Tag: online learning

How the other half learns: Online education’s equity issues

by Mary Burns | Jul 17, 2023 | Learning

Is online learning inherently inequitable? Such a nettlesome question lays bare one of online learning’s most long enduring Achilles Heels—that it benefits learners with significant financial and educational advantages while neglecting the poorest and most educationally disadvantaged ones. Read More

Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Speed a Global Embrace of Online Learning?

by Mary Burns and Peter Orne | Mar 31, 2021 | Learning

This blog was written by Mary Burns, Education Development Center, and Peter Orne, a Boston-based communications consultant and former Editorial Director of the Wireless Internet...

Supporting teachers’ professional development in Zambia in COVID times

by Kris Stutchbury, Clare Woodward, Lore Gallastegi and Rachel Hanson | Feb 1, 2021 | Teachers

This blog was written by Kris Stutchbury (Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education); with contribution from Clare Woodward (Lecturer in International Education), Lore Gallastegi...

Effects of school closures on secondary school teachers and leaders in Rwanda: results from a phone survey

by Laterite | Jan 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Laterite and the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, who are working together as learning partners...

Making online higher education work: Opportunities, challenges and policy imperatives under COVID-19

by Yifei Yan | Oct 13, 2020 | Higher Education

This blog was written by Yifei Yan, LSE Fellow at the Department of Social Policy and a Founders’ Fellow with the American Society for Public Administration. Her research...

Improving teaching quality in Rwanda during COVID-19: Emerging opportunities for learning and research

by Laterite and Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge | Sep 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Laterite and the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge. Laterite and the REAL Centre are learning...

Responding to COVID-19 in Lebanon: Interview with Rima Malek

by NISSEM | Jul 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

With the ‘COVID-19 Interviews’, NISSEM has embarked on a series of interviews with actors from government and civil society, in order to understand better the practicalities and...

School, interrupted: 4 options for distance education to continue teaching during COVID-19

by Mary Burns | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog is written by Mary Burns, Education Development Center. She takes a look at the four most common distance technology for contractors, donors and educators who find...