Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) is part of the Information Networks in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (INASSA) program funded jointly by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, and administered by the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development (FIT-ED) of the Philippines.
Spotlight
Can you make a cricket sing during the day?
By Dr. Ari Widodo, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Having competencies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) should give a huge benefit to our children. Yet, teaching for such competencies is more often a challenging task for the teacher. The curriculum has prescribed what to teach and for how long, which makes it difficult to insert new programs into the curriculum. The weather sensors introduced by the project were very interesting but teachers need training on how to use and how to apply them in the lessons.
A series of workshops were conducted to support the teachers before they could use the sensors in the classroom. The workshops covered an explanation of the technical issues of the sensors and how they work, identification of possible topics for lessons which could make use of the sensors, and preparation for the lessons.
This is not doing research for research’s sake. The work of the Network’s researchers, experts and partners, from both the south and the north, is intended to spur informed discussions with policymakers, decision-makers, educators, other practitioners and the learners themselves on what works, what doesn’t and what models to invest limited resources in.” – DL4D Principal Investigator Prof. Cher Ping Lim, The Education University of Hong Kong
Projects
Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South
Digital Game-Based Learning
Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South [...]
Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia
Digital Game-Based Learning
Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia [...]
Learning at Scale for the Global South
Massive Open Online Courses
Learning at Scale for the Global South Over the past [...]
MOOCs as an Alternative for Teacher Professional Development: Examining Learner Persistence in One Chinese MOOC
Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs as an Alternative for Teacher Professional Development: Examining Learner Persistence [...]
Guide to Developing Digital Games for Early Grade Literacy for Developing Countries
Digital Game-Based Learning, Literacy
Guide to Developing Digital Games for Early Grade Literacy for Developing [...]
EduApp4Syria: Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster Impact and Technical Evaluations
Digital Game-Based Learning, Literacy
EduApp4Syria: Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster Impact and [...]
