Lessons Learned about Distance Education for Teacher Training
How has distance education for teacher professional development changed in the past decade, especially as a result of COVID-19? Addressing this question was one...
Wow! 33% of COVID-19 Digital Learning Platforms Already Failed
Amid the global learning crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, technology-enabled remote learning became a lifeline for many children and young people. However, the...
4 Benefits of Text Messaging Applications for Education Programs
The Rapid Evidence Review of Messaging Apps, SMS & Social Media from the EdTech Hub provides an overview of existing research on the use of mobile phone-based...
6 False Narratives to Change in Educational Technology Research
If you’ve spent any time in the technology in education world, particularly in developing country donor-funded work, you probably know the general lament about...
Apply Now: $15,000 Grants for Your EduTech Nonprofit Organization
With COVID-19 Digital Response, educational institutions are pivoting their learning programs to virtual engagements. The switch is painful for everyone, and can...
New UNESCO Report: How to Deploy EduTech in Post-COVID‐19 Schools
The COVID-19 digital response has shown the huge potential of educational technologies to support better and more extensive education and learning. However, it...
8 Promising Technologies for Teacher Professional Development
The case for better in-service technology-assisted teacher professional development in low-income countries is compelling. A major push factor is the shortage of...
The Real Failure in ICT4Edu: Poor Teacher Professional Development
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been in a discussion that quickly shifts from a failing ICT for Education initiative, to the assumed root cause:...
This is the single biggest success (or failure) factor in ICT4E
I am Jonathan Nalder and I want to remind you of a concept made famous by early Star Trek episodes where any character wearing a ‘red shirt’ was...
ICT in Primary Schools are Learning Tools, Not Tools to be Learned
As teachers at a primary school in the Kisongo district of Arusha, Tanzania huddled into their computer lab, they quietly scoffed at me. What can a twenty-something...