Silenced by an unknown language? Exploring language matching during rransitions from complementary education to government schools in Ghana - Daly, Kieran; Carter, Emma; Sabates, Ricardo (Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021)
Mother tongue-based education has been central to the promotion of early literacy skills in many multilingual contexts of the Global South. However, learners in such environments may face significant linguistic challenges when changing language of instruction during schooling. In particular, the linguistic distance between mother tongue and official language may be a significant barrier to learners. This paper provides an empirical approach to this issue by employing language matching based on linguistic distance between languages to explore changes in literacy scores for learners who change language of instruction. Findings show that the greater the linguistic distance between two languages, the larger the loss in foundational literacy. We conclude that language matching could be introduced as a tool to identify at-risk learners during transitions and, if possible, as a tool for linguistic allocation of students who have the possibility of selecting between schools with different languages for instruction.
Keywords: Ghana; Mother tongue education; language matching; literacy; multilingualism

Significance of Radio and Television Learning Programmes on the Academic Achievement of Learners during COVID-19 Lockdown in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria - Shettima, Y; Makinta, A W; Tomsu, S M (International Journal of Innovative Information Systems & Technology Research, 2020)
This study examines the significance of Radio and Television learning programmes on the academic achievement of learners during the COVID-19 lockdown in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. There are three research questions and one null hypothesis formulated for the study. Using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) statistical table, a population of 217 respondents were drawn from a sample size 500 as the sample for the study. The research questions were answered using percentages and the null hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square (X2) at 5% level of significance. The findings of research questions one show that, Radio and Television Learning programmes have significant impact on the academic achievement of learners (X2=16.43; P>0.05). Similarly, analysis of research question two shows that, learners have interest in listening or viewing on the Radio and Television learning programmes (X2=23.41; P>0.05). Furthermore, findings of research question three indicated that Radio and Television learning programmes were up to educational standard which are easily understood by the learners (X2=38.16; P>0.05). In conclusion, Radio and Television learning programmes have impacted positively on the academic achievement of learners in nursery, primary and secondary schools. These educational learning programmes may help in mitigating idleness and non-study of learners during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
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Sierra Leone teacher & school MIS developments: Sierra Leone Education Attendance Monitoring System (SLEAMS) and Teacher Records Management (TRM) system - Graham, Hannah (2021)

Sierra Leone Series: the Pikin-to-Pikin Movement and its focus on child protection, education, nutrition and health - McBurnie, Chris; Swaray, Abdulai; Kamara, Bai (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Keywords: _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; _cover:analysis:nopdf; _r:AddedByZotZen

Sierra Leone series: the Pikin-to-Pikin Movement and its focus on child protection, education, nutrition and health. - Tahi (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Over the past few months, the EdTech Hub team has analysed and mapped the EdTech research landscape in Sierra Leone. In doing so, we have met a number of individuals and organisations that are exploring if and how technology can support the country’s education sector.   In week one, we connected with Abdulai Swaray and Bai Kamara from the Pikin-to-Pikin Movement.…
Keywords: _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

Sierra Leone Series: Plan International and the importance of community support for distance teacher professional development programmes - McBurnie, Chris; Saidu, Arthur; Rincon Casado, Eusebio; Shergill, Maggie (EdTech Hub, 2021)
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Sierra Leone series: Plan International and the importance of community support for distance teacher professional development programmes - Saidu, Arthur; Casado, Eusebio Rincon; Shergill, Maggie; McBurnie, Chris (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Over the past few months, the EdTech Hub team has analysed and mapped the EdTech research landscape in Sierra Leone. In doing so, we have met a number of individuals and organisations that are exploring if and how technology can support the country’s education sector.  In week four, we met with Arthur Saidu, Eusebio Rincon Casado and Maggie Shergill from…
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Sierra Leone series: Freetown Teachers College and its multimodal approach to teacher professional development - McBurnie, Chris; Moriba, Sambo; Brainard, Prince (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Over the past few months, the EdTech Hub team has analysed and mapped the EdTech research landscape in Sierra Leone. In doing so, we have met a number of individuals and organisations that are exploring if and how technology can support the country’s education sector.  In week two, we connected with Dr Samba Moriba and Prince Brainard from Freetown Teachers…
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Sierra Leone Public Expenditure Review 2021: Fiscal Policy for a Sustainable Recovery - World Bank (World Bank, 2021)
This Fiscal and Debt Sustainability Note, the first module of a programmatic multisectoral Public Expenditure Review (PER), reviews the recent macro-fiscal challenges, analyzes their causes and consequences and provide policy options for enhancing the conduct of fiscal and PFM policies in the country. The first part of this module draws on the Boost database to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget covering both revenues and expenditures. It analyzes the composition of the budget (based on economic and functional classifications) and discusses the most critical PFM issues the country faces. It also assesses budget execution and the efficiency of public expenditure. The second part of the module focuses on fiscal risks and their implications for medium-term fiscal and debt sustainability. It examines the recent evolution of public debt, its main drivers and relationship to economic growth. It describes recent reforms to address fiscal and debt vulnerabilities and how these reforms have been affected by the global pandemic. It also analyzes the main fiscal risks with a focus on those stemming from State-Own Enterprises (SOEs), local councils, litigations, natural disasters, and health crises. This part uses simulations to analyze the most likely evolution of the public debt path over the next 20 years under alternative risk scenarios. Finally, the module proposes practical and actionable policy options to help improve the macro-fiscal environment over the short term and preserve debt sustainability over the medium term.
Keywords: Debt Sustainability; Fiscal Policy; Fiscal Sustainability; Public Debt; Public Expenditure; Public Financial Management; Public Investment Management; State-Owned Enterprises

Sierra Leone Free Education Project - World Bank (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)

Sierra Leone Education Attendance Monitoring System (SLEAMS) Final Technical Report - Graham, Hannah; Kawa, Muniru; Lee, Philip; Malyon, Stephanie; Hayward, Harry; Conteh, Sheriff; Chandia, Gloria (Charlie Goldsmiths Associates, 2020)

Sierra Leone Education Attendance Monitoring System - Teaching Service Commission (2020)

Sierra Leone | Education and Literacy Statistics - UNESCO (2020)
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Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019 - Statistics Sierra Leone (The DHS Program, 2020)
ICF

Sierra Leone CPD Sandbox - Draft Theory of Change - Plaut, Daniel (EdTech Hub, 2021)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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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)

SIEF Mega Costing Model for Nudge or Information Interventions Using SMS or Recorded Messages - SIEF (Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund, 2020)

ShuleDirect (2020)

Show me the data: Leveraging digital tools for Nepal’s COVID response - UNDP SURGE (Medium, 2021)
UNDP Nepal joined hands with the Accelerator Labs and SURGE Data Hub to assess the impact of COVID-19 in Gandaki Province

Should we paint all classroom roofs white to improve learning in Tanzania? - Proctor, Jamie (2022)
A growing literature base has developed from Global North contexts, showing a clear link between classroom temperature and student learning outcomes. However, very little evidence shows how this impact translates to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where average classroom temperatures are often high. The hypothesis for the research was that classroom temperatures in Tanzania are high and that a white-paint-cool-roof intervention would help mitigate these high temperatures. This study includes a literature review to understand the classroom policy in Tanzania, establish links between temperature and learning, and assess temperature retrofit options. Following this, the study presents the results of an experiment to trial a white-paint cool roof against a blue-paint roof and an unpainted control roof. Finally, data analysis predicts the intervention effects over an entire year and the subsequent impact on learning outcomes. The learning outcomes analysis includes a cost-effectiveness analysis using the Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling (LAYS) metric. Empirical evidence of temperatures inside classrooms in Dar Es Salaam suggests that the temperature often exceeds 40℃. Literature searches indicate that this is the first time classroom air temperatures have been recorded and published for East Africa. The experiment involved using a low-cost retrofit intervention to reduce temperature – by painting the classroom roof blue or white over eight days. Results showed that the White Paint Intervention (WPI) reduced the temperature by around 3.7℃ over the course of the school day and up to a maximum of 5℃. The WPI was roughly twice as effective as the Blue Paint Intervention at reducing interior air temperatures. The WPI results were then modelled to estimate the classroom temperature reduction over a year, based on the assumed 3.5℃ reduction. Finally, using estimates from the existing literature, the learning impact of the intervention was calculated. The results suggest that using the WPI intervention can improve learning by 7.1%, which translates to an estimated 3.2 LAYS per classroom per year, at a cost-effectiveness of 5.3 LAYS per USD100. The paper shows that the impact of high temperatures in classrooms is likely undermining the funding currently channelled to improve learning outcomes in the region. Further, a WPI retrofit intervention is effective at reducing classroom temperatures in Tanzania. Due to climate-change-induced temperature increases, the intervention effectiveness is likely to increase over the coming decades. This paper was submitted as a dissertation in fulfilment of an MSc in Sustainability and Adaptation in the Built Environment at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys (Wales)
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Should teachers be trained in emergency remote teaching? Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic - Trust, Torrey; Whalen, Jeromie (Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020)
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, many educators across the country and around the world scrambled to shift their practice from in-person to remote teaching within a mat- ter of days. This global pandemic exposed a significant gap in teacher preparation and training for emergency remote teaching, including teaching with technology to ensure con- tinuity of learning for students at a distance. To learn more about educators’ experiences during this crisis, we designed and distributed an online survey that received 325 responses from K-12 educators between April 4 and May 10, 2020. In this article, we share initial insights from the survey and pro- vide recommendations for how to better prepare and support educators for teaching remotely in times of need. RATIONALE
Keywords: Barriers; Communicable Diseases; Disease Control; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Elementary School Teachers; Faculty Development; Online Courses; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Technological Literacy; ⛔ No DOI found

Short and Long-Run Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America - Lustig, Nora; Martinez Pabon, Valentina; Neidhöfer, Guido (2021)
We simulate the short- and long-term distributional consequences of COVID-19 in the four largest Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. We show that the shortterm impact on income inequality and poverty can be very significant, but that additional spending on social assistance more than offsets the effect in Brazil. The offsetting effect is significant in Argentina and Colombia, and nil in Mexico where there has been no such expansion. We find that a universal basic income that would have produced the same reduction in the poverty gap as actual policies would have cost slightly more but would have benefited the poor (the nonpoor) slightly less (more). To project the long-term consequences, we estimate the impact of the pandemic on school achievement and its intergenerational persistence. We use information on school closures, educational mitigation policies, and account for educational losses related to health shocks and parental job loss. Our findings show that in all four countries the impact is strongly asymmetric and affects particularly the high-school completion rates of children from disadvantaged families. Our simulations suggest that mitigation policies seem to have a minor impact on containing these negative effects.

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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Session 5: How can I use EdTech to ensure that students are provided with quality educational content at the right level? - Mazari, Haani; 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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Session 4: How can I rapidly upskill my large teacher workforce? - Koomar, Saalim; 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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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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Service Design Blueprint - Carter, Alice, (EdTech Hub, 2021)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Semi-supervised learning to perceive children's affective states in a tablet tutor - Agarwal, Mansi; Mostow, Jack (2020)

Self-regulated learning in online learning environments: strategies for remote learning - Carter, Jr Richard Allen; Rice, Mary; Yang, Sohyun; Jackson, Haidee A. (Information and Learning Sciences, 2020)
Purpose Many teachers and students in the USA and various parts of the world are migrating some aspects of education online out of necessity. The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe strategies of the self-regulated learning (SRL) framework for K-12 students learning in online environments to support remote learning with online and digital tools during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approach The SRL framework (Zimmerman, 2008) has been used consistently to support students in learning to work independently. This framework highlights three phases: planning, performing and evaluating. Previous research in K-12 online learning has yielded specific strategies that are useful. The paper identified and described the strategies to an audience seeking answers on how to meet the needs of students in online learning environment.Findings The main types of strategies that have emerged from previous studies include asking students to consider how they learn online, providing pacing support, monitoring engagement and supporting families.Originality/value Although the social crisis of COVID-19 is unique, prior research in online learning may be useful for supporting teacher practice and suggesting future research. Developing SRL skills of students will ensure the effectiveness of online learning that the field of education may ultimately focus on in the future.

See states for Nigeria where schools no go resume on January 18 - BBC News Pidgin (BBC News Pidgin, 2020)
Some state governors, lawmakers no buy di idea of school resumption wey Ngeria government bin give go ahead to resume on January 18
Keywords: Education; Nigeria

Sectors - Commonwealth Network (Commonwealth of Nations, 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

Secondary education, teachers, female - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Secondary education, teachers - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Secondary education, pupils - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Secondary Education During Lockdown Situation Due to Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Teachers’ Response on Online Classes - Farhana, Z; Tanni, S; Shabnam, S; Chowdhury, S (Journal of Education and Practice, 2020)
Online classes started in many secondary schools one month after the compulsory closure of all education institutions in Bangladesh. This study explores the current scenario as well as challenges of adaptation of online classes in secondary education in terms of teachers’ experience. The study followed sequential exploratory mixed-method approach. Five secondary teachers were interviewed and 54 secondary teachers from 17 districts in Bangladesh were surveyed over telephone, Google forms and by email. The quantitative data was analyzed with Microsoft Excel and the thematic analysis approach had been followed for the qualitative one. The findings revealed that a good number of teachers have started teaching online by using social media platforms despite of not having any training or experience. Very few respondent teachers were found to take online examination; instead they are trying to assess the students from the feedback of given home works and home assignments. Teachers are facing numerous challenges like deficit of digital equipment, lack of expertise, unfamiliarity with the LMS, proficiency in assessment technique etc. The paper concludes with few recommendations such as providing proper devices to the teachers and students to participate in online class; facilitate rigorous training to enhance technology-based skills and capacities of the teachers so as to get the expected outcome.

SDG7: Data and Projections - International Energy Agency (IEA, 2020)

SDG: 4.1.4 – Completion rate (primary, lower secondary, upper secondary) - UIS (Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4, 2020)

SDG 4 September 2023 - UNESCO (2023)

Scottish Local Government Finance 'Green Book' 2022-23 - Scottish Government (2022)
Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2022-23: Funding Allocation Formula.

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.
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Scoping call notes (2021)

Scientists at DSTI go the extra mile to make it easier for children to get to school - Directorate of Science, Technology & Innovation (Sierra Leone) (2020)
Mike Fabrikant, a software developer from Washington D.C., is embedded within the data science team at the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) to support systems delivery. His workRead More

Science Teacher Education in the Time of COVID-19 : A Document Analysis - Fackler, Ayca K; Sexton, Chelsea M (2020)

Science of Teaching - Overview: Structured Pedagogy Guides, and a Note to Education Leaders - RTI International (2021)

Schools’ readiness for digital learning in the eyes of principals. An analysis from PISA 2018 and its implications for the COVID19 (Coronavirus) crisis response - Moreno, Juan Manuel; Gortazar, Lucas (World Bank Blogs - Education for Global Development, 2020)
An analysis from PISA 2018 and its implications for the COVID19 crisis response

Schools in Ghana reopen as covid-19 cases surge - AfricaNews (Africanews, 2021)
Temperature checks and mandatory wearing of masks as schools in Ghana reopen for the 2020/2021 calendar after ten months of closure. The shutdown of the academic calendar was in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in March last year.

Schools ICT project - Universal Access Development Fund (Sierra Leone) (2020)

Schools for more than 2 million children in Pakistan remain inaccessible due to devastating floods – UNICEF - UNICEF (2022)

Schools during the COVID-19 pandemic - CDC (2020)

Schools Data – Sindh Education Foundation - Sindh Education Foundation (2022)
SEF|Sindh Education Foundation government of Sindh Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), was established under the Sindh Education Foundation Act, 1992 as a semi-autonomous organization committed to educating and empowering children and communities towards social change by ensuring access to educational facilities and quality education. towards social change by ensuring access to educational facilities and quality education access to educational facilities and quality education.

Schools Are Looking for Evidence From Their Edtech. Are Companies Ready to Provide It? - EdSurge News - Tate, Emily (EdSurge, 2022)
Schools are awash in technology in a way never before seen, thanks to the mad dash toward digital that was prompted by the pandemic a little more than ...

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.

Schooling, interrupted: a critical account of motivation and education during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec - Thompson, Jennifer; Fraser, Sarah; Archambault, Isabelle; Beauregard, Nancy; Dupéré, Véronique; Frohlich, Katherine (Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2021)
Among the concerns about youth wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, one well-documented impact is youth motivation, particularly in relation to schooling. Yet many questions remain: How are youth experiencing motivation? What factors affect their motivation? How are youth differentially experiencing motivation? This article addresses young people’s experiences of motivation during the first wave of the pandemic as explored through participatory visual research. In Spring 2020, the Quebec private and public secondary school systems responded very differently to school closures. Private schools pivoted to distance learning within about two weeks, whereas public schools took almost two months to provide formal instruction. Bringing youth’s accounts of motivation into conversation with youth’s concerns about the inequities across the private and public school systems offers a rich opportunity to revisit Self-Determination Theory as an established theory of motivation. Youth’s analyses urge us to revisit the conceptualization of “structure” within this theory and how structure might offer a junction for accounting for more macrostructural inequalities within motivation research.

Schooling for All: Feasible Strategies to Achieve Universal Education - Sandefur, Justin (Center for Global Development, 2022)
This report debates the case for specific public investments in education in low- and lower-middle-income countries, drawing on evidence of what has worked not just in small-scale experiments but historically and in large-scale national programs. Its messages are intended more for economic policymakers than educators, as they speak to what can be accomplished with fiscal instruments (money) and where trade-offs must be made. CGD does not take institutional positions.

Schooling and Covid-19: lessons from recent research on EdTech - Fairlie, Robert; Loyalka, Prashant (npj Science of Learning, 2020)

SchoolGate | Home - SchoolGate (2020)

School workforce in England, Reporting Year 2020 - UK Government (2021)
This release is largely based on the School Workforce Census. The census collects information from schools and local authorities on the school workforce in state-funded schools in England. Independent schools, non-maintained special schools, sixth-form colleges and further education establishments are not included. The latest data relates to November 2020 and so this is the first data in the series to relate to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Change to statistics To reduce burden on schools and local authorities during the pandemic, data on qualifications and staff absences were not collected in 2020. They will be collected again in 2021. Data on school workforce absence during the pandemic has been collected via the Department's education settings survey. Specific guidance can be found within affected sections of this statistic.

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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School’s Out: Now What? - Carvalho, Shelby; Crawfurd, Lee (Center For Global Development, 2020)
Using a newly assembled database, here’s what we found about the scale and timing of school closures, as well as how countries are adjusting to distance learning.
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School’s Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using “Low-Tech” in a Pandemic - Angrist, Noam; Bergman, Peter; Matsheng, Moitshepi (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020)
Schools closed extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic and occur in other settings, such as teacher strikes and natural disasters. This paper provides some of the first experimental evidence on strategies to minimize learning loss when schools close. We run a randomized trial of low-technology interventions – SMS messages and phone calls – with parents to support their child. The combined treatment cost-effectively improves learning by 0.12 standard deviations. We develop remote assessment innovations, which show robust learning outcomes. Our findings have immediate policy relevance and long-run implications for the role of technology and parents as partial educational substitutes when schooling is disrupted.
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School re-openings and policies for resilient education, post covid-19 - Global Online Learning Alliance (2020)

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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School Mapping - UNICEF (2020)
To map every school in the world and show their connectivity

School Level MEWAKA Implementation Guidelines - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2022)

School Leaders’ Preferences on School Location in Sierra Leone: An individual and school-level study - Espinoza-Revollo, Patricia; Ramirez, Ana; Atherton, Paul; Mackintosh, Alasdair (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Attracting qualified teachers to remote areas is a challenge in Sierra Leone. The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio in rural areas is 76:1, rising to 83:1 for schools located more than 15 km away from urban centres — well above the national target of 40:1. As equitable teacher deployment is crucial to ensure high-quality education, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) aims to increase the deployment of qualified teachers to the most remote areas of the country. This paper describes a quantitative survey of school leaders’ perceptions of what shapes school location preferences and what factors need to be in place (i.e., incentives) to address the imbalanced distribution of qualified teachers in the country. We used data from a text message survey sent to school leaders around the country. This paper accompanies a qualitative inquiry on the same topic: What Matters Most for Teacher Deployment? A case study on teacher school choice preferences in Sierra Leone. Together with the qualitative study, our findings aim to address a gap in empirical evidence on teacher school preferences in Sierra Leone and contribute to a growing literature on teachers’ preferences in low- and middle-income countries. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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School, interrupted: 4 options for distance education to continue teaching during COVID-19 - Burns, Mary (Global Partnership for Education, 2020)
Take a look at the four most common distance technology for contractors, donors and educators who find themselves needing to explore distance-learning options, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

School Infrastructure Survey - Adam, Taskeen; Koomar, Saalim; Hennessy, Sara (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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School Hits the Airwaves: Sierra Leone Turns to Education Radio as a Response to COVID-19 - World Bank (The World Bank, 2021)
Sierra Leone's experience with education radio during the 2014 Ebola outbreak has helped strengthen its radio programming during school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

School enrollment, secondary (% net) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

School enrollment, primary (% net) - Kenya | Data - World Bank (2021)

School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) - Liberia | Data - World Bank (2020)

School Education and Literacy Department - Government of Sindh (2020)

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

School closures, government responses, and learning inequality around the world during COVID-19 - Vegas, Emiliana (The Brookings Institution, 2020)
According to UNESCO, as of April 14, 188 countries around the world have closed schools nationwide, affecting over 1.5 billion learners and representing more than 91 percent of total enrolled learn…
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School census 2022 to 2023: technical information - UK Government (GOV.UK, 2022)
Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2022 to 2023 school census data.

Scaling Personalised Learning Technology in Malawi - Schmitt, Laurel (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Want to know more about the lessons we learnt from our sandbox with onebillion? Read our blog, Scaling personalized learning technology in Malawi.

Scaling education innovations for impact in low-and-middle-income countries during COVID - Olsen, Brad (Brookings Institution, 2021)
In 2020, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution joined the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), a joint partnership between the Global Partnership for Education and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), to facilitate a cross-national, multiteam, design-based research and professional support initiative called Research on Scaling the Impact of Innovations in Education (ROSIE). The intention of ROSIE is to bring together researchers and practitioners to study the process of scaling education initiatives. This first annual brief reflects on scaling insights from different scaling teams across many low- and middle-income countries to jointly learn and share best practices related to scaling in education. Effective scaling is not just about designing and delivering promising innovations for use but also embedding them in thoughtful, mutifaceted ways to ensure that they grow, deepen, and have lasting impact. This brief discusses how several teams went about this work during the difficult last year.

Save our future - Haßler, Björn; Sagun, Rose (2020)
Keywords: _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; _cover:v2; _zenodoODE

Save Our Education: Protect every child’s right to learn in the COVID-19 response and recovery - Wagner, Emma; Warren, Hollie (Save The Children, 2020)
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Save Our Education: Protect every child’s right to learn in the COVID-19 response and recovery - Warren, Hollie; Wagner, Emma (Save the Children, 2020)
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Sandboxes: Testing the strategy in Malawi - Carter, Alice (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Written by Alice Carter This is the second in this series about our sandboxes. If you haven’t already, read about our approach to experimentation.  Across the Hub, we’re proponents of using our tools and approaches on our own thinking. For innovation, that meant testing the assumptions we were making about how and if the sandboxes …
Keywords: C:Malawi; F:Sandbox; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

Sandboxes: our approach to systemic experimentation - Simpson, Lea (EdTech Hub, 2020)
What’s a sandbox you ask? First in the series, this blog explains what you need to know about the Hub’s approach to experimentation and innovation.
Keywords: F:Sandbox; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; ___working_potential_duplicate; _zenodoETH

Sandboxes: My experience participating in the sandbox alpha - Kumasewera, Pilirani (EdTech Hub, 2020)
This is the third in this series about our sandboxes. If you haven’t already, read about our approach to experimentation and how we tested our sandbox strategy out in Malawi.
Keywords: F:Sandbox; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

Sandbox Sprint Review Template - Rahman, Asad, (EdTech Hub, 2020)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Sandbox Meet-up Planning Template - Rahman, Asad, (EdTech Hub, 2020)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Sandbox Lean Cost Model - Rahman, Asad, (EdTech Hub, 2020)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Sandbox Handbook V.2.0 - EdTech Hub (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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SALCAB | Home - SALCAB (2020)

Safer Chatbots Implementation Guide - UNICEF (2022)

Safeguarding Her: A call to action to educating girls in vulnerable situations - Break Free Alliance (Education for All, 2021)
For millions of girls across Africa, the thought of joining school remains far-fetched. Here are 6 recommendations we consider vital to ensure girls’ better access to education and secure their futures.

Safe to Learn during COVID-19: Recommendations to Prevent and Respond to Violence against Children in all Learning Environments - UNICEF (2020)

Safe Schools: getting children back into education after disaster strikes - Briggs, Billy (Theirworld, 2020)
To mark Theirworld's Safe Schools report, we look at how countries can rebuild their education system after an earthquake, tsunami or other catastrophic event.

Safe Back to School: A Practitioner’s Guide - IASC Global Education Cluster; Child Protection Global Protection Cluster (INEE, 2020)

SABER dataset - World Bank (World Bank, 2022)

RwandaEQUIP - Government of Rwanda (RwandaEQUIP, 2022)
RwandaEQUIP A legacy of excellence in education The Transformation of Education begins with Teachers 2019 Nobel Prize-winning economist, Professor Michael Kremer’sground-breaking study announcing learning gains among the largest ever measured in international education. The impact of the methodology, underpinning RwandaEQUIP, is among the greatest of any rigorously studied intervention in emerging markets. Read the Full Study Here […]

Rwanda Education Commons (REC) - FHI360 (2020)
The Rwanda Education Commons (REC) is expanding access to quality education by using information and communication technology (ICT) to supplement teaching and learning. By improving collaborative use of these tools among education stakeholders, the REC is building a professional learning community.

Rwanda - Demographic Dividend (2020)

Ruzivo Digital Learning | Home - Ruzivo Digital Learning (2020)

Rural population (% of total population) | Data - World Bank (2021)

Rural population (% of total population) - Bangladesh | Data - World Bank (2021)

Rural online learning in the context of COVID 19 in South Africa: Evoking an inclusive education approach - Dube, Bekithemba (Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 2020)

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.

Rumie Initiative (Rumie Initiative, 2020)
Here at Rumie we are doggedly passionate about addressing the UN’s sustainable development goal of Quality Education. We are always excited to work with partners who share our vision of using affordable technology to deliver innovative, digital learning solutions to communities who need it ...

Rolling Out a National Virtual Learning Environment - Adam, Taskeen; McBurnie, Chris; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2020)
A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a virtual space designed to support teaching and learning and can resemble anything from a curated content repository to a synchronous video-enabled learning space. This technical note aims to inform the design and implementation of a VLE at a national level for basic education.
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Roles and responsibilities government (Unpublished) - Mahzumi, Abdellahi (2020)

Role of technology in science classrooms: an exploratory study of Pakistan - Iqbal, Zeeshan; Sami, Aisha (International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2020)
Knowledge of science has its own demanding place in the current competitive world. Students have shown lack of interest and sufficient knowledge about the science subjects including Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Multimedia audio-visual aids play important role in enhancing the classroom learning. Even though, these multimedia audio-visual aids are not being fully utilised in Pakistani education system. This study was conducted to illustrate the importance of using multimedia audio-visual aids in the classrooms especially during teaching physics, chemistry and biology at secondary schools of Pakistan. The researchers employed purposive sampling technique for this study and the sample size was 240 students. Primary data was collected by using observation method and conducting interviews. Collected data were analysed by using both quantitative and qualitative data analyse methods and presented in a descriptive way. Findings revealed that using multimedia audio-visual aids in the classrooms is an effective strategy that makes students active, maintains a high level of interest in the lesson and encourages students to participate in the classrooms and thus leads towards better learning.
Keywords: Pakistan; audio-visual aids; education; secondary schools; technology

Roadmap for Digital Cooperation - United Nations (2020)

Rising Academies - Rising On Air - Rising Academy Network (2020)

Right to read: Joint efforts to provide books to minority-language learners - Thaung, Nyi Nyi; Gracie, Kristen (Education for All blog, 2021)
During this world-upending pandemic, ethnolinguistic minority learners are falling further through the cracks. Even if they have access to the technology necessary for distance learning, they will likely not receive content in their own language. Here is what organizations like UNESCO are doing to make sure minority learners don’t fall further behind.

Right To Education: Pakistan (2020)
Right To Education Pakistan (RTE Pakistan) is an organization dedicated to making sure that the state provide free and compulsory education to all children in Pakistan.

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.

Revisiting the impact of covid-19 on adolescents in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh: round 2 - Raha, Samira Ahmed; Rana, Sajib; Mamun, Saklain Al; Anik, Mehedi Hasan; Roy, Prantik; Alam, Farhana; Sultan, Maheen (Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, 2021)
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Revisiting online learner engagement: exploring the role of learner characteristics in an emergency period - Kara, Mehmet (Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2020)
This study aims to investigate the influence of learners’ characteristics on their engagement during online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigated learner characteristics included digital literacy, self-directed learning, motivation for learning, and perceived stress. The data were collected from the undergraduate learners and the proposed moderated mediation model was tested. The findings showed that all learner characteristics are significant predictors of online learner engagement. Besides, self-directed learning and motivation significantly mediate the relationship between digital literacy and engagement while perceived stress significantly moderates the relationship of digital literacy with self-directed learning, but not with motivation for learning.
Keywords: COVID-19; Online learning; digital literacy; engagement; motivation; self-directed learning; stress

Revised Pakistan 2022 Floods Response Plan: 01 Sep 2022 - 31 May 2023 - UNOCHA (2022)
Appeal in English on Pakistan about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Flash Flood, Flood and more; published on 4 Oct 2022 by OCHA

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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Review of Education Management Systems (EMIS) that Track Individual Student Data: Mongolia - UNICEF (UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, 2020)

Review of Education Management Information Systems (emis) That Track Individual Student Data Summary Report - UNICEF (2020)

Review of Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) that Track Individual Student Data - Malaysia - UNICEF (2020)

Returning to school after COVID-19 closures: Who is missing in Malawi? - Kidman, Rachel; Breton, Etienne; Behrman, Jere; Kohler, Hans-Peter (International Journal of Educational Development, 2022)
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all countries implemented school closures to prevent disease transmission. However, prolonged closures can put children at risk of leaving school permanently, a decision that can reduce their long-term potential and income. This study investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closures reduced school attendance in Malawi, a low-income African country. We used longitudinal data from a cohort of adolescents interviewed before (2017/18; at age 10–16) and after (2021; at age 13–20) the pandemic school closures. Of those students who had been attending school prior to school closures, we find that 86% returned when schools re-opened. Dropouts were more pronounced among older girls: over 30% of those aged 17–19 did not return to school. This resulted in further lowering the gender parity index to the greater disadvantage of girls. We also found that students already lagging behind in school were more likely to dropout. Thus, our data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified gender inequalities in schooling, at least partially erasing recent progress towards inclusive education. Urgent investments are needed to find and re-enroll lost students now, and to create more resilient and adaptable educational systems before the next pandemic or other negative shock arrives.
Keywords: Adolescents; COVID-19; Child marriage; Education; Pregnancy; School closures

Retrospectiva Geekie 2021: (re)encontros de pessoas, caminhos e possibilidades - Geekie (Geekie, 2021)
Veja como continuar suas aulas com o apoio do Geekie One Nós somos a Geekie! Apoiamos escolas de todo o Brasil...

Rethinking education in the digital age - Braun, Anette; März, Anna; Mertens, Fabian; Nisser, Annerose (European Parliamentary Research Service, 2020)

Results - Ubongo Learning - Ubongo (2020)
Research shows that watching Ubongo's edutainment leads to significantly improved learning outcomes for kids and positive behavioural change for caregivers. We are committed to measuring the impact of our content to ensure we are preparing kids for success in school and life.

Results – Rapid Scans – The EdTech Hub - EdTech Hub (2023)

Results of the Curricular Analysis of the Fourth Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (ERCE 2019) - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2020)

Results-Based Financing (RBF) in the Education Sector : Country-Level Analysis : An Assessment of RBF in Education - Final Assessment Report : Tanzania - Dom, Catherine; Fraser, Alasdair; Mhina, Edward (Mokoro for World Bank, 2021)
Results-Based Financing (RBF) in the Education Sector : Country-Level Analysis : An Assessment of RBF in Education - Final Assessment Report : Tanzania (English)

Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project: Restructuring of the Education Quality Reform Project - World Bank (The World Bank, 2020)

Restricted access: How the internet can be used to promote reading and learning - Derksen, Laura; Michaud-Leclerc, Catherine; Souza, Pedro C. L. (Journal of Development Economics, 2022)
Can schools use the internet to promote reading and learning? We provided Wikipedia access to randomly-selected students in Malawian boarding secondary schools. Students used the online resource broadly and intensively, and found it trustworthy, including for information about news and safe sex. We find a 0.10σ impact on English exam scores, and a higher impact among low achievers (0.20σ). Students used Wikipedia to study Biology, and exam scores increased for low achievers (0.14σ). Our results show that by restricting internet access to a source of engaging and accessible reading material, it is possible to encourage independent reading and affect educational outcomes.
Keywords: Development; Education; Information; Internet; Reading; Secondary school

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago: Challenges and opportunities for teacher education - Kalloo, Rowena Constance; Mitchell, Beular; Kamalodeen, Vimala Judy (Journal of Education for Teaching, 2020)
Trinidad and Tobago responded decisively to the COVID 19 pandemic and was successful in containing community spread of the virus. By mid-march 2020, there was closure of key business and educational institutions. To minimise the loss of learning time, emergency remote learning became the modus-operandi, a response which challenged the most socially vulnerable students. At the University of the West Indies (UWI) the 500 participants enrolled in the Early Childhood, and Primary education programmes, and the in-service post-graduate diploma in Secondary education were struggling to adjust to online teaching, the existential anxiety of coping with a dangerous disease, and programme completion. The UWI instituted a COVID-19 policy that facilitated a structured response to programme completion and assessment across all faculties.The paper analysed the decisions taken by the UWI School of Education that supported its teachers through the practicum and pedagogy courses. Using a qualitative case study methodology, data were collected through observations, documents, and informal discussions with faculty. Thematic analyses allowed the emergence of three key constructs that facilitated effective learning during the crisis period : Community as an empathetic connection to stakeholders, Creativity as the ability for agile and imaginative responses, and Connectivity through technological readiness.
Keywords: COVID-19; Teacher education; inequities; online education

Responding to Iraq’s learning crisis - Ali, Laila (UNICEF Connect, 2020)
Amidst the devastation in Mosul's Old City, UNICEF supports the rehabilitation of primary education for a safe environment that’s conducive to learning.

Responding to emergencies - Children, Save the (2020)
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Resources - Aahung (2020)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Television - Mohn, Giti; Atif, Rafique; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Television (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning - Radio - Grant, Ursula; Jordan, Caroline; Kamal, Helen; Kube-Barth, Sabine; Waistell, Daniel; Williamson, Sue; Hedges, Claire; Power, Tom; Richardson, Alison Mead (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning - Radio (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Print - Mohn, Giti; Atif, Rafique; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Print (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Mobile - Mohn, Giti; Atif, Rafique; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Mobile (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Introduction - Mohn, Giti; Atif, Rafique; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Introduction (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Formative Assessment - Mohn, Giti; Rafique, Giti; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Formative Assessment (English)

Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Digital - Mohn, Giti; Atif, Rafique; Cardoso De Barros, Jorge Manuel; Twinomugisha, Alex; Hawkins, Robert J; Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca (World Bank Group, 2021)
Resource Pack to Support Remote Learning : Digital (English)

Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India - Dhar, Diva; Jain, Tarun; Jayachandran, Seema (American Economic Review, 2022)
This paper evaluates an intervention in India that engaged adolescent girls and boys in classroom discussions about gender equality for two years, aiming to reduce their support for societal norms that restrict women's and girls' opportunities. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program made attitudes more supportive of gender equality by 0.18 standard deviations, or, equivalently, converted 16 percent of regressive attitudes. When we resurveyed study participants two years after the intervention had ended, the effects had persisted. The program also led to more gender-equal self-reported behavior, and we find weak evidence that it affected two revealed-preference measures.
Keywords: Child Care; Children; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement, Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making, Analysis of Education, Fertility; Family Planning; Non-labor Discrimination, Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; Youth, Economics of Gender

Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India - Dhar, Diva; Jain, Tarun; Jayachandran, Seema (American Economic Review, 2022)
This paper evaluates an intervention in India that engaged adolescent girls and boys in classroom discussions about gender equality for two years, aiming to reduce their support for societal norms that restrict women's and girls' opportunities. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program made attitudes more supportive of gender equality by 0.18 standard deviations, or, equivalently, converted 16 percent of regressive attitudes. When we resurveyed study participants two years after the intervention had ended, the effects had persisted. The program also led to more gender-equal self-reported behavior, and we find weak evidence that it affected two revealed-preference measures.
Keywords: Child Care; Children; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement, Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making, Analysis of Education, Fertility; Family Planning; Non-labor Discrimination, Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; Youth, Economics of Gender

Research on the response to COVID19 - Haßler, Björn; Fitzpatrick, Rachael (BE2, 2020)
Presentation given at BE2, 2020-10-06.
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Research on the Influence of Computer Electronic Media on Higher Education in Mother Language - Dai, Wei (IOP Publishing, 2021)

Research - EdTech Hub (EdTech Hub, 2021)

Repurposing Established Radio and Audio Series to Address the COVID-19 Educational Crises - Richmond, Simon (Education Development Center, 2020)

Republic of Sierra Leone Settlement Extents - GRID3 (Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University and Novel-T, 2021)

Republic of Sierra Leone: Education sector analysis: assessing the enabling environment for gender equality - UNICEF (2020)

Report: The Impact of COVID-19 Across Africa - Elliott, Roxana (GeoPoll, 2020)
New report on coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa including data from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria. COVID-19 and food security, economic impact.

Report on Sisters for Sisters’ Education Evaluation II Project Endline Evaluation by Foundation for Development Management - GEC (Foundation for Development Management, 2021)

Report on research outcomes - McBurnie, Chris; Godwin, Katy; Vijil, Alejandra; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Report on First Biannual Monitoring on the Implementation of National Finance Commission Award - Government of Pakistan (2020)

Report on Education Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean: Urgent Action is Needed to Address the Enormous Education Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean - World Bank (The World Bank, 2021)
Following the massive school closures, as of February 2021, about 120 million school-age children had already lost or were at risk of losing a full academic year of presential education, with serious educational impacts, according to the report, Acting now to protect the human capital of our children: The costs of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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)

Report of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform: ​​Transforming education, training and research for sustainable development in Kenya - Government of Kenya (2023)

Report launch: Education for the most marginalised post-Covid-19 - Unwin, Tim (EdTech Hub, 2020)
With the support of EdTech Hub, members of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D have worked hard with colleagues across the world over the last six months to craft an innovative and practical report on how governments can learn from their experiences of Covid-19 to create resilient education systems that use digital technologies wisely, effectively and appropriately. We are all very…
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Report homepage https://edtechhub.org/education-for-the-most-marginalised-post-covid-19/ - Unwin, Tim; Naseem, Azra; Pawluczuk, Alicja; Shareef, Mohamed; Spiesberger, Paul; West, Paul; Yoo, Christopher (2020)
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Replay - Salle des Profs - Pr : Astou Mbène – Intégralité - Télé Futurs Medias (TFM) (2020)

Reopening schools: When, where and how? - Giannini, Stefania; Jenkins, Robert; Saavedra, Jaime (World Bank Blogs, 2020)
Reopening schools: When, where and how?

Reopening Schools - When and how - Campe (Evernote, 2021)
Timing of the survey - The survey was conducted between 7 to 22 November 2020. Slide 9 - % students who participated in distance learning in the last 2 weeks prior to the survey Primary - 31.4% Second...

Reopening schools: How to get education back on track after COVID-19 - IIEP UNESCO; Planning, International Institute for Educational (IIEP-UNESCO, 2020)
It is a ‘back to school’ season like no other: countries are beginning to reopen their school gates following weeks of e

Reopening schools: How to get education back on track after COVID-19 - International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO, 2020)
It is a ‘back to school’ season like no other: countries are beginning to reopen their school gates following weeks of e

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.
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; active-learning; machine-learning; software-development; systematic-reviews

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/
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Remote professional development: Rapid Evidence Assessment - Education Endowment Foundation (Education Endowment Foundation, 2020)

Remote-learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Studentsduring the COVID-19 Quarantine - Asanov, Igor; Flores, Francisco; McKenzie, David; Mensmann, Mona; Schulte, Mathis (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Remote-learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Students during the COVID-19 Quarantine - Asanov, Igor; Flores, Francisco; McKenzie, David; Mensmann, Mona; Schulte, Mathis (World Bank, 2020)

Remote Learning Response to COVID-19 Knowledge Pack : With a Focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2020)
Remote Learning Response to COVID-19 Knowledge Pack : With a Focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) (English)

Remote Learning: Rapid Evidence Assessment - Education Endowment Foundation (Education Endowment Foundation, 2020)
This rapid evidence assessment aimed to investigate methods that schools could use to support remote learning during school closures caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The review sought to find the best evidence behind the wide array of approaches that schools might choose to use during the crisis. The review systematically searched for/through existing meta-analyses and systematic reviews to find the best evidence for a wide range of approaches. In addition to the direct teaching of pupils online by teachers, the review also found evidence for approaches that pupils can use independently, including with technology that adapts the content of tasks in order to provide additional challenge or support, educational games, and for approaches that support peer interaction. The review also examined blended learning approaches, which combine remote and classroom teaching. While these approaches may not be directly applicable during school closures, they were included in case there were useful lessons to be learned that were relevant to the current context of home learning. This report summarises the findings from 60 systematic reviews and meta-analyses answers under five key topic areas: - General remote teaching and learning - Blended learning - Computer-supported collaborative learning - Computer assisted instruction - Educational games Another crucial aspect of supporting pupil’s learning is parental engagement. Parental engagement approaches are beyond the scope of this review, but an existing EEF guidance report, Working with Parents to Support Children’s Learning (2019), and accompanying evidence review summarise the best available evidence for engaging parents in their children’s education. In each section, we have detailed the included reviews and listed Findings and implications drawn from the evidence. We have also highlighted case studies from projects funded by the Education Endowment Foundation in which similar approaches have been rigorously evaluated in English schools.
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Remote learning in the times of COVID-19 - Bhushan, Mayank; Joshi, Pratibha; Sharma, Sudhanshu (Central Square Foundation, 2021)

Remote Learning: Evidence from Nepal during COVID-19 - Radhakrishnan, Karthika; Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Sharma, Uttam; Cullen, Claire; Crossley, Colin; Letsomo, Thato; Angrist, Noam (World Bank, 2021)
This note discusses early results from a distance education program on foundational numeracy for primary school students in Nepal during Coronavirus (COVID-19) evaluated in a randomized trial. The trial included 3,700 households with children in public school (grades 3-5). It provided support for foundational numeracy through mobile phone-based tutoring. The trial tested delivery through public school teachers and also through NGO facilitators. It led to a 30 percent increase in foundational numeracy, with teachers being slightly more effective at producing learning gains than NGO facilitators. These results suggest that instructional support through mobile phones can be a high-access and low-cost approach to providing instruction at scale
Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid-19; Numeracy; Pandemic Impact; Remote Learning; School Closure

Remote Learning During COVID School Closures in West Africa: Evidence Across Caregiver Surveys at Rising Academy Network Schools - Fall, S. M.; Jiminez Gallardo, M. A.; McManus, J; Njogu-Ndongwe, F (IDinsight, 2021)
Evidence across caregiver surveys at Rising Academy Network schools
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Remote Learning During COVID-19: Lessons from Today, Principles for Tomorrow - Munoz-Najar, Alberto; Gilberto, Alison; Hasan, Amer; Cobo, Cristobal; Azevedo, Joao Pedro; Akmal, Maryam (World Bank, 2021)
School closures during COVID-19 (coronavirus) led to an unprecedented global experiment in the delivery of remote learning. This report seeks to assess what lessons can be drawn from experiences of remote learning during COVID-19 in K-12 education, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. It focuses on the period from March 2020 to October 2021 and addresses the following key questions: 1. Was remote learning during COVID-19 taken up and if so, was it effective That is, did children learn as much as they did during pre-pandemic, in-person learning 2. What lessons can governments derive from this wide-spread experience 3. How might policymakers use these lessons to reimagine learning as schools begin to reopen This report is part of a larger effort led by the World Bank to provide guidance and technical assistance to optimize country effectiveness in the design and execution of remote learning strategies. It has been developed in conjunction with Remote Learning During the Global School Lockdown: Multi-Country Lessons, a qualitative study conducted between May and November 2020 to understand the perceived effectiveness of remote and remedial learning solutions implemented across 17 countries.

Remote Learning During COVID-19: Lessons from Today, Principles for Tomorrow - Munoz-Najar, Alberto; Gilberto, Alison; Hasan, Amer; Pedro Azevedo, João; Akmal, Maryam (World Bank Group, 2022)
School closures during COVID-19 (coronavirus) led to an unprecedented global experiment in the delivery of remote learning. This report seeks to assess what lessons can be drawn from experiences of remote learning during COVID-19 in K-12 education, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. It focuses on the period from March 2020 to October 2021 and addresses the following key questions: 1. Was remote learning during COVID-19 taken up and if so, was it effective? That is, did children learn as much as they did during pre-pandemic, in-person learning? 2. What lessons can governments derive from this wide-spread experience? 3. How might policymakers use these lessons to reimagine learning as schools begin to reopen? This report is part of a larger effort led by the World Bank to provide guidance and technical assistance to optimize country effectiveness in the design and execution of remote learning strategies. It has been developed in conjunction with Remote Learning During the Global School Lockdown: Multi-Country Lessons, a qualitative study conducted between May and November 2020 to understand the perceived effectiveness of remote and remedial learning solutions implemented across 17 countries.

Remote Learning, Distance Education and Online Learning During the COVID19 Pandemic: A Resource List by the World Bank's Edtech Team - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
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Remote Learning and COVID-19: The use of educational technologies at scale across an education system as a result of massive school closings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to enable distance education and online learning - World Bank (2020)

Remote eye-tracking for cognitive telerehabilitation and interactive school tasks in times of COVID-19 - Iannizzotto, Giancarlo; Nucita, Andrea; Fabio, Rosa Angela; Caprì, Tindara; Bello, Lucia Lo (Information (Switzerland), 2020)
In the attempt to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 lockdown, most countries have recently authorized and promoted the adoption of e-learning and remote teaching technologies, often with the support of teleconferencing platforms. Unfortunately, not all students can benefit from the adoption of such a surrogate of their usual school. We were asked to devise a way to allow a community of children affected by the Rett genetic syndrome, and thus unable to communicate verbally, in writing or by gestures, to actively participate in remote rehabilitation and special education sessions by exploiting eye-gaze tracking. As not all subjects can access commercial eye-tracking devices, we investigated new ways to facilitate the access to eye gaze-based interaction for this specific case. The adopted communication platform is a videoconferencing software, so all we had at our disposal was a live video stream of the child. As a solution to the problem, we developed a software (named SWYG) that only runs at the "operator" side of the communication, at the side of the videoconferencing software, and does not require to install other software in the child's computer. The preliminary results obtained are very promising and the software is ready to be deployed on a larger base. While this paper is being written, several children are finally able to communicate with their caregivers from home, without relying on expensive and cumbersome devices.
Keywords: COVID-19; Remote interactive education; Telerehabilitation; Video conferencing; Video-based eye-gaze tracking

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.

Releasing the potential of teachers in the COVID response in low-income countries - Bullard, Katy; Sonnenberg, Krystyna (Global Partnership for Education, 2020)
How can teachers in low income countries be involved to support learning and student well-being during the COVID-19 crisis? Drawing lessons from past disease outbreaks and from current examples of the COVID-19 education response, we look at tools and practices to help teachers continue doing their work during the crisis.
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Reimagining Teacher Professional Development for Scalable, Sustainable and Equitable Outcomes - Using EdTech Research Evidence - Hennessy, Sara; Koomar, Saalim (Asian Development Bank 9th International Skills Forum: Reimagining Education and Skills Development for a New Normal, 2021)

Reimagining Teacher Continuous Professional Development: Evidence from a Blended Approach in Senegal - Proudfoot, Diane; Pflepsen, Alison; Swift-Morgan, Jennifer; Niang, Ablaye (Chemonics International, 2022)

Reimagining Human Connections : Technology and Innovation in Education at the World Bank - Hawkins, Robert; Trucano, Michael; Cobo, Cristóbal; Twinomugisha, Alex; Ciarrusta, Iñaki Sánchez (World Bank, 2020)
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Reimagining Human Connections: Technology and Innovation in Education at the World Bank - World Bank (forthcoming) (World Bank, 2020)

Reimagining Girls' Education: Solutions to Keep Girls Learning in Emergencies - Guglielmi, Silvia; Jones, Nicola; Nicolai, Susan; Pereznieto, Paola; Plank, Georgia; Vu, Nhung; Sanchez-Tapia, Ingrid; Mackintosh, Alasdair (UNICEF, 2021)

Reimagining Girls' Education - UNICEF (2021)
Solutions to Keep Girls Learning in Emergencies

Reimagining Education for Continuous Learning and Teaching - Sengeh, Hon Minister David Moinina; Team, MBSSE Delivery; Team, Hon Minister David Moinina Sengeh and MBSSE Delivery (EdTech Hub, 2021)
EdTech Hub has partnered with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education in Sierra Leone to increase the use of evidence in decisions around EdTech. Click to read more.

Reimagine Education – Summary Case for Investment - UNICEF (2020)

Reimagine Education and Skills Development for Children and Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean - UNICEF (2020)

Reimaginar la educación y el desarrollo de habilidades para niños, niñas y adolescentes - UNICEF (2021)
Invertir en niños, niñas y adolescentes a medida que construimos una futura y mejor normalidad en América Latina y el Caribe

Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (RCIP) Malawi - Global Infrastructure Hub (2021)
Only one in ten people in Malawi have access to information and communications technology (as of 2016). This is due to the high cost and complexity of developing the infrastructure and end-user service offering. However, the government plans to improve access to, and the affordability of, broadband connections. It is initiating projects to reach out to the most disadvantaged groups in society.

Regional Bureau for West & Central Africa Education Newsletter - Lauren UNHCR (2020)
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Refugee Education: A Rapid Evidence Review - Ashlee, Amy; Clericetti, Giulia; Mitchell, Joel (EdTech Hub, 2020)
This Rapid Evidence Review (RER) provides an overview of existing literature on the use of educational technology (EdTech) for education of refugees in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The RER has been produced in response to the widespread global shutdown of schools resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19. It therefore has an emphasis on transferable insights that may be applicable to educational responses resulting from the limitations caused by Covid-19. In the current global context, lessons learnt from the use of EdTech in refugee contexts — in which education is often significantly disrupted and education systems and responses are required to rapidly adapt — are salient.
Keywords: L:Refugees and migrants; LP: English; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _MELA_seen; _P:Evidence review VCMFM9ZD; _cover:v3; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH

Reframing the policy discourse: A comparative analysis of teacher preparation for rural and remote education in Australia, South Africa and Mexico - Ledger, Susan; Masinire, Alfred; Díaz, Miguel Angel; Burgess, Madeline (education policy analysis archives, 2021)
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has highlighted a ‘vicious cycle of decline’ in rural, regional and remote (RRR) regions, with significant inequalities in educational outcomes between rural and urban areas. However, interventions have not resulted in transformative or lasting improvements to education in rural contexts. This paper presents a cross-comparative country analysis of current global policy on RRR education. We used a policy analysis framework to interrogate national policy texts concerning teacher education for RRR contexts in three countries - Australia, South Africa and Mexico. A rigorous selection process of the literature yielded 17 key policy texts, which were examined for the influences, practices, language and outcomes relating to teacher education preparation for RRR locales. Findings highlighted a legacy of historical influences and a metrocentric bias in policy texts, with limited examples of assets-based education. We argue that these factors may be perpetuating the significant and persistent disadvantage in RRR education. We recommend an alternative policy discourse that recognises the productivities and potentialities of an assets-based approach within the local context, where school leaders and teachers are positioned as central change agents in RRR education.

Reform Policy to Boost Kenya’s Mobile Connectivity Says GSMA - GSMA (2020)
48 Per Cent of the Population of Kenya Remains Unconnected to Mobile Networks   Nairobi: Kenya is making excellent progress to achieve its target of universal broadband coverage by 2030 and there is an opportunity for the government to accelerate the country’s digital transformation with more supportive policies. This was the key finding of a […]

Reflections on technology, teaching, learning, and professional development: Findings from a teacher survey in Tanzania - Koomar, Saalim; Hennessy, Sara; Zubairi, Asma; Kindoli, Robert; Kreimeia, Adam (African Educational Research Journal, 2022)
This paper presents findings from a survey of 774 government school teachers across Tanzania over the period 2020-2021. The aims were to capture teachers' recent experiences concerning (1) access and use of technology; (2) any student learning losses observed, and teachers' recommendations to address lost learning; and (3) experiences and needs concerning teacher professional development (TPD). Key findings were (1) forty percent of teachers reported that their school lacked access to any form of technological device, with almost half stating they never used digital technologies for teaching and learning purposes. (2) Almost half of the teachers perceived that girls' learning suffered more than boys, and more than 60% of teachers believed learners from the financially poorest households suffered the greatest learning losses. (3) Teachers in Tanzania engaged in very little TPD and wanted increased support. The key differences across teacher groups were further examined by demographic factors, with notable differences apparent between urban and rural teachers, teachers with different levels of experience and different qualification levels. Recommendations are presented to stakeholders across the education ecosystem, including policymakers, school leaders, TPD designers, teachers, and researchers. The findings inform a national technology-mediated TPD programme in Tanzania.
Keywords: Access to Computers; Elementary School Teachers; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Learning Processes; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Poverty; Public School Teachers; Rural Urban Differences; Secondary School Teachers; Social Differences; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Experience; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; Technology Uses in Education; _r:AddedByZotZen

Reflections on finding French digital education resources - Masrour, Vahid (EdTech Hub, 2020)
Photo credit: SIL Cameroon Read in French In October, EdTech Hub and Learning Equality put out a call to find French educational resources with the aim of making these resources more accessible to Francophone learners not connected to the internet. This post by Vahid Masrour, Learning Equality’s Curriculum Operations Specialist, highlights observations and recommendations from this process. He shares further…
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Reference collection - Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Reducing distance through online international collaboration - Schreiber, Brooke R.; Jansz, Mihiri (ELT Journal, 2020)
Online and hybrid courses offer many benefits for ESL teacher education, but can be hampered by 'transactional distance', a lack of interpersonal closeness which can cause misunderstanding and disengagement. This article describes a pedagogical project in which in-service teachers studying in a distance-learning MA TESL programme in Sri Lanka participated in an asynchronous discussion forum with peers from a university in New York City to discuss varieties of World Englishes. The project increased dialogue between learners, and between learners and the instructor, providing space for informal interactions through text, images, and video, as well as multiple methods for responding to feedback, ultimately reducing transactional distance. This article discusses the benefits of the project as well as the pedagogical and technological challenges, offering suggestions for other MA TESL educators about implementing such collaborations.
Keywords: Asynchronous Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; DISTANCE education; Distance Education; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH language education; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Educational Cooperation; English (Second Language); Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Group Discussion; Higher Education; IN-service training of teachers; Inservice Teacher Education; International Cooperation; LEARNING; Language Variation; Masters Programs; New York (New York); Online Courses; Peer Groups; Postsecondary Education; Program Descriptions; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sri Lanka; TEACHER education; Teacher Education Programs; Teaching Methods; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099817; __finaldtb