Bridging gaps and Reimagining
Education with EdTech
Our work in EdTech focuses on leveraging technology to improve student learning both at home and in school. Our work is built on four pillars:
Supporting the creation and adoption of high quality, contextual learning solutions for low income communities
Gathering and generating evidence on the role of technology in education
Supporting governments in adopting effective and relevant software solutions
Creating public goods to support the EdTech ecosystem
Developing Contextual and High-Quality Solutions
Rocket Learning uses a custom-built digital communication platform to send out learning materials to parents and teachers on WhatsApp groups through automated technology
Top Parent empowers parents with the tools and resources to help their children acquire foundational skills through nudges that are contextualized to the learning journey of each child
We support ConveGenius which uses a WhatsApp-based conversational AI chat bot and focuses on providing assessment based remediation to students to address the learning loss due to Covid-19
Saarthi aims to improve learning outcomes through enhanced parental participation. It uses Relationship Managers to support parents in engaging with their child through high-quality Math worksheets
CSF supported three EdTech solutions that were piloted in government schools in Andhra Pradesh – Mindspark, ConveGenius, and Funtoot. All three of these apps are Personalized Adaptive Learning (PAL) solutions – software solutions that tailor teaching instructions to the exact learning levels of each child
Generating Evidence on EdTech in India
ConveGenius
ConveGenius has been running an internal evaluation via difference-in-difference methods, with support from CSF, to understand the differential impact of WhatsApp-based remediation packages on student learning outcomes. The study is being conducted with close to 1000 students across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Chimple
We are supporting Chimple, a game-based math and language app with the evaluation of its teacher-directed at-home learning model
Home and Blended Learning
We believe the future of learning is blended and are working to create meaningful evidence to seamlessly extend learning from home to school, and empower students to problem-solve independently
Rocket Learning
A Randomized Control Trial is being conducted by J-PAL, led by Prof. Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego) and Prof. Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics), under the RISE program, to study the impact of Rocket Learning on student learning outcomes and on parent behavior change
Top Parent
We conducted a quasi-experimental study across 800 households in Delhi, in partnership with Saajha and Top Parent to understand the impact of increasing parental engagement and engagement strategies like IVRS, text messaging on learning outcomes
ConveGenius
ConveGenius has been running an internal evaluation via difference-in-difference methods, with support from CSF, to understand the differential impact of WhatsApp-based remediation packages on student learning outcomes. The study is being conducted with close to 1000 students across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Chimple
We are supporting Chimple, a game-based math and language app with the evaluation of its teacher-directed at-home learning model
District Virtual Education Program
We collaborated with CHiPs and Educational Initiatives for a program to improve learning levels of students in Chattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon, Dantewada and Bastar districts. As a part of this, personalized adaptive learning (PAL) solutions were used to identify and remediate student learning gaps at an individual level in government schools. Click here to read more.
Digital Classrooms
Despite being among the most widespread Edtech interventions in government schools in India, evidence around Digital Classrooms (DCR) or SmartClass remains limited. CSF is planning to undertake action research to generate evidence that will help governments make more informed decisions around DCR, and are currently working on the research design
EdTech Lab
Partnering with IDinsight, EdTech Lab makes evaluations of the outcome of using technology in educations easy. This helps in scaling up the solutions and ensuring improved learning
District Virtual Education Program
We collaborated with CHiPs and Educational Initiatives for a program to improve learning levels of students in Chattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon, Dantewada and Bastar districts. As a part of this, personalized adaptive learning (PAL) solutions were used to identify and remediate student learning gaps at an individual level in government schools. Click here to read more.
Digital Classrooms
Despite being among the most widespread Edtech interventions in government schools in India, evidence around Digital Classrooms (DCR) or SmartClass remains limited. CSF is planning to undertake action research to generate evidence that will help governments make more informed decisions around DCR, and are currently working on the research design
Building Partnerships with Governments
We are supporting the governments of Haryana and Madhya Pradesh with procuring effective EdTech solutions.
We have previously supported the National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR), which aims to help the EdTech ecosystem to enhance the quality of education in the country through innovation and experimentation
Creating Public Goods for the EdTech Ecosystem
EdTech Tulna
We partnered with researchers from IIT-Bombay to build EdTech Tulna, an evaluation index for EdTech solutions. EdTech Tulna supports governments and institutions to take adoption decisions based on quality
TicTacLearn
TicTacLearn is a free and fun learning resource available on YouTube and DIKSHA. It has also been adopted by 10 states as part of their learn at home programs of which 8 states have also telecasted it on their regional TV channels
Our Reports
We published a report ‘Reimagining Education Through Technology’, and also partnered with Bharti Foundation for the ‘Remote learning in the times of Covid-19’ which explores the dynamics of remote learning during the pandemic.
Home and Blended Learning
We published a report ‘Reimagining Education Through Technology’, and also partnered with Bharti Foundation for ‘Remote learning in the times of Covid-19’ which explores the dynamics of remote learning during the pandemic.
