Over the past 18 months, governments have made in rapidly designing and implementing distance, blended, and remote learning opportunities for students and teachers. Countries deployed a diversity of remote learning opportunities, ranging from radio-based instruction, to TV lessons, to mobile or online learning programs.
Toolkits and Manuals | 12 April 2022
MEL Framework for Technology Supported Remote Teacher Training
This MEL Framework for Technology-Supported Remote Training seeks to help education program implementers, governments, and program evaluators more effectively design, implement, and learn lessons from remote training activities.
Reports | 7 October 2021
Governments' Organizational Responses to COVID-19 - Igniting Interest and Institutional Capacity in EdTech - Study Report
Led by the Basic Education Coalition (BEC), the Governments' Organizational Responses to COVID-19 - Igniting Interest and Institutional Capacity in EdTech study sought to understand what governments, specifically Ministries of Education (MoE), had to do organizationally to implement these programs,
Carmen Strigel | 7 October 2021
Basic Education Coalition (BEC) publishes study on governments’ organizational responses to COVID-19
Carmen Strigel | 3 September 2021
Lessons that “Stick” – How Technology Can Support Refugee Learning
Blogs, commentaries, and reports on education technology (EdTech) topics so often highlight the “rapidly changing” nature of technology. More often than not, this is framed as a challenge or obstacle. There are technologies and EdTech efforts, however, that stand the test of time and continue to be relevant for many years.
Carmen Strigel | 1 October 2020
On World Teachers’ Day, Samoa Project Offers Lessons for Improving Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic
October 5, 2020 marks World Teachers’ Day and this year, particularly, we want to recognize the immense contributions teachers make in our lives and to our futures.
Presentations | 22 July 2020
Teacher Coaching at National Scale: Insights into Using Technology and Data for Decision- Making in Kenya
This presentation summarizes qualitative data from user observations and semi-structured interviews with teachers and coaches, as well as Kenyan education officials on their use of Tangerine:Coach (previously Tangerine:Tutor) data for decision-making and teacher support.
Carmen Strigel | 21 July 2020
Looking Beyond School Closures: Considering Teacher Well-Being and Support
Whether schools are reopening or continue to be closed with some form of virtual instruction, it is clear that school systems are facing tremendous changes. For this new reality, aside from family and student well-being and student academic growth, we also need need to place emphasis and consideration on our teachers.
Carmen Strigel | 6 May 2020
Going Virtual for Project Implementation – Decisions and Considerations
As we all adjust to working from home, we face many challenges, both personal and professional. Yet, we still deliver the work we were contracted to do for our clients and with our partner governments around the world.
Carmen Strigel | 16 August 2017
New frontiers in technology for assessment in low-income contexts
Editor's Note: The following essay comes from "Meaningful education in times of uncertainty," a collection of essays from the Center for Universal Education and top thought leaders in the fields of learning, innovation, and technolo