Digital Learning in Africa
news | Words Tom Beresford | 25 Oct 2017
Innovation Unit starts an exciting research project working with UNICEF, in partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Education Services, to envisage the opportunity for digital learning in and across Africa.
There is a growing appetite for education technologies, with investment set to reach $252 billion globally by 2020. Yet, our understanding of what education technologies and digital learning has to offer is still evolving.
Innovation Unit is delighted to be working with the Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan Education Services and both UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa, and West and Central Africa Regional Offices (ESARO, WCARO) to produce a recommendations paper on what it takes to develop an enabling environment for digital learning in Africa.
We hope to better understand what role digital learning can play in ensuring effective and relevant learning outcomes and promoting educational inclusion, as well as what role UNICEF can and should play in this space.
Through this project, our consortium will build a rich perspective of what other partners, donors and organisations are doing in digital learning across Africa, and establish what their priorities are going forward.
If you want to find out more about the project or have any questions, please contact Tom Beresford and Sarah Ward.
More like this
Context is King
How can we use edtech in schools and what does it mean for school design?
22 Jun 17
The edtech litmus test
What does it really take to reap the promise of technology? Five experts judge the value and role of technology in education.
19 Jun 17
How do we reinvent school for the modern world?
The thriving societies of tomorrow need thriving young people today: children and young adults who want and are able to positively shape the world around them.
20 Apr 17