Your regular round-up of the latest in clear evidence, better decisions, and more learning in EdTech. 

In this issue:

• Our featured stories
  • Celebrating National Learning and Development Month with EdTech Hub
  • Nine Lessons in Implementing Teacher Continuous Professional Development in Tanzania
  • Developing a Digital Education Strategy for Schools in Cambodia
• Join us at the HundrED Innovation Summit 2023

Learning and development resources 

• Free Writing Workshops for Emerging African Researchers in EdTech–Take a look at this series of writing workshops delivered in collaboration with e/merge Africa. This workshop series seeks to create and support a sustainable and critical community of emerging researchers, research practitioners, and academics in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the field of education technology (EdTech). It also addresses issues relating to coloniality embedded in the field of EdTech and academic publishing systems. 
• Tools to Help with Teacher Professional Development – Explore our Curated Tools for Teacher Continuous Professional Development. We acknowledge the myriad of challenges that can emerge when choosing the right tools for teaching. We are here to help with that! Explore our curated list that comes with evidence-based advice on how best to use them. 

• Tech-Supported Structured Pedagogy – How about a Tech-Supported Structured Pedagogy course? This is a choose-your-own-adventure guide to help you improve the process of classroom instruction. Learn more about the potential for technology to support structured pedagogy and how to apply novel ideas to your own work.

• Auditing Tool for EdTech Interventions –Technology exists within a broader system of factors that need to work together to make an impact at scale. EdTech Hub has codified the system into 6Ps: people, product, pedagogy, policy, place, and provision. Have a look at the ‘6Ps’ Audit Tool: How to ensure EdTech interventions take into account the whole education system. 

1. Are there any lessons or anything new I have learnt from these? 
2. Where and how can I apply the lessons and insights from the resources?
3. Who can I share this knowledge with?

Join the celebration of knowledge and growth, and don’t forget to spread the word! 

We are pleased to share experiences and lessons from the activities carried out as part of the Government of Tanzania’s efforts to operationalise its National Framework for Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD), which shifts TCPD from discreet workshops to cost-effective, ongoing, school-based professional development programmes. Our collaborative work with Tanzanian government education bodies, including Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MOEST), and the President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) in Tanzania has highlighted critical lessons regarding Teacher Continuous Professional Development. Here we present nine lessons that provide valuable insights that can inform the design and implementation of TCPD programmes not only in Tanzania but also in other educational contexts.

Our work involved the provision of technical assistance (TA) through an adaptive TA delivery model and sandbox approach. It highlights valuable insights into the design and implementation of a technology-enhanced, school-based, national teacher continuous professional development system. 

The combination of EdTech Hub’s technical assistance, sandbox sprints, and iterative user studies, carried out through close partnerships with Tanzania government institutions and wider stakeholders, provided a resilient, robust, and collaborative space. These lessons could be identified and acted upon in order to continue strengthening the TCPD system throughout the process.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - September, 2023 

EdTech Hub has joined forces with UNICEF Cambodia to provide crucial support to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports’ Department of Policy (DoPo) in crafting a pioneering digital education strategy aimed at implementation within Cambodia’s school system.

The collaboration has been marked by a series of comprehensive workshops that engaged a diverse array of stakeholders, as EdTech Hub worked in close coordination with on-the-ground partners. Led by DoPo, with technical expertise from EdTech Hub, the workshops were centred around the application of global evidence and principles for successful and sustainable digital education strategies.

The journey commenced in October 2022, with a kick-off workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. At this event, the strategy concept was introduced, and invaluable feedback and insights were collected from a wide spectrum of participants, including teachers, school leaders, policymakers, private sector representatives, and various development partners. The input received from this workshop guided the decision to create an action-oriented strategy, to be executed at the school level. Subsequently, close collaboration with DoPo led to the formulation of an initial draft of the strategy. Read more...