What’s a Learning Brief?
EdTech Hub’s learning briefs are a collection of practical, evidence-backed resources, made for people working to improve the use of technology in education.
Each brief brings together years of expertise from leading players across the EdTech sector, providing key answers to critical questions about implementation, strategy, cost and use, saving you time and effort.
We now have a dedicated series of learning briefs on AI in education, emerging from the work of EdTech Hub’s AI Observatory and Action Lab. These explore how AI tools and interventions are being used in and out of the classroom for teaching, learning and service delivery, specifically in low- and middle-income countries.
Read on for evidence made to be used, so your EdTech interventions work.
Who Could Benefit From Reading These?
- Education policymakers
- Advocacy groups focusing on education policy in the Global South
- Community leaders and influencers in EdTech
- Donors and funding organisations in EdTech
- Education technology companies
- Government education ministries
- Non-governmental organisations in education
- Researchers
How Is AI Being Used by Education Ministries to Improve Service Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
This Learning Brief explores how ministries of education in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance education service delivery. While much of the global discourse around AI in education focuses on teaching and learning, this brief highlights emerging systems-level applications — such as automating administrative processes, improving education management information systems (EMIS), supporting data-driven decision-making, optimising resource allocation, and informing policy and curriculum design.
How Is AI Upgrading Teachers’ Roles in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
This learning brief maps the present and emerging visions of AI use in LMICs to understand the extent to which AI can ‘upgrade’ teachers’ roles.
How Is AI Being Deployed to Support Foundational Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
This learning brief synthesises emerging evidence on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being deployed to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Drawing from global case studies and existing analyses, it highlights that AI’s greatest potential lies in amplifying proven, evidence-based practices — structured pedagogy, targeted remediation, teacher support, and language-aligned materials.
Your Questions Answered
Please contact EdTech Hub if you have any questions about our learning brief series, or if you would like to share your ideas for new learning brief topics which would help you in your work.
