Mobile learning during school disruptions in sub-Saharan Africa

RF Kizilcec, M Chen, KK Jasińska, M Madaio… - AERA …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
School closures due to teacher strikes or political unrest in low-resource contexts can
adversely affect children's educational outcomes and career opportunities. Phone-based …

Experimental evidence on learning using low-tech when school is out

N Angrist, P Bergman, M Matsheng - Nature human behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
School closures occurred extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic, and occur in other
settings, such as teacher strikes and natural disasters. The cost of school closures has …

[图书][B] COVID-19 and Education in Africa

L Namatende-Sakwa, C Langsford, S Lewinger - 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The closure of all educational institutions to curb the spread of COVID-19 effectively turned
homes in Uganda into learning sites. Continuation of learning from home in many African …

Nudges to improve learning and gender parity: preliminary findings on supporting parent-child educational engagement during Covid-19 using mobile phones

E Aurino, E Tsinigo, S Wolf - 2022 - docs.edtechhub.org
Key words: parental education engagement; caregiver engagement; nudges; text messages;
schooling; learning; Ghana; gender In this study we evaluate a digital intervention to …

Predicting gaps in usage in a phone-based literacy intervention system

R Chatterjee, M Madaio, A Ogan - International Conference on Artificial …, 2020 - Springer
Educational technologies may help support out-of-school learning in contexts where formal
schooling fails to reach every child, but children may not persist in using such systems to …

Reimagining parents' educational involvement during the COVID-19 lockdown

D Daniels - Southern African Review of Education with Education …, 2020 - journals.co.za
When Covid-19 forced South Africa into lockdown in mid-March 2020, and closed school
doors indefinitely, it laid bare the essential and the most vulnerable aspects of education …

From zero to hero–is the mobile phone a viable learning tool for Africa?

M Ford, J Batchelor - 2007 - researchspace.csir.co.za
In many countries mobile phones are being banned from schools amidst growing concerns
regarding their inappropriate use during school hours. However, the mobile phone is the de …

[HTML][HTML] Ruptured school trajectories: understanding the impact of COVID-19 on school dropout, socio-emotional and academic learning using a longitudinal design

S Bayley, D Wole Meshesha… - … and Life Course …, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This paper presents the findings of longitudinal research conducted in Ethiopia exploring the
effects of COVID-19 school closures on children's holistic learning, including their socio …

[PDF][PDF] Learning in the Time of a Pandemic and Implications for Returning to School: Effects of COVID-19 in Ghana

S Wolf, E Aurino, N Suntheimer, E Avornyo… - Consortium for Policy …, 2021 - researchgate.net
The Covid-19 pandemic led to school closures all over the world, leaving children across
diverse contexts without formal education for nearly a year. Remote-learning programs were …

Mobile phone usage among senior high and technical school students in Ghana and its impact on academic outcomes–a case study

CS Aggor, ET Tchao, E Keelson, K Diawuo - The Challenges of the Digital …, 2020 - Springer
There are currently over 7.6 billion mobile phone connections in the world, which is
approximately equivalent to the world's population; as if to say that everyone in the world is …