2022)
كلمات مفتاحية: الامتحانات عبر الإنترنت، تكنولوجيا مراقبة الامتحانات، سياقات الطوارئ، سوريا خلاصة: الغرض من هذه الوثيقة تقديم دليل يمكن استخدامه من قبل الممارسين في مجال التعليم العاملين في سياقات الطوارئ لتقييم مدى جدوى تنفيذ الامتحانات الإلكترونية واستخدام تكنولوجيا مراقبة الامتحانات. سيتطلب عقد الامتحانات عالية المخاطر عبر الإنترنت في سوريا وفي سياقات طوارئ أخرى استثمارات كبيرة لتحقيق المتطلبات الأساسية اللازمة للجدوى والمصداقية. تشمل هذه المتطلبات الأساسية الكهرباء والإنترنت والأجهزة، بالإضافة إلى تطوير المهارات الرقمية اللازمة للطلاب لتقديم الامتحانات عبر الإنترنت وللمعلمين والإداريين لتيسير الامتحانات عبر الإنترنت. ينبغي بذل المزيد من الجهود لمنع تسريب المعلومات حول الأسئلة ومحتوى الامتحانات، ولتشجيع التغيير الثقافي حول الامتحانات عبر الإنترنت. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use, and Learning Loss during COVID-19 - Asadullah, M. Niaz; Bhattacharjee, Anindita (The Journal of Development Studies, 2022)
COVID-19 school closure has caused a worldwide shift towards technology-aided home schooling. Given widespread poverty in developing countries, this has raised concerns over new forms of learning inequalities. Using nationwide data on primary and secondary school children in slum and rural households in Bangladesh, we examine how learning time at home during the early months of school closure varies by access to technology at home. Data confirms a significant socio-economic and gender divide in access to TV, smartphone, computer, and internet among rural households. However, the analysis of daily time use data shows only a modest return to a technology in terms of boosting learning time at home. The learning-grade gradient is shallow and insensitive to TV, smartphone, and computer access at home. We also find no evidence that technology access per se helps learning by boosting time spent in online schooling and private supplementary coaching/tutoring. While technology access matters in households where parents act as home tutors, the magnitude of such a complementary effect are not large. The results imply a loss of out-of-school learning time during school closure even in households with technology access. We consider additional hypotheses relating to institutional and socio-economic barriers to home-based learning in developing countries.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2094253 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/00220388.2022.2094253 2405685:4QFIBL3G
Keywords: COVID-19; D10; I21; J22; Q50; home-based education; learning crisis; school closure

Developing a national EdTech strategy - Coflan, Caitlin; Wyss, Natalie; Thinley, Sangay; Roland, Mark (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Education system management / EMIS / education data – EdTechTools - EdTech Hub (2022)
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Lowering Barriers to Remote Education: Experimental Impacts on Parental Responses and Learning - Beam, Emily; Mukherjee, Priya; Navarro-Sola, Laia (2022)
We conduct a randomized controlled trial with households of secondary school students in Bangladesh to investigate how parents adjust their investments in response to three educational interventions: an informational campaign about an educational phone application, an internet data subsidy, and one-on-one phone learning support. We find that offering an educational service in a context where other barriers to take-up exist can still trigger parental educational investments by acting as a signal or nudge. These behavioral changes result in lasting learning gains concentrated among richer households, reflecting that the relevant behavior changeincreased tutoring investmentis easier for them to implement. In contrast, when interventions do increase take-up, they have the potential to narrow the socioeconomic achievement gap. We observe that increased usage of the targeted educational service limits parental behavioral responses. This implies that learning gains in these cases are directly caused by the potential effectiveness of the services adopted. In our setting, remote one-to-one teacher support improves learning among students from poorer households, whereas receiving the free data package jointly with the app information has no impact on learning.
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Keywords: educational inequality; educational technology; human capital; parental investments

Combining school-catchment area models with geostatistical models for analysing school survey data from low-resource settings: Inferential benefits and limitations - Macharia, Peter M.; Ray, Nicolas; Gitonga, Caroline W.; Snow, Robert W.; Giorgi, Emanuele (Spatial Statistics, 2022)
School-based sampling has been used to inform targeted responses for malaria and neglected tropical diseases. Standard geostatistical methods for mapping disease prevalence use the school location to model spatial correlation, which is questionable since exposure to the disease is more likely to occur in the residential location. In this paper, we propose to overcome the limitations of standard geostatistical methods by introducing a modelling framework that accounts for the uncertainty in the location of the residence of the students. By using cost distance and cost allocation models to define spatial accessibility and in absence of any information on the travel mode of students to school, we consider three school catchment area models that assume walking only, walking and bicycling and, walking and motorized transport. We illustrate the use of this approach using two case studies of malaria in Kenya and compare it with the standard approach that uses the school locations to build geostatistical models. We argue that the proposed modelling framework presents several inferential benefits, such as the ability to combine data from multiple surveys some of which may also record the residence location, and to deal with ecological bias when estimating the effects of malaria risk factors. However, our results show that invalid assumptions on the modes of travel to school can worsen the predictive performance of geostatistical models. Future research in this area should focus on collecting information on the modes of transportation to school which can then be used to better parametrize the catchment area models.
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Keywords: Catchment area models; Disease mapping; Missing locations; Model-based geostatistics; Prevalence; School survey

Government-led edtech initiatives to improve learning outcomes in Kenya (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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