The EdTech Hub is
launching a call for proposals for at-scale research investigating EdTech’s
role in high potential but low evidence areas in low- and middle-income
countries. The purpose of this call is to increase the amount of high-quality
research evidence available regarding the impact of technology-based solutions
to improve learning and education.
Focus Topics
Projects must involve robust empirical research
and should relate to one or more of EdTech Hub’s five focus topics:
- Technology to support
personalised learning and teaching at the right level
- In-service teacher professional
development, structured pedagogy, and technology
- Technology to promote school
participation
- Girls’ education and technology
- Technology to advance data use
and decision making in education
Focus Countries
Research proposals should be for studies that
concentrate on and are undertaken in one of the six EdTech Hub focus countries:
- Bangladesh
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Pakistan
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania
Funding Information
- Research studies can apply for
up to £750,000 from EdTech Hub under this call.
Eligibility Criteria
- Research proposals must fall
within the five focus topics and countries in order to be considered. They
must clearly demonstrate the potential for impact — that is, high
potential for the research findings to inform decision-making processes.
- Projects must carefully
consider how the potential impacts of their research on policy and
practice can be maximised and developed, and proposals which challenge
existing policy and practice assumptions are welcomed.
- Applicants must clearly
describe the gap in the existing body of evidence on EdTech that their
research would fill, and present a clear dissemination plan that addresses
how the evidence generated through this research could be used by
decision-makers.
- The EdTech Hub team will work
closely with selected applicants to support and enable dissemination
opportunities within and across countries, and globally. The outputs will
be reviewed according to EdTech Hub’s peer review and quality assurance
process.
- All research funded through
this call should align with the following principles:
- Projects must involve robust
empirical research, in line with the Building Evidence in Education (BE2)
guidance on education research.
- Projects must demonstrate a
commitment to actively engage with discussion and debate with EdTech Hub
and other key stakeholders and share methodological tools and early-stage
findings as Global Public Goods.
- Projects must have the ability
and willingness to adapt and iterate methodology as appropriate.
- Projects must obtain and share
relevant and reliable cost-effectiveness data, and conduct
cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Projects must align with
national education priorities and be on a topic linked directly with
major government reform.
Post Date - 05-Mar-2021