What is EduTech in Poor Countries?
Educational technology is the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve educational outcomes in developing countries. EduTech includes hardware, software, content, curriculum, and pedagogy required for learning by students, teachers, and their surrounding communities.
ICT4Edu initiatives build on various disciplines such as communication, education, psychology, sociology, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Educational technology solutions encompass several domains including learning theory, online learning, computer-based training, and distance education.
What Are Successful EduTech Projects?
We are constantly searching for new educational technology projects for review and analysis. We look at academic papers, research reports, lessons learned, and major studies to learn which methodologies and technologies are effective.
Please find below a growing list of programmes that use information and communication technologies to increase educational outcomes in developing countries.
OLPC’s Predictable Failure: EduTech Lessons We Keep Refusing to Learn
Spoiler alert: Giving children laptops without empowering teachers doesn’t magically improve education
I’m shocked – absolutely shocked –...
Apply Now: $20,000 to Deploy Mobile Phone Education Technology
Nearly 250 million children globally face educational disruptions each year due to natural disasters, conflict, illness, and systemic failures.
In many low- and...
Apply Now: $50,000 to Connect Every School to the Internet
Against the backdrop of rapidly evolving digital technologies, it is unimaginable that one third of humanity – or 2.6 billion people – still remain offline.
Sign...
Is Artificial Intelligence Exacerbating the Third Digital Divide in Educational Technology?
The recent flurry of discussions about AI, cheating and the purpose of education have got me reflecting on Michael Trucano thought-provoking post from 2023 about...
Promise, Progress, and Persistent Educational Technology Challenges
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, education systems worldwide were thrust into digital transformation, testing both the promise and limitations of ICT4Edu.
The...
Artificial Intelligence Improves Writing Skills for Brazilian Students
Artificial intelligence has the potential to support teachers in completing time-intensive, subjective tasks, such as grading essays, and to provide individualized...
Introducing USAID Principles for Educational Technology Investments
Today, a range of educational technologies are increasingly ubiquitous in many of the communities where USAID works and are relatively inexpensive for educational...
Four Educational Technology Insights from Plan Ceibal in Uruguay
Inspired by the One Laptop Per Child international initiative, Uruguay was the first country to implement a national-scale plan to distribute personal computers...
Apply Now: $150,000 for Your AI Solution for Youth Empowerment
Africa, with its young and rapidly growing population, stands at a transformative moment. By 2030, the continent’s youth will form one of the world’s...
9 Examples of Successful Digital Education Technology in Rural African Classrooms
Digital technology has the potential to revolutionize education, particularly in rural African classrooms, where resources are often limited.
Sign Up Now for more...
About Us
ICTworks™ is the premier resource for international development professionals committed to utilizing new and emerging technologies to magnify the intent of communities to accelerate their social and economic development.
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Enter your e-mail to get ICTworks 3x a week!:
Become an ICTworks Writer
Our team gladly accepts outside contributors for ICTworks articles. If you would like to publish an article on our website, please see our Guest Post Guidelines
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.