How collaborating on language technology development could reduce the digital language gap

This report highlights the language limitations of most digital humanitarian services, leaving millions of crisis-affected individuals excluded. It demonstrates the demand to make services available in the language that people need. The research spotlights two digital platforms making strides towards inclusion for marginalised language speakers.

Drawing from a decade of experience in developing gamified Math content for Grade 1 – 3 learners in seven countries, Can’t Wait To Learn (CWTL) has now designed a full maths programme that can be used in the classroom with a level of standards that are flexible and adaptable to different curricula around the world.

Strategies and technologies for transitioning from face-to-face teaching to online environments.

This paper reflects on the lived experiences of young refugees located in Pakistan and Rwanda when interacting with education technology (EdTech) during and following displacement.

Ana María Restrepo-Sáenz and Emmanuel Neisa Chateauneuf describe the rollout and scaling during COVID-19 of La Aldea, a learner-centered, culturally relevant multimedia education initiative for out-of-school children, internally displaced children, and refugee populations in Colombia.

This report summarizes the results of a survey the Gobee team launched to better understand the experience of stakeholders in the Education in Emergencies (EiE) sector when it comes to EdTech in low-resource settings, with a special focus on digital assessments and what it takes to develop and maintain open-source models (OSS) and data protection regulations.

The guidance presents an assessment of potential risks GenAI could pose to core humanistic values that promote human agency, inclusion, equity, gender equality, linguistic and cultural diversities, as well as plural opinions and expressions. It proposes key steps for governmental agencies to regulate the use of GenAI including mandating the protection of data privacy and considering an age limit for their use. It outlines requirements for GenAI providers to enable their ethical and effective use in education.

El Informe GEM 2023 sobre tecnología y educación explorará estos debates, examinando los desafíos educativos a los que el uso adecuado de la tecnología puede ofrecer soluciones (acceso, equidad e inclusión; calidad; avance tecnológico; gestión de sistemas), al tiempo que reconoce que muchas de las soluciones propuestas también pueden ser perjudiciales.

Le Rapport mondial de suivi sur l'éducation de 2023 abordera ces questions, en se penchant sur les défis de l'éducation auxquels une utilisation judicieuse de la technologie peut apporter des solutions (accès, équité et inclusion ; qualité ; progrès technologique ; gestion des systèmes), tout en prenant acte du fait que nombre des solutions proposées peuvent également avoir des effets indésirables.