Blog From inaccessible to indispensable: Technology for teacher training in emergency contexts The past decade has witnessed a remarkable evolution in the role of technology within emergency contexts. This blog discusses five themes around the intersection of distance technologies and teacher learning in emergency contexts.
Resource Inclusive Distance Education Toolkit The Inclusive Distance Education Toolkit compiles resources on: inclusive education, education in emergencies, disability inclusive education, and distance education across the humanitarian-development nexus.
Resource Education in times of restriction: an examination of refugee girls’ and young women’s access to learning during COVID-19 school closures in Pakistan This paper examines the extent to which refugee girls and young women were able to access learning during COVID-19 education closures in Pakistan, and the role that EdTech played in their learning access.
Resource Integrating Videos for Young Children into Multi-sectoral Interventions: What We’re Learning from Pilots in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Kenya Sesame Workshop is partnering with educators and social service providers to pilot the use of the Watch, Play, Learn videos in different locations around the world. The goal is to learn how to facilitate use of the videos to bring joy and learning to children while providing a convenient and efficient experience for service providers and caregivers.
Resource Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods Drawing on data from 188 countries and nearly 700 publications, this comprehensive guide explores distance education technologies and approaches for pre- and in-service educators, offering the most detailed, global, and up-to-date information on new technologies and on the inputs that are most valuable to ensure that distance education results in meaningful teacher learning.
Resource الدروس والآثار المترتبة على برنامج التربية عبر الهاتف للأسر السورية والأردنية التي لديها أطفال صغار هذه الدراسة، التي أجرتها منظمة الروابط العالمية للأطفال (Global TIES for Children) في جامعة نيويورك، هي أول دراسة تقوم بتقييم نسخة يتم تنفيذها وتقديمها عبر الهاتف من برنامج التربية في الشرق الأوسط وأول تقييم عشوائي متحكم فيه لبرنامج التربية الصوتي فقط لعينة مجتمعية. (أي عينة بدون مشاكل صحية أو إعاقات تم تشخصيها). على الرغم من أنها وثيقة الصلة بالحالات الإنسانية والأزمات، إلا أنه عندما تكون البرامج الوجاهية صعبة، لا يُعرف سوى القليل جدًا عن تأثيرات برامج مقدمي الرعاية عن بعد الصوتية فقط.
Resource Lessons and Impacts of a Phone-Based Parenting Program for Syrian and Jordanian Families with Young Children This study, led by Global TIES for Children at New York University, is the first to evaluate a phone-delivered version of a parenting program in the Middle East and the first randomized-controlled evaluation of an audio-only parenting program for a community sample (that is, a sample without diagnosed health problems or disabilities).
Resource تقييم فعالية برنامج "أهلاً سمسم" على التطور العاطفي لدى الأطفال في المرحلة التمهيدية: تجربة عشوائية من الأردن تقوم هذه الدراسة بتقييم تأثيرات برنامج "أهلاً سمسم"، الذي يعد برنامجًا تلفزيونيًا تم إنتاجه بالتعاون مع ورشة سمسم ورواد الأردن. يتمتع البرنامج بشعبية واسعة، حيث شاهده أكثر من 23 مليون طفل في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا. يُلاحظ أن 57% من هؤلاء المشاهدين يتبعون من النازحين السوريين في الأردن ولبنان والعراق.
Resource Lessons and Impacts of Ahlan Simsim TV Program in Pre-Primary Classrooms in Jordan on Children’s Emotional Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial This study evaluates the effects of Ahlan Simsim, a television show co-produced by Sesame Workshop and Jordan Pioneers that has been viewed by more than 23 million children across the MENA region, including 57% of displaced Syrians across Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Resource Learning continuity in response to climate emergencies: Pakistan’s 2022 floods With recent research identifying challenges in how existing responses to Pakistan’s 2022 floods are supporting learning continuity, we explored the extent to which EdTech has the potential to improve access to and quality of education through the various phases of response to the floods — in a feasible way with attention to scalability.
