Resource Rapid retooling and adaptation of EIE data processes and programming : Pashe Achhi Model in Early Childhood Education in Emergencies in the Rohingya Camps of Bangladesh In March 2020 BRAC explored alternative approaches and designed a telecommunication model, Pashe Achhi, to support all the direct beneficiaries during the pandemic. The objective of the intervention was to be connected with the beneficiaries and promote children’s wellbeing and development through play-based learning, positive parenting, and self-care practices of caregivers.
Resource A Proof-of-Concept Study of Can’t Wait to Learn: A Digital Game-Based Learning Program for Out-of-School Children in Lebanon Reflexionando sobre la viabilidad de las soluciones tecnológicas educativas para los niños y niñas no escolarizadas, los autores informaron acerca de los impactos significativos sobre aritmética y autoestima entre 390 niños y niñas en el Líbano, quienes participaron en una intervención basada en un juego digital.
Resource A Proof-of-Concept Study of Can’t Wait to Learn: A Digital Game-Based Learning Program for Out-of-School Children in Lebanon Reflecting on the feasibility of ed tech solutions for out-of-school children, authors Jasmine S. Turner, Karine Taha, Nisreen Ibrahim, Koen I. Neijenhuijs, Eyad Hallak, Kate Radford, Hester Stubbé-Alberts, Thomas de Hoop, Mark J.D. Jordans, and Felicity L. Brown report significant effects on numeracy and self-esteem among 390 children in Lebanon who took part in a digital game-based intervention.
Resource A Proof-of-Concept Study of Can’t Wait to Learn: A Digital Game-Based Learning Program for Out-of-School Children in Lebanon En réfléchissant à la faisabilité de solutions technologiques éducatives pour les enfants déscolarisés, les auteurs et autrices rapportent des effets significatifs sur l’apprentissage des notions de calcul de base et l'estime de soi chez 390 enfants au Liban, qui ont participé à une intervention numérique basée sur le jeu.
Resource Book Review: Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism? Children’s Television and Globalized Multicultural Education by Naomi A. Moland In her review of Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism? Children’s Television and Globalized Multicultural Education by Naomi A. Moland, Kate Lapham reflects on the contradictions and pitfalls facing educational media in highly divided societies.
Event EiE events at RewirEd 2021 RewirEd is a global platform with a clear vision: to rewire education for a prosperous and sustainable future. Led by Dubai Cares, in partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai and in close coordination with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), and delivered in partnership with global stakeholders, RewirEd aims to be a catalyst in redefining education to ensure a future that is prosperous, sustainable, innovative and accessible to all.
Resource Unlocking Learning: The implementation and effectiveness of digital learning for Syrian refugees in Lebanon This report presents findings from a digital course used on tablets and mobile phones for language learning in Lebanon, where 40% of school-age children and adolescents are Syrian refugees. The digital course was introduced in non-formal education classes for Syrian refugees to strengthen English or French language learning and help their transition to Lebanon’s trilingual education system.
Resource Making all spaces safe This paper serves as an alarm bell for the international community, digital and feminist movements, private technology companies and national Governments to act in unison to end the rising scourge of technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Resource EdTech Global Landscape Analysis: Trends from the present and near future of technology-enabled learning We hope this scan and analysis can serve as an ongoing resource to those in the humanitarian sector and beyond. We hope it will provoke their thinking about what possibilities exist to serve their learning and education challenges, and how trends in the sector are moving toward or away from the kinds of solutions they might need for their work.
Resource The use of ‘building blocks’ to develop digital platforms for education in sub-Saharan Africa We set out to investigate the existing and potential use cases of open-source, modular ‘building blocks’ to build digital platforms for education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Building blocks fall into two main categories: teaching and learning (e.g., learning management systems) and education system management (e.g., data collection tools).
