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ICT in the Classroom
for Quality Education
Strengthening learning and teaching methods
in under-resourced schools in developing
countries.
SEPTEMBER2014
IICDPOSITIONPAPER
HIGHLYSKILLEDTEACHERS:THE
CORNERSTONEOFQUALITYEDUCATION
Despite the proven importance of education
and its combative effect on poverty, 75 million
children – the majority of whom are girls – are
still not in school. For those children who do
make it to a school, quality is an issue: 130
million schoolchildren worldwide are unable
to read, write or do basic math4
. If all students
in low-income countries left school with basic
reading skills, it is estimated that world poverty
could decrease by 12%5
.
Teachers can do their job better in an
environment conducive to education, at
well-run schools, with support from parents,
communities and (local) governments, with
well-designed curricula and strategies for
continuously improving teaching and learning.
ICTs enable teachers to continuously develop
their teaching methods and the content of their
lessons. ICT-enabled solutions improve access
to relevant educational resources, stimulating
tools for engaging students and new ways
of communicating with all participants in
educational systems. Furthermore, building ICT
capacities of teachers can lead to equipping
students with critical 21st century skills, such as
digital literacy, critical thinking, collaboration,
communication and problem solving. These
skills make students more employable and
better equipped for life after school. With the
appropriate combination of ICTs in schools
and classrooms and with training and capacity
building, these technologies can enhance
quality of teaching and students’ abilities to
engage with the digital technologies that have
become ubiquitous in modern society.
Quality education is a foundation for other forms of development: it empowers people to
become better informed, more gainfully employed, healthier and fosters a more democratic
society1
. In many developing countries, over 80 students per teacher is the norm2
, which often
leads to hiring unqualified or underqualified teachers, thus resulting in weak and inefficient
educational systems. Selecting and training teachers, supporting them with a well-managed
educational system and motivating them to remain in the profession is therefore critical3
.
PAGE 2 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
The International
Institute for
Communication and
Development (IICD) is
a non-profit foundation
specialised in the use
of Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT)
as a tool and driver
for development and
change. IICD uses ICT to
help build the capacity
of people, organisations
and governments in
developing countries
to generate social
change in their own
communities and take
charge of their own
development.
IICD
IICD’SAPPROACHTOICTSFORIMPROVED
TEACHINGANDLEARNING
IICD believes that equipping teachers with pedagogical tools and access to information can bring
about large-scale social changes in entire educational systems. Many of the gaps in education in
developing countries can be bridged with the help of ICTs and enhanced capacities for creating,
sharing and using information and materials. IICD uses its ICT expertise to support partners and local
stakeholders in efforts to meet local needs and solve local problems in education.
PAGE 3 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
IICD has almost 20 years of experience in bringing
ICT solutions to classrooms from crowded urban
areas to the remotest of locations6
in primary,
secondary, vocational and tertiary education. This
experience has shown that simply equipping schools
with innovative tools is not enough to improve
teaching and learning in the classroom. IICD’s
social innovation process7
takes a holistic approach
in which all stakeholders are involved from the start.
Local stakeholders take the lead, from assessing
needs in the schools to developing their own
educational materials8
, and IICD supports them with
advice, training and on-the-job coaching throughout
each phase of a project.
The quality and professional development of
teachers is central to the achievement of quality
education for children and overall improvements
to educational systems. IICD develops teachers’
abilities to integrate technological, pedagogical
and content knowledge9
in the classroom10
,
helping alleviate common challenges like crowded
classrooms, resource shortages and outdated
pedagogical methods. Introducing ICT in schools
can also help reduce the time needed for the most
tedious tasks, diminish the isolation factor in
remote rural schools and enhance professional
development opportunities. Use of ICTs in the
educational environment reduces the overall burden
on teachers, and capacity building initiatives lead to
professional opportunities that not only enable but
also motivate teachers to continuously develop their
craft.
IICD offers its expertise and experience in
supporting teachers and classrooms with ICTs by:
• capacitating local and supporting partners
working in education by guiding them through
the use of ICTs in their projects
• training teachers and other local stakeholders
(including district education officers, school
managers, parent-teacher associations, among
others) in integrating ICTs into their educational
activities
• connecting people to the appropriate technical
solutions for meeting their goals
• innovating our own solutions when no pre-
existing functional and affordable technologies
are available
• supporting teachers and schools by advising
governments and lobbying for strong ICT
environments.
By engaging with ICT in the classroom at these
important entry points and encouraging local
stakeholders to lead social innovation, IICD offers
integrated solutions that avoid ever adopting a one-
size-fits-all approach.
“ICT has changed my way of teaching. I get
more interactive with students because I can
access more information for them. I interact
more with them and they get motivated
because I bring a variety of teaching methods
by using a projector. The students can access
the computer so they get motivated and
interested in learning. They want to learn that
‘new’ thing, and in learning that they get more
knowledge and they can interact with others
and learn a lot.”
Faith Kashu – Teacher (Ilkerin Primary Boarding School, Kenya)
BEFORE AFTER
ICTTraining
of teachers use Internet to
plan/prepare lessons
of teachers have confidence in
delivering interesting lessons
61 %3 %
72 %16 %
ICTTraining
*Impact study of the effects of IICD’s Education Programme in Ghana in 2013
PAGE 4 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
IICD’SICTINTHECLASSROOMSOLUTIONS
FORIMPROVEDTEACHINGANDLEARNING
The IICD methodology for training teachers consists of three distinct areas:
Digital skills building: Training in basic ICT skills and ICT-assisted learning familiarises all
teachers with the different types and uses of digital materials. By the end of this step, teachers
are ICT literate and familiar with ways of integrating simple ICT tools into usual classroom
routines. They are able to apply their newly acquired skills immediately and can train their
students in these same digital skills.
The success of ICT in the classroom cannot be achieved through one single solution.
For this reason, IICD offers a range of integrated ICT solutions that aim to holistically
overcome challenges and change classroom dynamics. Each of our solutions is made up
of four parts: 1) equipping schools with locally appropriate ICT tools, 2) training local
stakeholders on the effective use of these tools, 3) creating relevant educational materials,
and 4) enabling the ICT environment to support sustainable changes in education.
A tool that works brilliantly in one setting may entirely fail to deliver in another; this is why IICD’s
solutions always use a locally relevant combination of ICT tools. Tools can focus on individual
learning, such as with tablets, simple mobiles or smartphones, and laptops (including netbooks
and One Laptop per Child). Tools can also be used for group learning, like projectors and (low-
cost) interactive whiteboards or computer labs. Video equipment is used in teacher peer-training
sessions. In rural areas, energy and connectivity solutions may be needed to support schools
that are off-grid or that lack conventional connectivity. Solutions used here can be solar panels
for energy or mobile Internet modems, among others. Offline schools can also benefit from a
Network Attached Storage (NAS), which allows them to store and use educational resources.
Equip schools in rural areas
or informal settlements with
solutions appropriate to their
situation and ambition
Individual learning tools
-tablets and mobile devices
-laptops
-thin client computer lab
Group learning tools
-projector
-Interactive whiteboard
Additional tools
-Online/offline storage of
resources
-video equipment
-energy solutions
-connectivity solutions
EQUIP
TRAINProfessional development of
teachers so they are able to
confidently interact with ICT
tools and use them for improved
teaching and for training
students
-Digital skills building
-Content creation and
adaptation skills
-ICT-enabled pedagogy
EQUIP
TRAIN
TRAIN
Digital skills | Content creation | ICT-enabled pedagogy
-Individual &
group learning
tools
-Additional tools
ICT for:
-School Management and
Administration
-Policy and Strategy Development
-Maintenance and Support
-(Awareness) training
-Interactive
& context
specific content
-Education
resource building
and sharing
EQUIP CREATE
ENABLE
PAGE 5 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
Technology tools have no pedagogical value without educational content. There
is great need for good quality, relevant, contextualised and up-to-date educational
materials in developing countries, and digital materials have many advantages: they
can be quickly and easily reproduced, shared and distributed. It is easy to work with
several people on the same materials and they can be adapted to keep them up to
date or make them applicable in different learning contexts11
. Finally, content can
be made interactive using multimedia components or games, which helps teachers
make lessons more engaging. The diversity of educational materials that teachers
can create with ICTs allows students to learn through their own preferred learning
style (visual, auditory or reading/writing preference). Another way to make sure
educational resources are available is collecting relevant materials and sharing them
with others through eLibraries. These resources can be made available offline, which
is a great solution for rural schools.
CREATE
ENABLEIn order to enable the educational environment for any integration of ICT in the
classroom, IICD focuses on the larger ICT environment, which includes ensuring not
only smooth functioning of the classroom but also the school, its administration, and
the larger regional and national education systems and ICT policy. To make school
administration more efficient, IICD offers school management and information systems
(SMIS) for improved efficiency and accuracy of educational data collection and decision-
making. To engage the larger community in education, IICD offers ICT training of
parent-teacher associations, school management committees and school/government
administrators. To ensure that infrastructure and hardware continues to support ICT
in the classroom, ICT maintenance and support for schools works at both the school
level and with local NGOs and technical service providers. Finally, IICD also supports
policy and strategy development in ICT for Education at the national, regional and
organisational levels, connecting local experts and ICT advocates with higher-level policy
developers*. This holistic approach, addressing all areas of the educational system,
helps ensure that ICT in the classroom initiatives continue in environments conducive
to leveraging these ICTs for improved teaching and learning.
Ensure an enabling
environment for the solutions
and for implementers, with
support from all important
stakeholders
-ICT for School Management
and Administration
-ICT Policy and Strategy
Development
-ICT Maintenance and Support
for schools
-ICT (awareness) training of
PTAs, SMCs, administrators,
local government
Content experts (teachers)
create and adapt materials
appropriate to the local
situation
-Interactive content creation
(content for interactive
whiteboards, educational
games)
-Context specific content
creation (including content for
indigenous learning context)
-Education resource building
and sharing (eLibraries)
ENABLE
CREATE
Content creation and adaptation: Teachers are trained in generating relevant learning
materials for their classes by accessing information online and using digital tools to
create lessons and presentations. By the end of this step, teachers are able to judge,
create and adapt materials for their classrooms and students.
ICT-enabled pedagogy: Teachers start delivering lessons in the classroom with basic
ICT-enabled methods. In addition, ICTs (like video and other multimedia tools) can
be used for peer-to-peer learning to improve pedagogical methods. By the end of this
step teachers are able to confidently use ICT tools in the classroom to deliver classes
in an interactive and engaging way that integrates technology, pedagogy and content
knowledge in all subjects.
These steps never occur in the form of one-time trainings: continuous professional
development of teachers is an essential component of all IICD’s ICT introductions in
schools. Ideally, initial training of teachers takes place both in-service at schools and
pre-service at a teacher training college, but additional on-the-job training is equally
important. IICD promotes and facilitates peer support mechanisms whereby teachers
develop content together and exchange digital lesson plans to ensure continuous
professional development.
*IICD has supported the governments of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Malawi, Tanzania, Suriname and Zambia with the
development of an ICT in education policy or strategy.
MAKING EDUCATION RELEVANT WITH
LOCALLY GENERATED CONTENT
INCREASING ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS
AND TEACHERS WITH INTERACTIVE LEARNING
TOOLS
EASING CLASSROOM WORK WITH DIGITAL
TOOLS AND SKILLS
DEVELOPING TEACHING PRACTICES
THROUGH ICT-ENABLED PEER-TO-PEER
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES:
ICT SOLUTIONS FOR OFF-GRID SCHOOLS
6
19
Number of
projects in 2014
Kenya (4), Ethiopia
(1), Malawi (1)
During the solution design process, IICD together with all relevant stakeholders identify the best
applicable tools and the need for tailored trainings. In terms of technologies, our ICT solutions
always use a locally-relevant combination of information and communication tools. To address
infrastructure challenges, such as lack of broadband connectivity and electricity, IICD advises on
the use of alternative solutions found in mobile Internet and solar energy.
Each solution IICD puts on the ground incorporates the different elements described above –
training, equipping, creating and enabling – as we strongly believe that this is the only way to do
justice to the complexities of quality education. Depending on circumstances and needs, some
elements receive more focus than others in a particular ICT solution. IICD applies its approach to
ICT in the classroom solutions in the following impact areas:
PAGE 6– ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
Number of
schools involved
Kenya (15),
Ethiopia (4)
IICD strives to develop integrated solutions that take all circumstances of a given
educational system into consideration. As many rural schools in developing countries are
off-grid or have unreliable access to power and Internet, connectivity can be a challenge.
In Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi, IICD works with rural schools that have limited facilities,
and it is often these unconnected schools that can benefit most from ICT solutions. Before
rolling out solutions in schools, IICD provides thorough assessments of the schools
involved: we look at technological options and power needs, but also at interest and
involvement of the school staff. Innovation here means providing solutions for areas with
limited electricity or connectivity, in some cases using thin client (NComputing) computer
labs or working with low-energy tablets. Opportunities for integrating ICTs in these schools
become more abundant and feasible each year: solar panels become cheaper and more
innovative, and mobile Internet is more and more available, allowing for relatively cheap
Internet connectivity through mobile modems in even the remotest of locations.
IMPACT AREAS
EQUIPPING TEACHERS TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ADAPTED TO THE
INDIGENOUS LEARNING CONTEXT
In Bolivia and Peru, schools supported by IICD operate in remote mountain locations and
cater for students from Quechua and Aymara communities. To these students, textbooks with
examples from the cities make little sense.
In order to tackle the lack of relevant content, schools now use culturally and linguistically
contextualised educational materials including games, stories and poems accessed and
developed through ICTs. Ultimately, they become a crucial tool to improve the teachers’
didactic methods. The Andean culture is predominantly oral, which makes multimedia tools a
great way to record, document and distribute traditional knowledge and use it in the classroom.
Teachers are trained in the use of participatory video and school radio, and they in turn
educate their students on how to record their own audio-visual content. The applied
methodologies support the objectives of the Peruvian and Bolivian governments regarding
the use of ICT to improve the quality of education.
RECENT RESULTS | LOCALLY RELEVANT CONTENT
MAKINGEDUCATIONRELEVANTWITHLOCALLY
GENERATEDCONTENT
Number of schools involved
Kenya (4), Bolivia (295), Peru (181) and
Uganda (24)
Number of projects in 2014
Kenya (2), Peru (6), Bolivia (3) and
Uganda (2)
13 504
PAGE 7 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
ICT TOOLS
“ICTs have also helped us
connect with the outside
world, we are in a very
remote place but the
gap between the outside
world and this place is
now lesser because of
ICT. I can use the Internet
so students get updates
of what’s happening out
there even if they are not
there…”
Faith Kashu – Teacher in
Kenya
LAPTOPS
COMPUTERLABS
THINCLIENT
XO-LAPTOPS
SMS MOBILES
VIDEO
INTERNET
DIGITALOFFLINE
LIBRARIES
LOW-COST INTERACTIVE ICT SOLUTIONS FOR STIMULATING LESSONS
In Kenya, IICD currently works with schools that implement ICT in the classroom using simple
interactive whiteboards.
With a small, low-cost device called ‘ProjectorPal’13
, teachers are trained to use a regular
projector and laptop to create an interactive whiteboard in the classroom. Compared to a
regular interactive whiteboard, this solution costs significantly less, uses less energy, is less
vulnerable to damage and can be moved from classroom to classroom, making it an excellent
solution for rural schools.
Developing educational materials suitable for usage with the interactive whiteboards is
another aspect of the training programme. As a result, we now see teachers browsing the
Internet
for materials that fit their classrooms and students, including news articles and
videos. In Ghana and Uganda, teachers work with laptops and projectors in the classrooms.
Here too, teachers are taken through an elaborate training programme, focused on developing
both the technological and pedagogical aspects of using the tools. This makes sure that teachers
are not just able to use them practically, but that they are also using them to enhance their
teaching.
INCREASINGENGAGEMENTOFSTUDENTSAND
TEACHERSWITHINTERACTIVELEARNINGTOOLS
“You can see now that
more pupils are looking
for these chances, the
schools equipped with
ICT tools. A Projector
Pal has attracted and
retained students in
schools because it is
more interactive and
they enjoy learning.”
Daniel Kimutai -
Regional Coordinator
NCCK-Northrift Region,
Kenya
LAPTOPS
MOBILES
VIDEO
INTERNET
INTERACTIVE
WHITEBOARDS
PROJECTOR
ICT TOOLS
RECENT RESULTS | INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOLS
Number of schools involved
Kenya (8), Ghana (21), Uganda (2 schools
and 2 TTC), Malawi (2) and Peru (50)
Number of projects in 2014
Kenya (2), Ghana (5), Uganda (1),
Peru (6), Bolivia (3) and Malawi (1)
18 85
RADIO
EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
PAGE 8 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
ICT TOOLS
“In our case at Tsabango 1
we have got large classes
which contribute to
problems in conducting
continuous assessments
and teaching itself… The
main challenge is lack of
teaching resources, as
well as an environment
not conducive for
learners, mostly due to
large number of pupils in
class.”
Teacher in Lilongwe Rural
East Zone, Malawi
“The most exciting bit for
me was the simplification
of Kiswahili lessons. I’ve
been teaching for more
than 5 years but with
the idea of designing a
lesson together with
my colleagues, we were
able to simplify a very
complex topic in only
two hours and present
it in a very logical way to
the pupils and in a much
shorter time than in the
past.”
Teacher in Kenya
VIDEOPROJECTOR
TEACHTAB AND LEARNTAB FOR TURNING OVERCROWDED AND UNDER-RESOURCED
CLASSROOMS INTO COLLABORATIVE LEARNING CENTRES
In many Sub Saharan African classrooms, 80 students per teacher is the common reality. IICD
recently started a pilot with LearnTabs and TeachTabs in Malawi, where class sizes can reach 150.
These android tablets designed by IICD allow the teacher to easily reach all students while they
work individually or in small groups.
Teachers are trained on how to use the tablets to design and present content. Students and
teachers alike are trained in the use and maintenance of the devices. The larger TeachTab
acts partially as a server, able to share information with and monitor the smaller student
LearnTabs and giving the teacher control over the whole classroom. The TeachTab also allows the
teacher
 to interact with and prompt questions to the whole classroom at once using the interactive
whiteboard functionality. Using the LearnTab, students can work in small groups, collaboratively
post answers to quizzes prompted by the teachers or edit the same document or project together.
With these tablets, equipped with materials designated by the Malawi Institute of Education
(MIE), classrooms are able to work much more efficiently. Teachers work with the MIE
teachers’ guide to develop their own lessons based on this curriculum. While books and other
educational materials are not always widely available, the
 tablets only need one digital copy of a
textbook, many of which are freely available from the MIE or other sources.
EASINGCLASSROOMWORKWITHDIGITAL
TOOLSANDSKILLS
LAPTOPS INTERNETTABLETS
RECENT RESULTS | INDIVIDUAL DIGITAL TOOLS
32 Number of schools that use individual
laptops or tablets
CRAFTING PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES WITH VIDEOS FOR PEER FEEDBACK
In Ghana, Ethiopia14
, Uganda, Kenya and Peru teachers record and reflect on their own teaching
using a video camera, laptop and a projector.
Teachers are trained in basic ICT and multimedia skills to record, store, display and access
videos for self-assessment. Initially, teachers are guided in the process, but once they learn
how to operate the video equipment, discuss what they see and assess their own teaching;
they can repeat this process on their own. This makes for continuous learning and improvement
of their pedagogical skills. As one Ethiopian teacher states: “I learned how to use video in my own
classroom to evaluate myself. On the latest videos I can see that because of this, my teaching skills
have improved.”
Teachers see their own teaching styles on camera, discuss it in groups with other teachers

and come up with new techniques to involve students. This helps greatly in improving the
quality of teaching, especially if it is combined with other ICT tools in the classroom.
DEVELOPINGTEACHINGPRACTICESTHROUGHICT-
ENABLEDPEER-TO-PEERPEDAGOGICALTRAINING
RECENT RESULTS | ICT-ENABLED PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
Number of schools involved
Number of projects in 2014
Kenya (1), Ghana (3), Uganda (2),
Ethiopia (1 with 15 partners), Peru (1)
8 102
ICT TOOLS
EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
PAGE 9 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014
1.Education Aid Watch, Global Campaign for Education, 2013
2.African schools keep an eye on the prize - Meeting the target for universal primary
education (Africa Renewal Online, August 2012): www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/
august-2012/african-schools-keep-eye-prize
3.Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2013/4, UNESCO
4.Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2013/4, UNESCO
5.EU leading action to boost literacy in developing countries (European Commission
memo, 21 Jan 2013) http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-20_en.htm
6.ICT for Education – 5 years of learning report (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.org/
about/publications/ict-for-education-five-years-of-learning
7.The ICT-led social innovation process (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.org/about/
publications/the-iicd-approach-from-need-to-sustainability/
8.Intel describes comparable steps towards Developing and Sustaining ICT in primary
schools in this guide: http://www.intel.nl/content/dam/LAR/Portuguese/PDF/general/
guide-for-developing-and-sustaining-ict-in-primary-schools.pdf
9.Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model, Matthew Koehler and
Punya Mishra (2012): http://www.tpack.org/
10.See also the links to the UNESCO ICT competency framework for teachers: http://
unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002134/213475e.pdf
11.Myths and misconceptions about digital teaching and learning materials in Africa,
Michael Trucano, WorldBank (2013): http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/myths-digital-
materials-africa
12.Documenting Indigenous knowledge through participatory video in Peru (IICD,
2013): http://www.iicd.org/articles/documenting-indigenous-knowledge-through-
participatory-video-in-cusco-peru
13.The ProjectorPal: http://www.projectorpal.com/
14.Ethiopian teachers record and evaluate teaching skills (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.
org/articles/ethiopian-teachers-record-and-evaluate-teaching-skills-by-recording-video
RESOURCES USED FOR THIS PUBLICATION
750
schools
supported
4200
teachers
trained
120 000
students learning
with ICT in the
classroom
IICD in Education
650
administrators
& government
officials trained
46
partners
supported
408
parent-teacher
associations
trained
BOLIVIA
ETHIOPIA
GHANA
KENYA
MALAWI
PERUSURINAME
ZAMBIA
UGANDA
ICTs in the Classroom
9
Countries
_107 SCHOOLS WITH LAPTOP-PROJECTOR
COMBINATIONS
_130 ICT LABS
_263 SCHOOLS WITH SMIS
_037
IICD in Education 2013-2014
SCHOOLS WITH WHITEBOARDS,
INDIVIDUAL LAPTOPS OR TABLETS
BEFORE
ZAMBIA: GHANA:
AFTER
ICT Training
of teachers use Internet
to plan/prepare lessons
of teachers have confidence in
delivering interesting lessons
93 %7 %
93 %0 %
ICT Training
*Impact study of the effects of IICD’s Education Programme in Ghana and Zambia in 2013
TRAINDigital skills | Content creation | ICT-enabled pedagogy
-Individual
& group learning
tools
-Additional tools
ICT for:
-School Management and
Administration
-Policy and Strategy Development
-Maintenance and Support
-(Awareness) training
-Interactive
& context
specific content
-Education
resource building
and sharing
EQUIP CREATE
ENABLE
BEFORE AFTER
ICT Training
of teachers use a
projector in their lessons
45 %0 %
ICT Training
Research done in 8 primary schools in the Teso sub-region, Serere District,
Uganda (which included interviews with head teachers, school teachers
and pupils), showed that teachers have taken over the programme.
“That ownership really was so positive. Normally, if the project team is not
coming to the field the programme becomes dull. But in this case, the ICT
project interested the teachers and they took it over”
UGANDA:
Solomon Ogurumo - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Health Need Uganda
TEACHERS TAKING THE LEAD
facebook.com/iicd.org@iicd
information@iicd.org
www.iicd.org
IICD’s vision is a world in which people are fully
able to use information and technology to better
their own future and that of their society.
IICD’s mission is to enable 15 million low-income
people in developing countries to access and use
ICTs to address the challenges that they face,
understanding that ICT offers opportunities for
increased well-being and sustainable economic
development in all sectors.
IICD leads the Connect4Change (C4C) consortium in which five Dutch NGOs have joined hands to set up and support
ICT4Development programmes. Our partner in the ‘ICT for Education’ programme is Edukans. Edukans is an expert in
education in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Other consortium partners are Akvo, Cordaid,
ICCO and Text to Change is a preferred partner.
International Institute for Communication and Development
Raamweg 5 / 2596 HL The Hague / The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)70 311 73 11 / Fax: +31 (0)70 311 73 22
Photos: Gareth Bentley / IICD (cover)
Copyright © IICD 2014

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IICD_Position_Paper_ICT_in_the_Classroom_(web-version)

  • 1. ICT in the Classroom for Quality Education Strengthening learning and teaching methods in under-resourced schools in developing countries. SEPTEMBER2014 IICDPOSITIONPAPER
  • 2. HIGHLYSKILLEDTEACHERS:THE CORNERSTONEOFQUALITYEDUCATION Despite the proven importance of education and its combative effect on poverty, 75 million children – the majority of whom are girls – are still not in school. For those children who do make it to a school, quality is an issue: 130 million schoolchildren worldwide are unable to read, write or do basic math4 . If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, it is estimated that world poverty could decrease by 12%5 . Teachers can do their job better in an environment conducive to education, at well-run schools, with support from parents, communities and (local) governments, with well-designed curricula and strategies for continuously improving teaching and learning. ICTs enable teachers to continuously develop their teaching methods and the content of their lessons. ICT-enabled solutions improve access to relevant educational resources, stimulating tools for engaging students and new ways of communicating with all participants in educational systems. Furthermore, building ICT capacities of teachers can lead to equipping students with critical 21st century skills, such as digital literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, communication and problem solving. These skills make students more employable and better equipped for life after school. With the appropriate combination of ICTs in schools and classrooms and with training and capacity building, these technologies can enhance quality of teaching and students’ abilities to engage with the digital technologies that have become ubiquitous in modern society. Quality education is a foundation for other forms of development: it empowers people to become better informed, more gainfully employed, healthier and fosters a more democratic society1 . In many developing countries, over 80 students per teacher is the norm2 , which often leads to hiring unqualified or underqualified teachers, thus resulting in weak and inefficient educational systems. Selecting and training teachers, supporting them with a well-managed educational system and motivating them to remain in the profession is therefore critical3 . PAGE 2 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) is a non-profit foundation specialised in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool and driver for development and change. IICD uses ICT to help build the capacity of people, organisations and governments in developing countries to generate social change in their own communities and take charge of their own development. IICD
  • 3. IICD’SAPPROACHTOICTSFORIMPROVED TEACHINGANDLEARNING IICD believes that equipping teachers with pedagogical tools and access to information can bring about large-scale social changes in entire educational systems. Many of the gaps in education in developing countries can be bridged with the help of ICTs and enhanced capacities for creating, sharing and using information and materials. IICD uses its ICT expertise to support partners and local stakeholders in efforts to meet local needs and solve local problems in education. PAGE 3 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 IICD has almost 20 years of experience in bringing ICT solutions to classrooms from crowded urban areas to the remotest of locations6 in primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary education. This experience has shown that simply equipping schools with innovative tools is not enough to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. IICD’s social innovation process7 takes a holistic approach in which all stakeholders are involved from the start. Local stakeholders take the lead, from assessing needs in the schools to developing their own educational materials8 , and IICD supports them with advice, training and on-the-job coaching throughout each phase of a project. The quality and professional development of teachers is central to the achievement of quality education for children and overall improvements to educational systems. IICD develops teachers’ abilities to integrate technological, pedagogical and content knowledge9 in the classroom10 , helping alleviate common challenges like crowded classrooms, resource shortages and outdated pedagogical methods. Introducing ICT in schools can also help reduce the time needed for the most tedious tasks, diminish the isolation factor in remote rural schools and enhance professional development opportunities. Use of ICTs in the educational environment reduces the overall burden on teachers, and capacity building initiatives lead to professional opportunities that not only enable but also motivate teachers to continuously develop their craft. IICD offers its expertise and experience in supporting teachers and classrooms with ICTs by: • capacitating local and supporting partners working in education by guiding them through the use of ICTs in their projects • training teachers and other local stakeholders (including district education officers, school managers, parent-teacher associations, among others) in integrating ICTs into their educational activities • connecting people to the appropriate technical solutions for meeting their goals • innovating our own solutions when no pre- existing functional and affordable technologies are available • supporting teachers and schools by advising governments and lobbying for strong ICT environments. By engaging with ICT in the classroom at these important entry points and encouraging local stakeholders to lead social innovation, IICD offers integrated solutions that avoid ever adopting a one- size-fits-all approach. “ICT has changed my way of teaching. I get more interactive with students because I can access more information for them. I interact more with them and they get motivated because I bring a variety of teaching methods by using a projector. The students can access the computer so they get motivated and interested in learning. They want to learn that ‘new’ thing, and in learning that they get more knowledge and they can interact with others and learn a lot.” Faith Kashu – Teacher (Ilkerin Primary Boarding School, Kenya) BEFORE AFTER ICTTraining of teachers use Internet to plan/prepare lessons of teachers have confidence in delivering interesting lessons 61 %3 % 72 %16 % ICTTraining *Impact study of the effects of IICD’s Education Programme in Ghana in 2013
  • 4. PAGE 4 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 IICD’SICTINTHECLASSROOMSOLUTIONS FORIMPROVEDTEACHINGANDLEARNING The IICD methodology for training teachers consists of three distinct areas: Digital skills building: Training in basic ICT skills and ICT-assisted learning familiarises all teachers with the different types and uses of digital materials. By the end of this step, teachers are ICT literate and familiar with ways of integrating simple ICT tools into usual classroom routines. They are able to apply their newly acquired skills immediately and can train their students in these same digital skills. The success of ICT in the classroom cannot be achieved through one single solution. For this reason, IICD offers a range of integrated ICT solutions that aim to holistically overcome challenges and change classroom dynamics. Each of our solutions is made up of four parts: 1) equipping schools with locally appropriate ICT tools, 2) training local stakeholders on the effective use of these tools, 3) creating relevant educational materials, and 4) enabling the ICT environment to support sustainable changes in education. A tool that works brilliantly in one setting may entirely fail to deliver in another; this is why IICD’s solutions always use a locally relevant combination of ICT tools. Tools can focus on individual learning, such as with tablets, simple mobiles or smartphones, and laptops (including netbooks and One Laptop per Child). Tools can also be used for group learning, like projectors and (low- cost) interactive whiteboards or computer labs. Video equipment is used in teacher peer-training sessions. In rural areas, energy and connectivity solutions may be needed to support schools that are off-grid or that lack conventional connectivity. Solutions used here can be solar panels for energy or mobile Internet modems, among others. Offline schools can also benefit from a Network Attached Storage (NAS), which allows them to store and use educational resources. Equip schools in rural areas or informal settlements with solutions appropriate to their situation and ambition Individual learning tools -tablets and mobile devices -laptops -thin client computer lab Group learning tools -projector -Interactive whiteboard Additional tools -Online/offline storage of resources -video equipment -energy solutions -connectivity solutions EQUIP TRAINProfessional development of teachers so they are able to confidently interact with ICT tools and use them for improved teaching and for training students -Digital skills building -Content creation and adaptation skills -ICT-enabled pedagogy EQUIP TRAIN TRAIN Digital skills | Content creation | ICT-enabled pedagogy -Individual & group learning tools -Additional tools ICT for: -School Management and Administration -Policy and Strategy Development -Maintenance and Support -(Awareness) training -Interactive & context specific content -Education resource building and sharing EQUIP CREATE ENABLE
  • 5. PAGE 5 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 Technology tools have no pedagogical value without educational content. There is great need for good quality, relevant, contextualised and up-to-date educational materials in developing countries, and digital materials have many advantages: they can be quickly and easily reproduced, shared and distributed. It is easy to work with several people on the same materials and they can be adapted to keep them up to date or make them applicable in different learning contexts11 . Finally, content can be made interactive using multimedia components or games, which helps teachers make lessons more engaging. The diversity of educational materials that teachers can create with ICTs allows students to learn through their own preferred learning style (visual, auditory or reading/writing preference). Another way to make sure educational resources are available is collecting relevant materials and sharing them with others through eLibraries. These resources can be made available offline, which is a great solution for rural schools. CREATE ENABLEIn order to enable the educational environment for any integration of ICT in the classroom, IICD focuses on the larger ICT environment, which includes ensuring not only smooth functioning of the classroom but also the school, its administration, and the larger regional and national education systems and ICT policy. To make school administration more efficient, IICD offers school management and information systems (SMIS) for improved efficiency and accuracy of educational data collection and decision- making. To engage the larger community in education, IICD offers ICT training of parent-teacher associations, school management committees and school/government administrators. To ensure that infrastructure and hardware continues to support ICT in the classroom, ICT maintenance and support for schools works at both the school level and with local NGOs and technical service providers. Finally, IICD also supports policy and strategy development in ICT for Education at the national, regional and organisational levels, connecting local experts and ICT advocates with higher-level policy developers*. This holistic approach, addressing all areas of the educational system, helps ensure that ICT in the classroom initiatives continue in environments conducive to leveraging these ICTs for improved teaching and learning. Ensure an enabling environment for the solutions and for implementers, with support from all important stakeholders -ICT for School Management and Administration -ICT Policy and Strategy Development -ICT Maintenance and Support for schools -ICT (awareness) training of PTAs, SMCs, administrators, local government Content experts (teachers) create and adapt materials appropriate to the local situation -Interactive content creation (content for interactive whiteboards, educational games) -Context specific content creation (including content for indigenous learning context) -Education resource building and sharing (eLibraries) ENABLE CREATE Content creation and adaptation: Teachers are trained in generating relevant learning materials for their classes by accessing information online and using digital tools to create lessons and presentations. By the end of this step, teachers are able to judge, create and adapt materials for their classrooms and students. ICT-enabled pedagogy: Teachers start delivering lessons in the classroom with basic ICT-enabled methods. In addition, ICTs (like video and other multimedia tools) can be used for peer-to-peer learning to improve pedagogical methods. By the end of this step teachers are able to confidently use ICT tools in the classroom to deliver classes in an interactive and engaging way that integrates technology, pedagogy and content knowledge in all subjects. These steps never occur in the form of one-time trainings: continuous professional development of teachers is an essential component of all IICD’s ICT introductions in schools. Ideally, initial training of teachers takes place both in-service at schools and pre-service at a teacher training college, but additional on-the-job training is equally important. IICD promotes and facilitates peer support mechanisms whereby teachers develop content together and exchange digital lesson plans to ensure continuous professional development. *IICD has supported the governments of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Malawi, Tanzania, Suriname and Zambia with the development of an ICT in education policy or strategy.
  • 6. MAKING EDUCATION RELEVANT WITH LOCALLY GENERATED CONTENT INCREASING ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOLS EASING CLASSROOM WORK WITH DIGITAL TOOLS AND SKILLS DEVELOPING TEACHING PRACTICES THROUGH ICT-ENABLED PEER-TO-PEER PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES: ICT SOLUTIONS FOR OFF-GRID SCHOOLS 6 19 Number of projects in 2014 Kenya (4), Ethiopia (1), Malawi (1) During the solution design process, IICD together with all relevant stakeholders identify the best applicable tools and the need for tailored trainings. In terms of technologies, our ICT solutions always use a locally-relevant combination of information and communication tools. To address infrastructure challenges, such as lack of broadband connectivity and electricity, IICD advises on the use of alternative solutions found in mobile Internet and solar energy. Each solution IICD puts on the ground incorporates the different elements described above – training, equipping, creating and enabling – as we strongly believe that this is the only way to do justice to the complexities of quality education. Depending on circumstances and needs, some elements receive more focus than others in a particular ICT solution. IICD applies its approach to ICT in the classroom solutions in the following impact areas: PAGE 6– ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 Number of schools involved Kenya (15), Ethiopia (4) IICD strives to develop integrated solutions that take all circumstances of a given educational system into consideration. As many rural schools in developing countries are off-grid or have unreliable access to power and Internet, connectivity can be a challenge. In Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi, IICD works with rural schools that have limited facilities, and it is often these unconnected schools that can benefit most from ICT solutions. Before rolling out solutions in schools, IICD provides thorough assessments of the schools involved: we look at technological options and power needs, but also at interest and involvement of the school staff. Innovation here means providing solutions for areas with limited electricity or connectivity, in some cases using thin client (NComputing) computer labs or working with low-energy tablets. Opportunities for integrating ICTs in these schools become more abundant and feasible each year: solar panels become cheaper and more innovative, and mobile Internet is more and more available, allowing for relatively cheap Internet connectivity through mobile modems in even the remotest of locations. IMPACT AREAS
  • 7. EQUIPPING TEACHERS TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ADAPTED TO THE INDIGENOUS LEARNING CONTEXT In Bolivia and Peru, schools supported by IICD operate in remote mountain locations and cater for students from Quechua and Aymara communities. To these students, textbooks with examples from the cities make little sense. In order to tackle the lack of relevant content, schools now use culturally and linguistically contextualised educational materials including games, stories and poems accessed and developed through ICTs. Ultimately, they become a crucial tool to improve the teachers’ didactic methods. The Andean culture is predominantly oral, which makes multimedia tools a great way to record, document and distribute traditional knowledge and use it in the classroom. Teachers are trained in the use of participatory video and school radio, and they in turn educate their students on how to record their own audio-visual content. The applied methodologies support the objectives of the Peruvian and Bolivian governments regarding the use of ICT to improve the quality of education. RECENT RESULTS | LOCALLY RELEVANT CONTENT MAKINGEDUCATIONRELEVANTWITHLOCALLY GENERATEDCONTENT Number of schools involved Kenya (4), Bolivia (295), Peru (181) and Uganda (24) Number of projects in 2014 Kenya (2), Peru (6), Bolivia (3) and Uganda (2) 13 504 PAGE 7 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 ICT TOOLS “ICTs have also helped us connect with the outside world, we are in a very remote place but the gap between the outside world and this place is now lesser because of ICT. I can use the Internet so students get updates of what’s happening out there even if they are not there…” Faith Kashu – Teacher in Kenya LAPTOPS COMPUTERLABS THINCLIENT XO-LAPTOPS SMS MOBILES VIDEO INTERNET DIGITALOFFLINE LIBRARIES LOW-COST INTERACTIVE ICT SOLUTIONS FOR STIMULATING LESSONS In Kenya, IICD currently works with schools that implement ICT in the classroom using simple interactive whiteboards. With a small, low-cost device called ‘ProjectorPal’13 , teachers are trained to use a regular projector and laptop to create an interactive whiteboard in the classroom. Compared to a regular interactive whiteboard, this solution costs significantly less, uses less energy, is less vulnerable to damage and can be moved from classroom to classroom, making it an excellent solution for rural schools. Developing educational materials suitable for usage with the interactive whiteboards is another aspect of the training programme. As a result, we now see teachers browsing the Internet
for materials that fit their classrooms and students, including news articles and videos. In Ghana and Uganda, teachers work with laptops and projectors in the classrooms. Here too, teachers are taken through an elaborate training programme, focused on developing both the technological and pedagogical aspects of using the tools. This makes sure that teachers are not just able to use them practically, but that they are also using them to enhance their teaching. INCREASINGENGAGEMENTOFSTUDENTSAND TEACHERSWITHINTERACTIVELEARNINGTOOLS “You can see now that more pupils are looking for these chances, the schools equipped with ICT tools. A Projector Pal has attracted and retained students in schools because it is more interactive and they enjoy learning.” Daniel Kimutai - Regional Coordinator NCCK-Northrift Region, Kenya LAPTOPS MOBILES VIDEO INTERNET INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS PROJECTOR ICT TOOLS RECENT RESULTS | INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOLS Number of schools involved Kenya (8), Ghana (21), Uganda (2 schools and 2 TTC), Malawi (2) and Peru (50) Number of projects in 2014 Kenya (2), Ghana (5), Uganda (1), Peru (6), Bolivia (3) and Malawi (1) 18 85 RADIO EXAMPLE SOLUTION: EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
  • 8. PAGE 8 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 ICT TOOLS “In our case at Tsabango 1 we have got large classes which contribute to problems in conducting continuous assessments and teaching itself… The main challenge is lack of teaching resources, as well as an environment not conducive for learners, mostly due to large number of pupils in class.” Teacher in Lilongwe Rural East Zone, Malawi “The most exciting bit for me was the simplification of Kiswahili lessons. I’ve been teaching for more than 5 years but with the idea of designing a lesson together with my colleagues, we were able to simplify a very complex topic in only two hours and present it in a very logical way to the pupils and in a much shorter time than in the past.” Teacher in Kenya VIDEOPROJECTOR TEACHTAB AND LEARNTAB FOR TURNING OVERCROWDED AND UNDER-RESOURCED CLASSROOMS INTO COLLABORATIVE LEARNING CENTRES In many Sub Saharan African classrooms, 80 students per teacher is the common reality. IICD recently started a pilot with LearnTabs and TeachTabs in Malawi, where class sizes can reach 150. These android tablets designed by IICD allow the teacher to easily reach all students while they work individually or in small groups. Teachers are trained on how to use the tablets to design and present content. Students and teachers alike are trained in the use and maintenance of the devices. The larger TeachTab acts partially as a server, able to share information with and monitor the smaller student LearnTabs and giving the teacher control over the whole classroom. The TeachTab also allows the teacher
 to interact with and prompt questions to the whole classroom at once using the interactive whiteboard functionality. Using the LearnTab, students can work in small groups, collaboratively post answers to quizzes prompted by the teachers or edit the same document or project together. With these tablets, equipped with materials designated by the Malawi Institute of Education (MIE), classrooms are able to work much more efficiently. Teachers work with the MIE teachers’ guide to develop their own lessons based on this curriculum. While books and other educational materials are not always widely available, the
 tablets only need one digital copy of a textbook, many of which are freely available from the MIE or other sources. EASINGCLASSROOMWORKWITHDIGITAL TOOLSANDSKILLS LAPTOPS INTERNETTABLETS RECENT RESULTS | INDIVIDUAL DIGITAL TOOLS 32 Number of schools that use individual laptops or tablets CRAFTING PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES WITH VIDEOS FOR PEER FEEDBACK In Ghana, Ethiopia14 , Uganda, Kenya and Peru teachers record and reflect on their own teaching using a video camera, laptop and a projector. Teachers are trained in basic ICT and multimedia skills to record, store, display and access videos for self-assessment. Initially, teachers are guided in the process, but once they learn how to operate the video equipment, discuss what they see and assess their own teaching; they can repeat this process on their own. This makes for continuous learning and improvement of their pedagogical skills. As one Ethiopian teacher states: “I learned how to use video in my own classroom to evaluate myself. On the latest videos I can see that because of this, my teaching skills have improved.” Teachers see their own teaching styles on camera, discuss it in groups with other teachers
 and come up with new techniques to involve students. This helps greatly in improving the quality of teaching, especially if it is combined with other ICT tools in the classroom. DEVELOPINGTEACHINGPRACTICESTHROUGHICT- ENABLEDPEER-TO-PEERPEDAGOGICALTRAINING RECENT RESULTS | ICT-ENABLED PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING Number of schools involved Number of projects in 2014 Kenya (1), Ghana (3), Uganda (2), Ethiopia (1 with 15 partners), Peru (1) 8 102 ICT TOOLS EXAMPLE SOLUTION: EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
  • 9. PAGE 9 – ICT IN THE CLASSROOM - IICD – SEPTEMBER 2014 1.Education Aid Watch, Global Campaign for Education, 2013 2.African schools keep an eye on the prize - Meeting the target for universal primary education (Africa Renewal Online, August 2012): www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/ august-2012/african-schools-keep-eye-prize 3.Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2013/4, UNESCO 4.Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2013/4, UNESCO 5.EU leading action to boost literacy in developing countries (European Commission memo, 21 Jan 2013) http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-20_en.htm 6.ICT for Education – 5 years of learning report (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.org/ about/publications/ict-for-education-five-years-of-learning 7.The ICT-led social innovation process (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.org/about/ publications/the-iicd-approach-from-need-to-sustainability/ 8.Intel describes comparable steps towards Developing and Sustaining ICT in primary schools in this guide: http://www.intel.nl/content/dam/LAR/Portuguese/PDF/general/ guide-for-developing-and-sustaining-ict-in-primary-schools.pdf 9.Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model, Matthew Koehler and Punya Mishra (2012): http://www.tpack.org/ 10.See also the links to the UNESCO ICT competency framework for teachers: http:// unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002134/213475e.pdf 11.Myths and misconceptions about digital teaching and learning materials in Africa, Michael Trucano, WorldBank (2013): http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/myths-digital- materials-africa 12.Documenting Indigenous knowledge through participatory video in Peru (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd.org/articles/documenting-indigenous-knowledge-through- participatory-video-in-cusco-peru 13.The ProjectorPal: http://www.projectorpal.com/ 14.Ethiopian teachers record and evaluate teaching skills (IICD, 2013): http://www.iicd. org/articles/ethiopian-teachers-record-and-evaluate-teaching-skills-by-recording-video RESOURCES USED FOR THIS PUBLICATION
  • 10. 750 schools supported 4200 teachers trained 120 000 students learning with ICT in the classroom IICD in Education 650 administrators & government officials trained 46 partners supported 408 parent-teacher associations trained BOLIVIA ETHIOPIA GHANA KENYA MALAWI PERUSURINAME ZAMBIA UGANDA ICTs in the Classroom 9 Countries _107 SCHOOLS WITH LAPTOP-PROJECTOR COMBINATIONS _130 ICT LABS _263 SCHOOLS WITH SMIS _037 IICD in Education 2013-2014 SCHOOLS WITH WHITEBOARDS, INDIVIDUAL LAPTOPS OR TABLETS
  • 11. BEFORE ZAMBIA: GHANA: AFTER ICT Training of teachers use Internet to plan/prepare lessons of teachers have confidence in delivering interesting lessons 93 %7 % 93 %0 % ICT Training *Impact study of the effects of IICD’s Education Programme in Ghana and Zambia in 2013 TRAINDigital skills | Content creation | ICT-enabled pedagogy -Individual & group learning tools -Additional tools ICT for: -School Management and Administration -Policy and Strategy Development -Maintenance and Support -(Awareness) training -Interactive & context specific content -Education resource building and sharing EQUIP CREATE ENABLE BEFORE AFTER ICT Training of teachers use a projector in their lessons 45 %0 % ICT Training Research done in 8 primary schools in the Teso sub-region, Serere District, Uganda (which included interviews with head teachers, school teachers and pupils), showed that teachers have taken over the programme. “That ownership really was so positive. Normally, if the project team is not coming to the field the programme becomes dull. But in this case, the ICT project interested the teachers and they took it over” UGANDA: Solomon Ogurumo - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Health Need Uganda TEACHERS TAKING THE LEAD
  • 12. facebook.com/iicd.org@iicd information@iicd.org www.iicd.org IICD’s vision is a world in which people are fully able to use information and technology to better their own future and that of their society. IICD’s mission is to enable 15 million low-income people in developing countries to access and use ICTs to address the challenges that they face, understanding that ICT offers opportunities for increased well-being and sustainable economic development in all sectors. IICD leads the Connect4Change (C4C) consortium in which five Dutch NGOs have joined hands to set up and support ICT4Development programmes. Our partner in the ‘ICT for Education’ programme is Edukans. Edukans is an expert in education in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Other consortium partners are Akvo, Cordaid, ICCO and Text to Change is a preferred partner. International Institute for Communication and Development Raamweg 5 / 2596 HL The Hague / The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)70 311 73 11 / Fax: +31 (0)70 311 73 22 Photos: Gareth Bentley / IICD (cover) Copyright © IICD 2014