Encryption, Privacy and Children’s Right to Protection from Harm - Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel; Day, Emma; Berman; Witting, Sabine K.; Bose, Anjan (UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2020)

No time to lose: An urgent call for access to quality education for Rohingya Children in Cox's Bazar - Katende, Stephen; Gerhardt, Laurence; Skinner, Marcus (International Rescue Committee, 2020)

Sierra Leone Education Attendance Monitoring System (SLEAMS) Pilot Phase: Inception Report - Kawa, Muniru; Graham, Hannah; Lee, Philip; Murray, Tobias; Malyon, Stephanie (Charlie Goldsmiths Associates, 2020)

Educational Technology to Improve Capacity – Integrating Adaptive Education Programmes in Public School in Kenya - Kaye, Tom (Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform, 2020)
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An appeal for practical social justice in the COVID-19 global response in low-income and middle-income countries - Kelley, Maureen; Ferrand, Rashida A; Muraya, Kui; Chigudu, Simukai; Molyneux, Sassy; Pai, Madhukar; Barasa, Edwine (The Lancet Global Health, 2020)

Digital 2020: Global Digital Overview - Kemp, Simon (Datareportal, 2020)

Edu TV Channel 2020 - Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (2020)

Radio Timetable 2020 - Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (2020)

Survey Report on Socio Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Households - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2020)

Draft Value Added Tax (Digital Marketplace Supply) Regulations, 2020 - Kenya Revenue Authority (2020)

Basic Education Infrastructure - Kenya Vision 2030 (2020)

Khan Academy: Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice - Khan Academy (Khan Academy, 2020)
You can learn anything. Expert-created content and resources for every course and level. Always free.

KICD on Twitter: "Let's engage. For rich discussions on education matters. https://t.co/qb1ooAc7ZF" / Twitter - KICD (2020)

Universities to reopen in mid-June to final-year students - Kokutse, F. (2020)

Kolibri : A Free, Open Source Education for All | Learning Equality - Kolibri (2020)

Using EdTech to Support Effective Data Monitoring: A Curated Resource List. - Koomar, Saalim; Blest, Harriet (EdTech Hub, 2020)
This list curates resources on the use of EdTech to support the effective monitoring of educational outcomes, such as learning, reporting, and attendance. Resources shared are both tools and initiatives that can be adapted to support effective educational monitoring.
Keywords: C:Mozambique; ES:Educational data; ES:Monitoring and evaluation; F: Helpdesk response; L:Low-level foundational skills; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; ___working_potential_duplicate; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH; _zenodoETH:submitted

Open Educational Resources in Africa: A Curated Resource List - Koomar, Saalim; Jull, Stephen (EdTech Hub, 2020)
This curated list defines Open Rducational Resources (OER), offers background on open-source licensing, and provides a review of OER that can be used in the sub-Saharan African context.
Keywords: C: Ghana; F: Helpdesk response; H: Open resources; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; ___working_potential_duplicate; _cover:v3; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH

Kytabu – African Schools Online - Kytabu Company Ltd (2020)

Laboratoria: Reporte de Impacto 2020.pdf - Laboratoria (2020)

Education continuity during the Coronavirus crisis: Sierra Leone and Liberia Rising Academy Network on air - Lamba, Keya; Reimers, Fernando (Rising Academy Network, 2020)

Sierra Leone and Liberia: Rising Academy Network on air - Lamba, Keya; Reimers, Fernando (Education continuity during the Coronavirus crisis, 2020)

Sierra Leone and Liberia: Rising Academy Network on air - Lamba, Keya; Reimers, Fernando (2020)

Digitalization, education and skills development in the global South: An assessment of the debate with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa - Langthaler, Margarita; Bazafkan, Homa (ÖFSE Briefing Paper, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified discussions about the digital revolution. Digitalization of ever-more sectors of society appears to be the only possible answer to the requirements of physical distancing. The education sector stands out as one example. Yet, the pandemic has also brought to light the pitfalls of accelerated digitalization in terms of rising inequality and exclusion. In development policy, digitalization has been commonly referred to as a major opportunity for economic development. Much lower used to be the attention paid to risks such as the digital divide. Human capabilities rank as one of the key preconditions to reap the benefits of digitalization. Digitalization of education and training systems appears to be the order of the day. Yet, there is lack of consistent strategies to do so without deepening existing patterns of inequality and exclusion, in particular in the Global South. This Briefing Paper will initially analyse the lessons of experience from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the education and TVET (Technical and vocational education and training) sector. It will then reflect on the framing of the debates on digitalization in education. The academic discussion will be summarised from two perspectives, first with regard to the skills required for a digitalized economy and second analysing the impact of digitalization on education systems, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Paper will subsequently comment on current trends in digitalization policies for the education sector as well as in development cooperation. Conclusions will outline a few recommendations at the policy level.

Regional Bureau for West & Central Africa Education Newsletter - Lauren UNHCR (2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Phone survey on the Covid crisis in Senegal - Le Nestour, Alexis; Mbaye, Samba; Moscoviz, Laura (Centre for Global Development, 2020)
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Kolibri - Learning equality (2020)

Kolibri : A Free, Open Source Education for All - Learning equality (Learning equality, 2020)

Kolibri Content Library Catalog - Learning equality (2020)

Enhancing early numeracy skills with a tablet-based math game intervention: a study in Tanzania - Lee, Hye Kyung; Choi, Ahram (Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020)
The study presents results of a tablet-based math game intervention to enhance early numeracy skills of children in Tanzania. Standard level 1 children (n = 122), attending a rural primary school, were randomly allocated to either intervention or control group. The intervention group participated in a daily intervention session for 46 days. Children’s performances in number identification, quantity discrimination, addition, subtraction, and missing number tasks were measured before and after the intervention with randomly selected children from both groups (treatment = 30, control = 31). Score gains in the intervention group were substantially greater than those in the control group. In particular, statistically significant effects of the intervention were identified in quantity discrimination, addition, and subtraction tasks. Item-level analyses using Item Response Theory showed that addition and subtraction items involving regrouping and most missing number items were too difficult even after the intervention. The study also identified which games were played the most or least during the sessions from play-log data and analyzed associations between children’s test performances and gameplays.

Relocating Research on Teacher Learning: Toward Pedagogically Productive Talk - Lefstein, Adam; Vedder-Weiss, Dana; Segal, Aliza (Educational Researcher, 2020)
Most research and practice in teacher in-service learning focuses on formal professional development activities. This article calls for paying greater attention to the informal conversations that are embedded in teachers’ day-to-day work and through which they learn from one another what it means to be a teacher and how to perform their duties. The authors build on theory and research in teacher on-the-job discourse and learning in order to (a) argue that, as a field, we need to pay more focused and systematic attention to teacher on-the-job discourse; (b) offer a coherent conceptual framework for “pedagogically productive” teacher talk; and (c) highlight key research directions and challenges in investigating this and related phenomena.

Distance Learning A guide to playful distance learning – online and offline - Lego Foundation (2020)

Leh Wi Lan: 12th Quarterly Report - Leh Wi Lan (2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed education forever. This is how - Li, Cathy; Lalani, Farah (World Economic Forum, 2020)

Are students still learning during COVID-19? Formative assessment can provide the answer - Liberman, Julia; Levin, Victoria; Luna-Bazaldua, Diego (World Bank Blogs, 2020)
As schools around the world have closed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (and many have extended closures for the remainder of the school year), students, teachers, and parents are settling into the "new reality" for the foreseeable future.

Why COVID-19 has increased the urgency to reach women with mobile technology - Lindsey, D. (GSMA, 2020)

Análisis comparativo de las prácticas educativas implementadas en Chile y México durante la pandemia de COVID-19 - Loredo, Karla Fabiola Arizmendi; Hidalgo, Mariana Fernández; Rivadeneira, Scott Núñez (Guayana Moderna, 2020)
Resumen El actual contexto de pandemia ha llevado a que los Sistemas Educativos implementen diversas herramientas para garantizar el derecho constitucional a la educación. A través de un estudio comparativo, realizado en colaboración por estudiantes de Chile y México se buscó establecer las diferencias y similitudes existentes entre ambos sistemas, incluyendo en éstas las medidas tomadas por los gobiernos de ambos países para abordar la nueva realidad de la educación a distancia, así como la situación actual en la cual se encuentran los maestros de educación básica de diversos establecimientos. Esta investigación se realizó a través de encuestas dirigidas a los docentes, y por medio del análisis de documentos e información relacionada a la organización de los sistemas educativos de Chile y México; por último, se compararon las propuestas y medidas decretadas por los mismos para su implementación en el desarrollo e impartición de las clases. Los principales resultados obtenidos en la investigación dan muestra de que las medidas implementadas por ambos países no logran resguardar el aseguramiento de la calidad, y que así mismo faltan herramientas para un correcto desarrollo de las clases virtuales. De igual forma, se presentan y analizan los resultados de las encuestas realizadas, en donde los maestros expresan su sentir acerca de los desafíos y la exigencia de la situación actual.Palabras Clave: Sistema Educativo, Educación Básica, México, Chile, Pandemia, Maestros
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Moving high-stakes exams online: Five points to consider - Luna-Bazaldua, Diego; LIBERMAN, JULIA; LEVIN, VICTORIA (World Bank Blogs, 2020)

The impact of computer assisted learning on rural Taiwanese children: evidence from a randomized experiment - Ma, Yue; Abbey, Cody; Hu, Derek; Hung, Weiting; Zhang, Xinwu; Chang, Chiayuan; Wu, Chyi-In; Rozelle, Scott (Stanford University, 2020)
The effectiveness of educational technology (EdTech) in improving the outcomes of poor, marginalized students has primarily been documented by studies conducted in developing countries; however, relevant research involving randomized studies in developed country contexts is relatively scarce. The objective of the current study is to examine whether an in-school computer assisted learning (CAL) intervention can improve the math performance (the primary outcome) and academic attitudes (secondary outcomes) of rural students in Taiwan, including a marginalized subgroup of rural students called Xinzhumin. We also seek to identify which factors are associated with the effectiveness of the intervention. In order to achieve this, we conducted a randomized control trial involving 1,840 sixth-grade students at 95 schools in four relatively poor counties and municipalities of Taiwan during the spring semester of 2019. According to the ITT analysis, the O-CAL intervention had no significant ITT impacts on the primary outcome of student math performance as well as on most secondary outcomes of the overall treatment group (who on average used the software for only about one quarter of the protocol’s minimum required time of 30 minutes per week, indicating that compliance was low). However, the LATE analysis revealed significant improvements in the math performance of the 30% most active students in the treatment group (who used the software for about two thirds of the minimum required time). Effect sizes of active users overall (0.16 SD-0.22 SD) increased in accordance with increases in usage and were larger for active Xinzhumin users specifically (0.21 SD-0.35 SD). A wide range of student-level and (in particular) teacher-level characteristics were associated with the low compliance to the intervention, which are findings that may help inform educational policymakers and administrators of the potential challenges of introducing school-based interventions that depend heavily on teacher adoption and integration.

Isolating the “Tech” from EdTech: Experimental Evidence on Computer Assisted Learning in China - Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert; Loyalka, Prashant; Rozelle, Scott (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020)
EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. Studies of CAL interventions have consistently found large positive effects, bolstering arguments for the widespread use of EdTech. However CAL programs, often held after school, provide not only computer-based instruction, but often additional non-technology based inputs such as more time on learning and instructional support by facilitators. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model to carefully explore the possible channels by which CAL programs might affect academic outcomes among schoolchildren. We isolate and test the technology-based effects of CAL and additional parameters from the theoretical model, by designing a novel multi-treatment field experiment with more than four thousand schoolchildren in rural China. Although we find evidence of positive overall CAL program effects on academic outcomes, when we isolate the technology-based effect of CAL (over and above traditional pencil-and-paper learning) we generally find small to null effects. Our empirical results suggest that, at times, the “Tech” in EdTech may have relatively small effects on academic outcomes, which has important implications for the continued, rapid expansion of technologies such as CAL throughout the world.

Language teachers’ coping strategies during the Covid-19 conversion to online teaching: Correlations with stress, wellbeing and negative emotions - MacIntyre, Peter D.; Gregersen, Tammy; Mercer, Sarah (System, 2020)
Teaching often is listed as one of the most stressful professions and being a language teacher triggers its own unique challenges. Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have created a long list of new stressors for teachers to deal with, including problems caused by the emergency conversion to online language teaching. This article examines the stress and coping responses of an international sample of over 600 language teachers who responded to an online survey in April 2020. The survey measured stressors and 14 coping strategies grouped into two types, approach and avoidant. Substantial levels of stress were reported by teachers. Correlations show that positive psychological outcomes (wellbeing, health, happiness, resilience, and growth during trauma) correlated positively with approach coping and negatively with avoidant coping. Avoidant coping, however, consistently correlated (rs between 0.42 and 0.54) only with the negative outcomes (stress, anxiety, anger, sadness, and loneliness). In addition, ANOVA showed that although approach coping was consistently used across stress groups, avoidant coping increased as stress increased suggesting that there may be a cost to using avoidant coping strategies. Stepwise regression analyses using the 14 speciﬁc coping strategies showed a complex pattern of coping. Suggestions for avoiding avoidance coping strategies are offered.

Education Workforce Costed Options Paper - Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Atherton, Paul; Collis, Victoria; Mason-Sesay, Miriam; Bart-Williams, Claudius (Education Workforce Initiative, 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Education Workforce Management in Sierra Leone - Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Atherton, Paul; Collis, Victoria; Mason-Sesay, Miriam; Bart-Williams, Claudius (Education Commission, 2020)

Education Workforce Recruitment and Matching in Sierra Leone - Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Atherton, Paul; Collis, Victoria; Mason-Sesay, Miriam; Bart-Williams, Claudius (Education Workforce Initiative, 2020)
Keywords: _yl:b; ⛔ No DOI found

Education Workforce Spatial Analysis in Sierra Leone - Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Atherton, Paul; Collis, Victoria; Mason-Sesay, Miriam; Bart-Williams, Claudius (Education Commission, 2020)
Keywords: _yl:a; ⛔ No DOI found

Disruptive Classroom Technologies - Magana, Sonny (2020)

Roles and responsibilities government (Unpublished) - Mahzumi, Abdellahi (2020)

Secondary school mathematics teachers' views on e-learning implementation barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Indonesia - Mailizar; Almanthari, Abdulsalam; Maulina, Suci; Bruce, Sandra (Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020)
School closures in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic have left 45.5 million school students and 3.1 million teachers dependent on online teaching and learning. Online teaching and learning are an unprecedented experience for most teachers and students; consequently, they have a limited experience with it. This paper examines the views of secondary school mathematics teachers on E-learning implementation barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic at four barrier levels, namely teacher, school, curriculum and student. Furthermore, it assesses the relationship between barrier levels with teachers' demographic background. Data was collected through an online questionnaire, involving 159 participants from lower and upper secondary schools in Indonesia. The findings of this study suggest that student level barrier had the highest impact on e-learning use. In addition, the student level barrier showed strong positive correlation with the school level barrier and curriculum level barrier. The study showed that teachers' backgrounds had no impact on the level of barriers. This study stimulates further discussion on the way to overcome e-learning barriers whilst simultaneously maximizing benefits of E-learning during this pandemic and beyond it by highlighting the importance of students' voices.
Keywords: Barrier to e-Learning; E-Learning in mathematics education; E-learning during COVID-19; E-learning in Indonesia

Girls education and Covid-19 in Nigeria - Malala Fund (Malala Fund, 2020)

Girls' education and COVID-19 in Pakistan - Malala Fund (Malala Fund, 2020)
In Girls’ education and COVID-19 in Pakistan, Malala Fund and our Education Champions highlight the impact of school closures on students in all four provinces with an emphasis on girls’ experiences.

Girls' education and Covid-19: What past shocks can teach us about mitigating the impact of pandemics - Malala Fund (Malala Fund, 2020)

Statement by Minister of Education, Hon. Agnes Nyalonje, on Re-Opening of Schools, Colleges, Universities and International Schools on 27 August, 2020 in Lilongwe | United Nations in Malawi - Malawi Minister of Education (2020)
I have called for this press briefing to announce to the nation that Schools, Colleges, Universities and International Schools will re-open on 7th Sept 2020

National education sector investment plan 2020-2030 - Malawi Ministry of Education (2020)

Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan education systems in the COVID-19 response - Malik, Rabea (2020)

The impact of COVID-19 on education in Pakistan - Malik, Rabea (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2020)
This blog was written by Rabea Malik, Assistant Professor at the School of Education, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Research Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) in Pakistan. This blog is part of a series from the REAL Centre reflecting on the impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic on research work on international education and development.

Instructional design of scaffolded online learning modules for self-directed and inquiry-based learning environments - Mamun, Md Abdullah A I; Lawrie, Gwendolyn; Wright, Tony (Computers & Education, 2020)

Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 [and] Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 - Markham, David (2020)

A systematic review of research on online teaching and learning from 2009 to 2018 - Martin, Florence; Sun, Ting; Westine, Carl D (Computers and Education, 2020)
Systematic reviews were conducted in the nineties and early 2000's on online learning research. However, there is no review examining the broader aspect of research themes in online learning in the last decade. This systematic review addresses this gap by examining 619 research articles on online learning published in twelve journals in the last decade. These studies were examined for publication trends and patterns, research themes, research methods, and research settings and compared with the research themes from the previous decades. While there has been a slight decrease in the number of studies on online learning in 2015 and 2016, it has then continued to increase in 2017 and 2018. The majority of the studies were quantitative in nature and were examined in higher education. Online learning research was categorized into twelve themes and a framework across learner, course and instructor, and organizational levels was developed. Online learner characteristics and online engagement were examined in a high number of studies and were consistent with three of the prior systematic reviews. However, there is still a need for more research on organization level topics such as leadership, policy, and management and access, culture, equity, inclusion, and ethics and also on online instructor characteristics.
Keywords: Distance education; Online Learning Research; Research Themes; Systematic Review; online teaching and learning

Ministers to promote zero-rated access to online content - Mashininga, Kudzai (University World News, 2020)
African information and communications technology ministers have agreed to promote the zero rating of access to educational content to support univers...

An exploration of the potential role of digital technologies for promoting learning in foreign language classrooms: Lessons for a pandemic - Masterson, Mary (International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2020)
This research study focuses on long-term digital technologies assisted cross-cultural communication as an instructional model. Secondary school foreign language learners of German and English collaborated online with the same age-cohort peers to acquire new cultural knowledge, as well as develop digi-tal technologies skills. Findings revealed that digital technologies facilitated personalised student-led learning through an inquiry-based approach. Results further indicated that the learners had rich opportunities to share their stories and to think critically about themselves and others. Indeed, pupils enriched their understanding of their partner’s culture as well as developing an en-hanced understanding of the influence of culture on behaviour and thinking. The students learned to use digital technologies by creating digital profiles, posting their comments, asking questions, exchanging cultural information, and gaining linguistic and cultural experience of a native speaker in a virtual space. This paper shows that with the purposeful integration of digital tech-nologies in foreign language classrooms opportunities for richer student learning experiences can be promoted.
Keywords: c ulture; digital technologies; online collaborative learning

Evolution in the Digital Age : Implementation of 5E and NGSS in the Virtual Biology Classroom - Maulucci, Marcy E; Guffey, Sarah K (2020)

Mavis Education | Home - Mavis Education (Mavis Education, 2020)
Mavis Talking Books™ & Mavis Education Model™ Provide quality basic education to millions of children and adult learners in Africa Everyone Learning. Everywhere a Classroom™ Mavis Talking Books™The simplest, most exciting, engaging and interactive educational technology for improving performance in:Basic Education (formal and informal)Language learning (domestic and foreign)The Mavis Talking Book™ has two components which […]

موضوع، أكبر موقع عربي بالعالم - Mawdoo3 (موضوع, 2020)
موضوع، أكبر موقع عربي بالعالم

Leadership Roles in Managing Education in Crises: The Case of Kenya During Covid-19 Pandemic - Mbogo, Rosemary Wahu (2020)
Covid-19, a disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and in Kenya in March 2020. In Kenya, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to light some unknown talents among the stakeholders at different levels. The economic sector has had manufacturing potential for goods, and from mass media reports, this has been demonstrated through production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), ventilators and innovations in technology in the creation of apps such as the Linda App for contact tracing and Gumzo, a video conferencing app. Similarly, the education sector has also demonstrated potential for adaptation in some situations. For example, after all institutions of learning were closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus in March 2020, many universities have continued learning through Online, Distance and E-learning (ODEL) platforms, and some have even conducted virtual graduations. Others like Kenyatta University have reported innovations such as development of ventilators and modified testing swabs for Covid-19. This is admirable despite numerous limitations of internet accessibilities and other shortcomings. This remarkable achievement has been possible due to semi-autonomy in the university education sector, where Senates are given the right and power, by the Education Act, to make autonomous decisions for their universities which are regulated and monitored using the standards and regulations set by the Commission of University Education (CUE). However, other levels of the education sector do not have this autonomy and have had to depend on the ministry of education for guidance. On 8th July 2020, the ministry of education announced the result of a consultative meeting with stakeholders, to postpone the reopening of schools to January 2021. This was due to the rising cases of corona virus infections in May and June, steeping the infection curve, expected to reach the peak by November and to have flattened by January 2021 (Magoha, 2020). However, what surprised many was the additional and unforeseen announcement that all basic education students (apart from standard 8 and form 4 examination candidates whose details were not clarified) will repeat their current class levels in 2021. The pronouncement caused anxiety and has attracted mixed reactions from various stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is therefore to explain the leadership decisions made by the ministry of education analyze their impact on basic education and propose possible ways for educational leaders and administrators, community leaders and volunteers to facilitate home-based education during the Covid-19 pandemic. This should be done with a goal for progression and promotion of students to the next class level when the 2020 syllabus is eventually covered. The study method utilized desktop literature research where interactions with educational leaders, scholars and practitioners were used to investigate threats and opportunities in managing education during crises.  Article visualizations

What does the research suggest is best practice in pedagogy for remote teaching? - McAleavy, Tony; Gorgen, Kristine (2020)
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Overview of emerging country-level response to providing continuity under COVID-19 What steps are being taken to reach the most disadvantaged students during the period of Covid-19 school closure? - McAleavy, Tony; Joynes, Chris; Gibbs, Emma; Sims, Kate (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Summary of report Scope of study This report provides a rapid summary of country-level responses to the management of school closures in 2020, with a focus on the needs of disadvantaged students and the role of technology. We consider low-income, middle-income and high-income countries. • We take a broad view of …
Keywords: _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH

Is there Learning Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Synthesis of the Emerging Evidence - McBurnie, Chris; Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom (Journal of Learning for Development, 2020)
Since the onset of COVID-19, governments have launched technology-supported education interventions to ensure children learn. This paper offers a narrative synthesis of emerging evidence on technology-based education to understand the current experiences of learners, teachers and families. Studies find that few students in low- and middle-income countries have access to technology-supported learning with the most marginalised children appearing to have the least educational opportunities. As such, the education response to COVID-19 could widen existing inequalities.
Keywords: dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode; ⛔ No DOI found

An inclusive response to COVID-19: Education for children with disabilities - McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte (An inclusive response to COVID-19: Education for children with disabilities, 2020)
This blog was written by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank and originally published on the Global Partnership for Education website on 11 May 2020. What if the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic served as an opportunity to re-think how emergency education planning can be inclusive of children with disabilities? Isn’t this global crisis presenting a […]

Guidance Note 2: Teacher Resources - McGeown, Julia; Boisseau, Sandra; Bohan-Jacquot, Sandrine (Humanity and Inclusion, 2020)

Toward learning at scale in developing countries: Lessons from the Global Learning XPRIZE Field Study - McReynolds, Andrew A.; Naderzad, Sheba P.; Goswami, Mononito; Mostow, Jack (Association for Computing Machinery, 2020)
Advances in education technology are enabling tremendous advances in learning at scale. However, they typically assume resources taken for granted in developed countries, including reliable electricity, high-bandwidth Internet access, fast WiFi, powerful computers, sophisticated sensors, and expert technical support to keep it all working. This paper examines these assumptions in the context of a massive test of learning at scale in a developing country. We examine each assumption, how it was broken, and some workarounds used in a 15-month-long independent controlled evaluation of pre- to posttest learning and social-emotional gains by over 2,000 children in 168 villages in Tanzania. We analyze those gains to characterize who gained how much, using test score data, social-emotional measures, and detailed logs from RoboTutor. We quantify the relative impact of pretest scores, literate aspirations, treatment, and usage on learning gains.
Keywords: developing countries; global learning xprize; literacy; numeracy; social-emotional; tablet tutors; unesco.

COVID-19 and girls' education: What we know so far and what we expect - Mendez Acosta, Amina; Evans, David (Center For Global Development, 2020)
The potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls’ education are numerous and diverse. It’s too early for us to predict with confidence the impact of the pandemic on dropouts and longer-term outcomes. But research from previous pandemics and initial findings in this one can give us clues.
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

COVID-19 and Girls' Education: What We Know So Far and What We Expect - Mendez Acosta, Amina; Evans, David (Center for Global Development | Ideas to Action, 2020)
The potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls’ education are numerous and diverse. It’s too early for us to predict with confidence the impact of the pandemic on dropouts and longer-term outcomes. But research from previous pandemics and initial findings in this one can give us clues.

Rural Broadband Access & Connectivity - Microsoft (Microsoft CSR, 2020)
See how Microsoft works to make rural broadband access a reality. Learn more about our partners and actions in delivering rural broadband connectivity.

Keeping the world's children learning through COVID-19 - Miks, Jason; McIlwaine, John (Keeping the world's children learning through COVID-19, 2020)

Mindspark website - Mindspark (2020)

Enlaces con la educación - MINEDUCYT (2020)

Education Sector Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Plan - Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (The Gambia) (2020)

COVID-19 Education Emergency Response Plan - Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (Sierra Leone) (2020)

EMIS | Education Management Information System - Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (Sierra Leone) (2020)

Leh Wi Lan: Improving The Quality Of Secondary Education In Sierra Leone - Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (Sierra Leone) (2020)

Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy | Home - Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (Nigeria) (2020)
Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, MCT, MOC, FMOC, FMCDE, FMOCDE, MCDE, MOCDE, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy

وزارة الاقتصاد الرقمي والريادة - Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (2020)

Education sector plan (ESP) for Bangladesh Fiscal years 2020/21-2024/25 - Ministry of Education (Ministry of Education, 2020)

Alternate Education Service Delivery COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan - Ministry of Education (Afghanistan) (2020)

National Education Response and Resilience Plan for COVID-19 - Ministry of Education and Federal Training (Pakistan) (2020)

Digital Learning Initiative - Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Lebanon); Center for Educational Research and Development (2020)

Framework for Provision of Continued Learning During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Uganda - Ministry of Education and Sports (Uganda) (2020)

COVID-19 Coordinated Education Response Plan for Ghana - Ministry of Education, Ghana (2020)

Ministry Initiates Supplementary Radio Programmes - Ministry of Education, Heritage & Arts (2020)

Queen Rania Center for Education and Information Technology Center - Ministry of Education, Jordan (2020)

The Education System in Jordan - Ministry of Education, Jordan (2020)

منصة درسك للتعلم عن بعد - Ministry of Education, Jordan (2020)
منصة درسك للتعلم عن بعد

مهارات التعليم عن بعد - Ministry of Education, Jordan (2020)
مهارات التعليم عن بعد

Kenya GPE COVID-19 Learning Continuity in Basic Education: Stakeholder Engagement Plan - Ministry of Education, Kenya (2020)

Teach by Radio | Ministry of Education (Liberia) - Ministry of Education (Liberia) (2020)

Kenya Basic Education COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan - Ministry of Education, Republic of Kenya (2020)

Kenya Basic Education COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan - Ministry of Education, Republic of Kenya (2020)

Keeping the Doors Open for Learning: Response Plan of Ministry of Education to the COVID-19 Outbreak - Ministry of Education (Rwanda) (2020)

GPE Covid-19 Education Response Support Programme (CESP) - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (The United Republic of Tanzania, 2020)

National Framework for Teachers Continuous Professional Development - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (United Republic of Tanzania, 2020)

Educational Technology Plan 2020-2030 - Ministry of Education Singapore (2020)
Gain insights on the strategic focus of our Educational Technology (EdTech) Plan.

Pakistan National Education Response Resilience Plan (K-12) for Covid-19 - Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (Government of Pakistan, 2020)
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Pakistan National Education Response and Resilience Plan (K-12) for Covid-19 - Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Government of Pakistan (2020)

Pakistan National Education Response and Reslience Plan for COVID-19 - Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (Pakistan) (2020)

Education Contingency Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Ministry of General Education (Zambia) (2020)

Ministry of ICT Postal & Courier Services | Home - Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services (Zimbabwe) (2020)

Ministry of Information and Communications | Home - Ministry of Information and Communications (Sierra Leone) (2020)

Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services | Home - Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services (Zimbabwe) (2020)

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plan - Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh, 2020)

Centre of Education, Research, Innovation and Development - Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Zimbabwe) (2020)

Curriculum Development and Technical Services Department - Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Zimbabwe) (2020)

Why COVID-19 is an EdTech opportunity for Latin America - Mitchell (World Economic Forum, 2020)
The region's digital divide is hindering efforts to deliver remote learning during the pandemic. Here's how governments and start-ups can make a difference.

Institutions, implementation, and program effectiveness: evidence from a randomized evaluation of computer-assisted learning in rural China - Mo, Di; Bai, Yu; Shi, Yaojiang; Abbey, Cody; Zhang, Linxiu; Rozelle, Scott; Loyalka, Prashant (Journal of Development Economics, 2020)
There is limited evidence on the degree to which differences in implementation among institutions matter for program effectiveness. To examine this question, we conducted an experiment in rural China in which public schools were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: a computer-assisted learning program (CAL) implemented by a government agency, the same program implemented by an NGO, and a pure control. Results show that compared to the pure control condition and unlike the NGO program, the government program did not improve student achievement. Analyzing impacts along the causal chain, we find that government officials were more likely to substitute CAL for regular instruction (contrary to protocol) and less likely to directly monitor program progress. Correlational analyses suggest that these differences in program implementation were responsible for the lack of impacts.

Mobile Classroom | Home - Mobile Classroom (2020)
Mobile classroom application is bridging the gap between students and learning by giving them the opportunity to take classes online from anywhere in Nigeria...

Pakistan National Education Response and Resilience Plan (K-12) for COVID-19 - MoFEPT (Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, 2020)

Pakistan National Education Response and Resilience Plan (K-12) for COVID-19 - MoFEPT (Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, 2020)

Education under Covid-19 lockdown: Reflections from teachers, students & parents - Moghli, Mai Abu; Shuayb, Maha (2020)

What COVID-19 reveals about educational inequality in Ghana - Mohammed, W.F. (2020)

Dearth of research in Bangladeshi universities - Momin, S (2020)

Access to digital learning during COVID-19 closures: compounding educational inequality? - Moore, Rhiannon; Marshall, Lydia (2020)
This blog was origially published as a guest blog on the UKFIET forum The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to children across the world seeing their schools closed down – the latest UNESCO estimates suggest that over 87% of the world’s student population is currently unable to attend school or university. This is certainly true for children and young people in countries covered by the Young Lives study, with all schools in India, Ethiopia and Peru and schools in some parts of Vietnam, currently closed.

Adaptations to a face-to-face initial teacher education course ‘forced’ online due to the COVID-19 pandemic - Moorhouse, Benjamin Luke (Journal of Education for Teaching, 2020)
This report describes the adaptations made to one initial teacher education course at a Hong Kong university designed for face-to-face instruction that was required to be delivered exclusively online due to the suspension of face-to-face classes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes the adaptations the tutor made, and the challenges faced adapting to the new mode of delivery. It is hoped that others can learn from the author’s experience and be prepared for the suspension of face-to-face classes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or other health emergencies.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Initial teacher education; adapting to online teaching; synchronous online teaching

Annual Primary School Census 2019 (Draft) - MoPME; Directorate of Primary Education (2020)

Evaluation of the Sida-supported Education Program for Results (EPforR) 2014–2021, Tanzania - Moran, Greg; Connal, Criana; Kirama, Stephen; Leung, Yvonne (Sida, 2020)

What Is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? - Morin, Amanda (Understood, 2020)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a teaching approach to help all learners be successful. Learn how it benefits kids with learning and attention issues.

Transforming teacher education and learning - Mott MacDonald (2020)

Conducting value for money analysis in digitising education systems in Tanzania (inception report) - Mtebe, Joel (PO-RALG, 2020)

Prospective teachers' online learning mathematics activities in the age of COVID-19: A cluster analysis approach - Mulenga, Eddie M; Marbán, José M (Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020)
The learning situation in the Zambian education sector has changed in the age of COVID-19 when the first two cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the country rising to 45 local and at least 1.8 million infections globally by 13th April, 2020. Zambia became one of the many countries globally that has prematurely closed all schools. This study examines prospective teachers' online learning mathematics activities in the age of COVID-19 pandemic. Cluster analysis results revealed that online learning mathematics activities have significant mean differences in clustering. Cluster 2 recorded the best performance, implying that students in this cluster exhibited excellent online learning skills for mathematics in technology-rich environments in which they will be forced to study and work in the future. The study reviews various available online platforms and indicates the one that will be opened by the government which is the Educational Channel on TV.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mathematics education; Online learning; Prospective teachers; Virtual teaching; Zambia

Equity-Focused Approaches to Learning Loss during COVID-19 - Mundy, Karen; Hares, Susannah (2020)
Even in the best-resourced and highest-performing education systems, most COVID responses in education will end up by privileging better-off children. In developing countries, where far fewer children have access to secondary education, and where learning opportunities are heavily defined by quality education in the early years, COVID presents an especially stark equity challenge.
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Managing Education Systems During COVID-19: An Open Letter to A Minister of Education - Mundy, Karen; Hares, Susannah (Center For Global Development, 2020)
The job of an education minister is now to “make sense of the mess”—to turn a series of interrelated challenges into a series of organized and prioritized problems and then into a strategy for action.

Peru: Aprendo en casa - Munoz-Najar, Alberto (2020)

Type of intervention: Public-private partnership (led by the government) Website: http://subeb.edostate.gov.ng/home-school/ - Munoz-Najar, Alberto; Osa Oviawe, Joan (2020)
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Covid-19 Response: Diagnostic Assessment - Munyan-Penney, Nicholas; Barone, Charles (2020)
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Higher education and programme delivery in the context of COVID-19 and institutional closures: student responses to the adoption of e-Learning at a public university in Zambia - Mwale, Nelly; Chita, Joseph (Ndimande-HlongwaN. RamrathanL. MkhizeN. SmitJ. A.(Eds.), Technology-based Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Time of COVID-19, 2020)
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An interactive math braille learning application to assist blind students in Bangladesh - Nahar, L; Sulaiman, R; Jafaar, A (Assistive Technology, 2020)
Due to the lack of affordable assistive tools for learning mathematics, blind students in Bangladesh still use outdated learning tools like Tailor Frame. Therefore, demand for a low-cost technological tool is there that will help the blind students to learn math braille and calculate numbers more easily. To provide an effective and affordable assistive tool, this study begins with a needs assessment study to identify the basic needs of blind students in learning math braille and solving mathematical calculations. Afterward, a mobile phone based interactive assistive application is proposed to improve the learning facilities of math braille using Nemeth code for blind students in Bangladesh. Interfaces of the application are designed based on their needs. Besides, interaction methods (such as, hearing & touching) of blind students with the physical world were another criterion in designing very interactive interfaces that provide self-learning facilities. The interfaces are evaluated by the teachers, experts, and end users in order to identify the usability. The evaluation shows a promising result toward the acceptability of the designed application. Therefore, this application can be helpful for the blind students to learn math braille using Nemeth Code.

Recovery of Learning Loss Created Due to COVID-19 Crisis: Analysis of Bangla Learning Outcomes and Identification of Content - NAPE; Room to Read (2020)

Stop thinking about tomorrow: Even in the era of COVID-19 History is teaching past and present reflections on teaching History during COVID-19 - Nasson, L. (Yesterday and Today, 2020)
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The ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2020 - National Assembly of Pakistan (2020)

Textbook - National Council of Educational Research and Training (2020)

Malawi Vision 2063 Document - National Planning Commission (2020)

DIKSHA - National Portal of India (2020)

Malawi - Fifth Integrated Household Survey 2019-2020 - National Statistical Office (2020)

National Household Survey on Access and Usage of ICT Services in Malawi 2019 - National Statistical Office (2020)

National Universities Commission | Open Distance & e-Learning - National Universities Commision (2020)

Policy brief: Education during COVID-19 and beyond - Nations, United (2020)
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Nigerian Communications Commission | Home - NCC (2020)

Smart buys: system reform, local-level buy-in and reaching the most marginalised - Ndaruhutse, Susy (The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET), 2020)
This blog was written by Susy Ndaruhutse, Chair of the Board of Trustees, UKFIET. Earlier this month, I listened with interest to representatives of the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) presenting a summary of the findings and recommendations from their latest report Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning: What does recent evidence tell us […]

Enriching performance of mathematics in secondary schools using mobile learning - Ndume, Vitalis A; Songoro, Marietha; Kisanga, Dalton H (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2020)
To date, there has been limited understanding of how mobile learning could positively motivate teaching and learning in secondary education in Tanzania. More precisely, such an understanding could contribute significantly towards rescuing the poor performance in Mathematics that has been a typical feature characterizing the subject in Tanzania over the years. This paper reports on a study that aimed at exploring the methodology that could be adopted in Mobile Learning in order to improve performance in Mathematics in secondary schools in Tanzania. A cohort research design which involved students and teachers sampled from 10 private and public secondary schools in Ilala Municipality in Dar es Salaam region, was conducted over a period of four months. Questionnaires and documentary review were used as the instruments of data collection. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Results showed that the majority of participants accept the concept of using Mobile learning in education. The results also indicate that the use of technology had no adverse impact on the culture. Moreover, preliminary results on the mobile learning model showed that students’ understanding of Mathematics considerably improved.
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Out of 47.6 million Kenyans, 35.7 million are under the age of 35 - Ndungu, Tonny (Citizen Digital, 2020)
Kenya is a country of the youth according to the 2019 Census results which shows that 75% of the  47.6 million population is under the age of 35.

Solving the Iceberg Problem: Addressing Learning Loss in Middle School Math through Tailored Acceleration - New Classrooms (New Classrooms, 2020)

The voices of children and youth in Tanzania's COVID-19 response - Ngutuku, Elizabeth (Africa at LSE, 2020)
Rapid research into COVID-19's effects on young people reveals severe anxiety about the virus as it relates to economic livelihoods and the community.

NITDA | e-Learning Facilities - NITDA (2020)

CEPAL - SECRETARIA TECNICA DEL ELAC (*) - Núñez, Georgina; Jordán, Valeria; Rojas, Fernando (2020)
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Universal child benefits: Policy issues and options - ODI & UNICEF (Overseas Development Institute/ United Nations Children's Fund, 2020)

Creditor Reporting System (CRS) - OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2020)
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OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020 - OECD (2020)

PISA 2021 ICT Framework - OECD (2020)
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Strengthening online learning when schools are closed: The role of families and teachers in supporting students during the COVID-19 crisis - OECD (2020)

FTTx Deployment - OGERO (2020)

E-Pustakalaya | Home - OLE Nepal (2020)

onebillion: COVID-19 UPDATE: How we can keep children learning - onebillion (2020)

Onecourse – one app for reading and numeracy - Onebillion (2020)

onetab - onebillion (2020)

Open Learning Exchange - Open Learning Exchange (2020)

Open School BC Home Page - Open School BC (2020)

OpenEMIS - OpenEMIS (OpenEMIS, 2020)

Opportunity Education - Opportunity Education Foundation (2020)

Orange Education Portal - Orange Sierra Leone (2020)

Disability, computer and school data in Zanzibar (Unpublished) - Othman, Othman S. (EMIS Department MoEVT Zanzibar, 2020)

GIS data of schools in Zanzibar (Unpublished) - Othman, Othman S. (EMIS Department MoEVT Zanzibar, 2020)

Number of Computers by District 2018 (Unpublished) - Othman, Othman S. (EMIS Department MoEVT Zanzibar, 2020)

School data Zanzibar, per district and grade (Unpublished) - Othman, Othman S. (EMIS Department MoEVT Zanzibar, 2020)

Prospective evaluation of GPE’s country-level support to education - Outhred, Rachel; Turner, Fergal (2020)

Kenya: extreme inequality in numbers - Oxfam (Oxfam International, 2020)

The "new normal" in education - Pacheco, Jose Augusto (PROSPECTS, 2020)

Ready4K - ParentPowered (2020)

2020 Formula for sharing the DACF. 2020 - Parliament of Ghana (Government of the Republic of Ghana, 2020)

Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the Third Basis for allocating among the counties the share of national revenue - Parliament of Kenya (2020)

A Beginner's Guide to Applied Educational Research using Thematic Analysis - Peel, Karen L. (Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2020)

Education during the COVID-19 crisis: Opportunities and constraints of using EdTech in low-income countries - Pellini, Arnaldo; David, Raluca; Katy, Jordan; Phillips, Toby (2020)
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Teacher Education Modality Rapid Review, Modes, Affordances and Evidence on Remote and Blended Initial and Continuing Teacher Education - Perry, Dr Thomas; Findon, Dr Madeleine; Braim, Dr Benjamin; Davison, Dr Ian; Whatmore, Dr Tracy; Cottle, Dan; Anbreen, Noshaba; Cordingley, Philippa; Crisp, Bart (STEM Learning, University of Birmingham, 2020)

Digital technology governance: developing countries’ priorities and concerns - Phillips, Toby; Kira, Beatriz; Tartakowsky, Andrea; Dolan, Jonathan; Natih, Putu (2020)

Structured Pedagogy Literature Review - Piper, Ben; Dubeck, Margaret M. (Science of Teaching for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, 2020)

EdTech Innovation for COVID-19: Insights from our global call for ideas - Plaut, Daniel; Carter, Alice; Dixon, Miranda; Salami, Taiye (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Keywords: _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH

Programme Monitoring & Implementation Unit - PMIU (2020)

Activating local study-groups for children’s learning—an equitable EdTech response? - Power, Tom (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Keywords: _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

PM E Vidya Program | Online [Digital Learning] for Students | Portal | Courses List, Registration - Pradhan Mantri e-Vidya Initiative for Digital Education (Hindi Yojana, 2020)
[New] Complete details of Pradhan Mantri E Vidya Yojana. New Initiative for Digital learning in India. Details of Courses, Registration process.

Schools and Covid-19 - Privacy International (Privacy International, 2020)
An estimated 90% of the world’s student population are affected by school closures in the Covid-19 pandemic. And, in the absence of physical space, education technology companies are stepping in to fill the gap.

Digital & Innovative Learning in Pakistan: The domestic K12 products and services industry overview and enterprise directory - Qazilbash, Zulfiqar; Javeed, Khadija (2020)

The political economy of the primary education system in Tanzania - Quak, Evert-jan (K4D Helpdesk Report, 2020)
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Edraak - Queen Rania Foundation (Edraak, 2020)
Edraak, is a massive open online course (MOOC) platform, that is an initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation (QRF).

Karim and Jana - Queen Rania Foundation (2020)

Realization School learning - Queen Rania Foundation (Edraak, 2020)
Edraak, is a massive open online course (MOOC) platform, that is an initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation (QRF).

أكاديمية الملكة رانيا لتدريب المعلمين - Queen Rania Foundation (2020)

TV Okey - Radio Television Malaysia (2020)

Girl-focused life skills interventions at a distance - Rafaeli, Tal (Institute of Development Studies, 2020)

COVID-19: A spotlight on child data governance gaps - Raftree, Linda; Byrne, Jasmina (UNICEF, 2020)
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COVID-19: A spotlight on child data governance gaps - Raftree, Linda; Day, Emma (2020)
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Mobile phone technologies in coping with the challenges and opportunities of CPEC by the youth of rural mountainous areas of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Rahim, Sabit; Qutoshi, Sadruddin Bahadur; Sahar, Gul; Jabeen, Gul; Ali, Imran (Mobile Information Systems, 2020)
The study aims to explore the access of mobile phone, emerging technologies, and use of the mobile phone by the youth of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Pakistan, for learning and safety and security purposes. Structured questionnaires were used to collect the data. The descriptive statistics was employed to test the research model. Among the 300 distributed sample size, 272 participants responded back including 133 male and 139 female students of Karakoram International University (KIU) from eight districts of GB as research participants for data collection. Only 1 male and 6 females responded that they do not have their own mobile phone, comprising of 90.6% response rate. The results show that 97% of students of rural mountainous areas own a mobile phone. The study contributes valuable findings about the access and positive use of mobile phones for learning and safety and security purposes. The result also shows that the youth of GB have enough skills of mobile phone technologies to cope with the future challenges of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by taking advantages of China Pakistan Information Corridor (CPIC is a fiber optics cable laid down from the China border to Islamabad Pakistan for the purpose of providing the fast internet facility including 5G). This is the baseline survey and future study will be based on this survey.
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EdTech Interventions for Deaf Learners in Pakistan: Sprint 1 Review - Rahman, Asad; Siddiqui, Maira; Shaikh, Sarah; Geary, Richard; Awasen, Aaron; Plaut, Daniel (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Keywords: _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; _cover:analysis:nopdf

COVID-19 boosts digitization of higher education in Bangladesh - Rahman, M; ul-Aziz, M; Ahmed, S (2020)

ICT integration in teaching and learning activities in higher education: a case study of Nepal's teacher education - Rana, Kesh; Rana, Karna (Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2020)
This article reports an examination of information and communication technology (ICT) integration in teaching and learning activities in higher education in Nepal. ICT education policy by the government of Nepal emphasises the need to develop teachers' ICT competencies and suggests the use of ICT will transform traditional models of teaching to ones that are student-centred. The case study reported the lack of clear strategy to implement the ICT education policy and to fund for the ICT infrastructure and professional development of university staff to integrate ICT in teacher education. In this case, the Faculty of Education in the university, where there is no funding from the government and university for the ICT in education project, received funding from an international organisation to install ICT infrastructure and provide ICT training for teachers and other staff. It is argued that, to realise the policy in practice, more sustainable mechanisms need to be developed to provide ICT facilities for teachers and to train them how to use ICT in teaching activities.
Keywords: ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Information Technology; Nepal; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Program Implementation; Sustainability; Technology Integration; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095751; __finaldtb