TY - JOUR TI - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya: Changing instructional practice and developing accountability in a national education system AU - Piper, Benjamin AU - Oyanga, Arbogast AU - Mejia, Jessica AU - Pouezevara, Sarah T2 - International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology AB - Previous large-scale education technology interventions have shown only modest impacts on student achievement. Building on results from an earlier randomized controlled trial of three different applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on primary education in Kenya, the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity developed the National Tablets Program. The National Tablets Program is integrated into the Tusome activity by providing tablets to each of more than 1,200 instructional coaches in the country to use when they visit teachers. This enables a national database of classroom instructional quality, which is used by the education system to monitor overall education quality. The tools provided on the tablets are designed to help coaches increase the quality of their instructional support to teachers, and deepen the shallow accountability structures in Kenya’s education system. Using results of a national survey, we investigated the ability of the National Tablets Program to increase the number of classroom observations done by coaches and to improve student learning outcomes. Survey results showed high levels of tablet program utilization, increased accountability, and improvements in learning outcomes. We share recommendations regarding large-scale ICT interventions and literacy programs. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017 DP - Zotero VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 57 EP - 79 LA - en SN - 1814-0556, 1814-0556 UR - http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2353 AN - 2013521673; EJ1166622 KW - Accountability KW - C:Kenya KW - Classrooms KW - Clinical trials KW - Developing countries--LDCs KW - Digital divide KW - Digital literacy KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Education KW - Education reform KW - Educational Practices KW - Educational Quality KW - Educational Technology KW - Educational technology KW - Foreign Countries KW - Handheld Devices KW - Initiatives KW - Intervention KW - Interviews KW - Kenya KW - Learning KW - Literacy KW - Literacy programs KW - Literature reviews KW - Maine KW - National Surveys KW - Observation KW - Outcomes of Education KW - Portugal KW - Quality KW - Questionnaires KW - Reading KW - Schools KW - Software KW - South Korea KW - Statistical Analysis KW - Statistical Significance KW - Students KW - Teachers KW - Teaching KW - Technology Uses in Education KW - Telecommunications KW - Texas KW - Turkey KW - Uruguay KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2096038 KW - __finaldtb KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER - TY - JOUR TI - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya: Changing instructional practice and developing accountability in a National Education System AU - Piper, Benjamin AU - Oyanga, Arbogast AU - Mejia, Jessica AU - Pouezevara, Sarah T2 - International Journal of Education and Development using ICT AB - Previous large-scale education technology interventions have shown only modest results. Building on results from an earlier randomized controlled trial of three different applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on primary education in Kenya, the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity developed a national tablets program. The program provides tablets to each of more than 1200 instructional coaches in the country and includes a national database of classroom quality, which is used by the education system to monitor education quality. The tablets program helps coaches to... DA - 2017/12/30/ PY - 2017 DP - www.learntechlib.org VL - 13 IS - 3 LA - en SN - 1814-0556 ST - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya UR - https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182157/ Y2 - 2022/07/01/15:33:23 KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER - TY - JOUR TI - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya: Changing instructional practice and developing accountability in a National Education System AU - Piper, Benjamin AU - Oyanga, Arbogast AU - Mejia, Jessica AU - Pouezevara, Sarah T2 - International Journal of Education and Development using ICT AB - Previous large-scale education technology interventions have shown only modest results. Building on results from an earlier randomized controlled trial of three different applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on primary education in Kenya, the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity developed a national tablets program. The program provides tablets to each of more than 1200 instructional coaches in the country and includes a national database of classroom quality, which is used by the education system to monitor education quality. The tablets program helps coaches to... DA - 2017/12/30/ PY - 2017 DP - www.learntechlib.org VL - 13 IS - 3 LA - en SN - 1814-0556 ST - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya UR - https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182157/ Y2 - 2022/06/29/18:10:22 KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER - TY - JOUR TI - Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya: Changing instructional practice and developing accountability in a national education system AU - Piper, Benjamin AU - Oyanga, Arbogast AU - Mejia, Jessica AU - Pouezevara, Sarah T2 - International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology AB - Previous large-scale education technology interventions have shown only modest impacts on student achievement. Building on results from an earlier randomized controlled trial of three different applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on primary education in Kenya, the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity developed the National Tablets Program. The National Tablets Program is integrated into the Tusome activity by providing tablets to each of more than 1,200 instructional coaches in the country to use when they visit teachers. This enables a national database of classroom instructional quality, which is used by the education system to monitor overall education quality. The tools provided on the tablets are designed to help coaches increase the quality of their instructional support to teachers, and deepen the shallow accountability structures in Kenya’s education system. Using results of a national survey, we investigated the ability of the National Tablets Program to increase the number of classroom observations done by coaches and to improve student learning outcomes. Survey results showed high levels of tablet program utilization, increased accountability, and improvements in learning outcomes. We share recommendations regarding large-scale ICT interventions and literacy programs. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017 DP - Zotero VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 57 EP - 79 LA - en SN - 1814-0556, 1814-0556 UR - http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2353 AN - 2013521673; EJ1166622 KW - Accountability KW - C:Kenya KW - Classrooms KW - Clinical trials KW - Developing countries--LDCs KW - Digital divide KW - Digital literacy KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Education KW - Education reform KW - Educational Practices KW - Educational Quality KW - Educational Technology KW - Educational technology KW - Foreign Countries KW - Handheld Devices KW - Initiatives KW - Intervention KW - Interviews KW - Kenya KW - Learning KW - Literacy KW - Literacy programs KW - Literature reviews KW - Maine KW - National Surveys KW - Observation KW - Outcomes of Education KW - Portugal KW - Quality KW - Questionnaires KW - Reading KW - Schools KW - Software KW - South Korea KW - Statistical Analysis KW - Statistical Significance KW - Students KW - Teachers KW - Teaching KW - Technology Uses in Education KW - Telecommunications KW - Texas KW - Turkey KW - Uruguay KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2096038 KW - __finaldtb KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER - TY - JOUR TI - Examining the secondary effects of mother-tongue literacy instruction in Kenya: Impacts on student learning in English, Kiswahili, and mathematics AU - Piper, Benjamin AU - Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons AU - Kwayumba, Dunston AU - Oyanga, Arbogast T2 - International Journal of Educational Development DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.10.002 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 59 SP - 110 EP - 127 J2 - International Journal of Educational Development LA - en SN - 07380593 ST - Examining the secondary effects of mother-tongue literacy instruction in Kenya UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0738059317302225 Y2 - 2022/06/11/08:10:32 ER -