TIESEA Dissemination and Capacity Building Workshop
The month of April was certainly a busy time for the TIESEA team as the Dissemination and Capacity Building workshops were held in each of the four TIESEA countries.
Each country workshop included a presentation on the findings of the TIESEA intervention in the country and a range of capacity-building presentations designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of educators and stakeholders who participated in the workshops.
The workshops featured a Teacher Storytelling presentation, where teachers who were part of the TIESEA intervention shared their experiences and learnings, bringing the program’s success stories to life.
A range of experts then delivered informative and engaging capacity-building sessions focused on AI for Education, AI for Assessment, and EdTech trends across Southeast Asia.
We were incredibly fortunate to have a local PhET expert lead participants through the PhET Interactive Simulations presentation, which included a hands-on activity.
Presentations:
Rethinking Future Digital Assessments -Jeffrey Xu
Cambodia
In Cambodia, ADB gave the opening remarks, followed by the Director of the General Secondary Education Department at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, who highlighted the need to shift from passive to active learning as part of school reform. The final session of the day was a hands-on session with Ms. Nikita Kumar from Taghive. This presentation included a demonstration of the technology and how it is being used in the classroom.
Presentations:
Cambodia Draft Findings Kosal Chea EN
Cambodia Draft Findings Kosal Chea KH
Cambodia Teacher Story Telling EN
Cambodia Teacher Story Telling KH
Philippines
The Philippines workshop included a message of support from TESDA Secretary, Suharto T. Mangudadtu and an informative presentation from Ms. Redilyn Agub, the Chief for NITESD eTESDA, discussing the background and strategy for the Philippines intervention.
During the STEM and Project-based Learning session, Mr. Glenn Mendoza, PhET, emphasized the effectiveness of situation-based learning in conjunction with physical laboratory work. The final session of the day in the Philippines was an insightful presentation from Mr. Paolo Balinas of Amazon Web Services, discussing AWS AI strategy, AWS Academy, and AWS re/Start.
Presentations:
Philippines Draft Findings Zenaida Domingo
Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, participants had the privilege of listening to presentations from Mr. Kieu Huy Hoa, the Viet Nam Program Director from Khan Academy, who discussed how Khan Academy, a non-profit organization providing education access outside the classroom, is being deployed across Viet Nam. The final presenter was Ms. Minh Nguyen, the Director of Development for InterEdu, who talked about the Imagine Academy and how teachers and students in Viet Nam can participate.
Presentations:
Vietnam Draft Findings Nguyen Hong Hanh VN
Vietnam KhanAcademy Presentation
Indonesia
The Indonesia workshop opened with a speech from Dr. Iwan Syahril, Ph.D., Director General of Early Childhood Education, Primary Education and Secondary Education, at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Techonology (MoECRT). He emphasized that it is the lower 50% of the students in primary and secondary education that need the most assistance. He also commented that during COVID isolation, teachers missed the opportunity to share with other teachers socially and professionally.
The Indonesia workshop included a presentation from Mr. Byeongjo (Jo) Kong, Digital Technology Specialist with ADB, showcasing a case study on GenAI for teacher assistance in Bangladesh. And the final session of the day was a panel discussion facilitated by Ms. Anne Taylor, Team Leader of the TIESEA project, with panelists from ADB, AWS, Google, Microsoft and UNESCO-ICHEI.
Presentations:
Indonesia Draft Findings Cahya Ratih EN
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Reimagine Tech-Inclusive Education: Evidence, Practices, and Road Map
As the dynamic field of education technology (EdTech) continues to revolutionize the learning process, this document explores the supporting evidence for effective digital learning, the crucial interventions and innovations in EdTech, and the optimal methods for implementing successful digital transformation endeavors in the education domain.
By illustrating how rapid technological advancements are disrupting the job market and leading to a skills gap, it presents strategies for the swift expansion of EdTech and its integration into national education agendas. Elaborating on how EdTech is already driving a shift from teacher-centered learning, the document provides tools to assess readiness for digital education and emphasizes the importance of an ecosystem-based approach in transforming and reimagining the learning experience.
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Workshop on Effective Integration of ICT in the Classroom
The integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the classroom is not limited to urban areas, but it is also important in rural areas. However, teachers in rural face unique challenges when integrating ICT into their teaching practice due to factors such as limited infrastructure, lack of access to resources, and limited technology literacy among students and teachers. A workshop on “Effective Integration of ICT in the Classroom” in rural areas has been designed under the Indonesia intervention and conducted to address this issue. The workshop was carried out on 3-6 April 2023 and aimed to equip teachers in rural areas with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to effectively integrate ICT tools and resources into their teaching practice.
The workshop aimed to introduce teachers to various ICT tools and resources available for classroom use, demonstrate how to effectively integrate ICT in lesson planning and delivery, and provide hands-on experience with various ICT tools and resources.
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Launch of the Intervention in Indonesia and Delivery of the Equipment
The pilot intervention in Indonesia is designed to provide capacity building for teachers to develop their digital literacy by introducing the Merdeka Mengajar platform and teaching STEM using technology within a minimal internet connectivity area. It includes a series of capacity-building workshops, learning materials development, pilot testing, and reporting. It is expected that this intervention will ensure the readiness of teachers to implement the Merdeka Curriculum.
Naringgul village has been selected randomly from the group of low socioeconomic, lack of internet connectivity but highly populated area in Indonesia. The junior high schools selected for the intervention are four schools in Naringgul village under the District of Cianjur – West Java, Indonesia. For the TIESEA intervention, 4 schools are selected randomly: SMPN 3, 6, 8, and SMPN 9 Naringgul.
In order to start the intervention, the requirement equipment was procured and then installed in March 2023. Each of the 4 targeted schools received 20 ARM-based technology laptops. Besides laptops, other hardware was delivered and installed to set up a computer laboratory, such as LCD projectors, portable sound systems, charging carts, UPS, and other electrical and lighting equipment. A digital library was also set up with the help of our partner SEAMOLEC technical team.
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Caption: Inspection and installation of the equipment delivered in Naringgul schools, Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on 28-30 March 2023.
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Koh Khsach Tunlea Lower Secondary School
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TIESEA EdTech Interventions Proposal
Educational Technology (EdTech) has the power and capacity to significantly enhance teaching and learning for students in all parts of the world. Online, and digitally-enhanced, learning provides a new dimension that offers potentially unlimited opportunities; but, as we learnt during the COVID pandemic, these opportunities are unevenly spread. As a result of school closures, coupled with poor infrastructure, we know that many children in middle-income countries suffered almost two years without access to any form of tuition.
The Technology-Enabled Innovation in Education in South-East Asia (TIESEA) is a two-year multi-country program funded by the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific through the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and implemented by a joint venture between IBF International Consulting and Learning Possibilities. Aimed at piloting EdTech devices both in school and at home for students and teachers at secondary school level in order to assess the extent to which EdTech devices can be used to improve the learning and teaching quality among target students and teachers in the pilot school and community.
The TIESEA project, therefore, has an overriding ambition of proposing EdTech solutions in the four partner countries that are relevant, realistic, scalable, and sustainable; and which serve to bridge rather than deepen the digital divide. A common feature across all the country profiles is weak, unreliable, and uneven access to internet connectivity, especially in non-urban locations, and poor availability of EdTech devices for students.
Accordingly, in most interventions, at least part of the proposed solution is through providing rich and comprehensive learning resources through content-rich “internet in a box” with local distribution networks for universal access, where there is poor internet access. In most proposed cases the student devices are low-cost and durable tablets and cellphone handsets.
Through trialing the proposals in some of the most challenging environments, the hope of the project team is that there will good demonstrations of how technology-enhanced learning can be promoted and experienced by learners in all conditions. In this way, the TA team aims to show how scalability can be achieved through innovative technology applications and sustainable funding mechanisms that involve the private sector.
The country-level eReadiness assessments already conducted by the in-country experts of the TIESEA Technical Assistance (TA) team have identified the following national needs:
• In Cambodia, a need to use EdTech effectively to promote STEM and resource-based, student-centered education.
• In Indonesia, a need to find a mechanism through which schools in areas with limited Internet connectivity can join the rest of the country in adopting Kurikulum Merdeka (the recently launched, Freedom to Learn curriculum).
• In the Philippines, a need to find a mechanism through which vocational education can be extended to underserved areas of the country supporting youth in those areas to become skilled and work-ready.
• In Viet Nam, a need to equip students to be able to communicate effectively in English in an increasingly global society.
Read the full intervention here
Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia – (Vietnamese)
Catch up or re-watch the ‘Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia’ event from Bett Asia, with leading industry experts and senior government leaders.
This recorded session outlines the local situation, country by country, and seeks to demonstrate how the project interventions can overcome obstacles in order to maximise the contribution that EdTech can make to both students’ achievement and the quality of learning in the region.
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Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia – (English)
Catch up or re-watch the ‘Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia’ event from Bett Asia, with leading industry experts and senior government leaders.
This recorded session outlines the local situation, country by country, and seeks to demonstrate how the project interventions can overcome obstacles in order to maximise the contribution that EdTech can make to both students’ achievement and the quality of learning in the region.
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Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia – (Khmer)
Catch up or re-watch the ‘Opportunities and risks for EdTech in Southeast Asia’ event from Bett Asia, with leading industry experts and senior government leaders.
This recorded session outlines the local situation, country by country, and seeks to demonstrate how the project interventions can overcome obstacles in order to maximise the contribution that EdTech can make to both students’ achievement and the quality of learning in the region.
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