About the course

The EdTech Evidence for Entrepreneurs Course is for Africa-based Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) focused EdTech innovators and entrepreneurs who want to ensure their EdTech products use the best available evidence for how to improve teaching and learning outcomes.

We often hear from people developing EdTech products that they want to bring more research on teaching and learning into the design of their product’s, and they are eager to demonstrate how their product builds on the best available evidence. But they’re not quite sure where to start. This course aims to fill that need.

Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation, and UK Aid, the course is intended to help you improve your FLN focused EdTech product by offering practical, evidence-based lessons from fellow entrepreneurs, industry experts, and education leaders.

Cohort model eligibility & selection criteria

What is our offer?

A course focused on applying evidence to your product, starting in March

2024 and running for 12 weeks. This includes:

● Access to the EdTech Hub’s content library of quality assured, rigorous evidence for you to choose from at your own pace over 12 weeks.
● Tools and techniques to support you to identify the right evidence and put it into action to develop your EdTech product.
● A community of entrepreneurs to learn alongside, including a buddy to work with you as you translate evidence to your context and ‘ask me anything’ sessions with seasoned entrepreneurs.

Who are we looking for?

Our course is open to any entrepreneur building a Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN)-focused EdTech product in sub Saharan Africa. We believe it will be most useful to early stage entrepreneurs, who:

● Are still developing their core ideas and haven’t yet launched
● Have raised zero or minimal capital
● Could be full or part time Founder(s)

What's in it for you? Eight benefits of the cohort-based course:

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Access to our library of quality-assured evidence on the science of teaching, learning, and building a scalable product
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You'll be able to use our evidence as it fits into your schedule, at your pace
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We'll help you identify the most impactful evidence to focus on in a 1:1 session with an experienced EdTech coach
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A workbook tailored to support you in turning learning into action, today
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Be part of a close-knit cohort of entrepreneurs, including getting matched with a learning buddy for the 12 weeks
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Examples of EdTech products from our pilot course:

They adopt approved literacy content for early grade learners by adding sign language video interpreting the content, audio narration interactive questions, and converting the content into braille format.

It’s blended curriculum enables millions of African children to learn how to read and write in just 1-month via the KAINO mobile apps that schools can use to teach children in the classroom.

They works to reduce the assessment cycle time by enabling teachers to perform daily assessments on learning outcomes and deliver reports to guardians in real-time.

Their platform’s integrated suite of android apps, dashboards, printed tools and videos enables transformative teacher development through data-driven peer coaching programs.

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