Portfolio

Policy Brief: The Digital Multiplier Model for Teacher Professional Development at Scale   An estimated 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to meet the scale of the educational challenges across the world, and especially in the Global South. Using current models of teacher professional development (TPD), it would [...]

Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South Over the past two years, DL4D has brought together leading international and regional scholars and practitioners to critically assess the potentials, prospects, challenges, and future directions for the Global South in key areas of interest around digital learning. It commissioned discussion papers for [...]

Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia   DL4D Network Lead Professor Cher Ping Lim edits the section on information and communications technology of the Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia. The chapters in this section include: Introduction: Digital learning for development of Asian Schools (Cher Ping [...]

Learning at Scale for the Global South Over the past two years, DL4D has brought together leading international and regional scholars and practitioners to critically assess the potentials, prospects, challenges, and future directions for the Global South in key areas of interest around digital learning. It commissioned discussion papers for each of these [...]

MOOCs as an Alternative for Teacher Professional Development: Examining Learner Persistence in One Chinese MOOC   Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have developed into a significant international movement, showing great promise in addressing equity, quality, and efficiency issues in global education. To date, many MOOCs have been developed specifically for [...]

An Evaluation of the Integration of M-learning in Total Reading Approach for Children Plus (TRAC+): Enhancing Literacy of Early Grade Students in Cambodia   This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the mobile learning (m-learning) component of the World Education-implemented TRAC+ project. It focused on the value [...]

Guide to Developing Digital Games for Early Grade Literacy for Developing Countries   This Guide presents information to be considered when designing games for literacy learning, uses game examples that demonstrate how game developers and literacy educators have worked together, and features 12 case studies of good practice games. It [...]

EduApp4Syria: Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster Impact and Technical Evaluations EduApp4Syria is a partnership between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD), the Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Orange, and the Inter-Agency Network [...]

Learning Analytics for the Global South Over the past two years, DL4D has brought together leading international and regional scholars and practitioners to critically assess the potentials, prospects, challenges, and future directions for the Global South in key areas of interest around digital learning. It commissioned discussion papers for each of these areas [...]

An Evaluation of ELLN Digital: Technology-Supported Teacher Professional Development on Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy for K-3 Teachers This report describes a mixed methods study of the Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Digital (ELLN Digital) teacher professional development (TPD) program pilot in the Philippines. The pilot took place in 2016-2017, implemented [...]