Abstract
This publication is one part of a series of rapid evidence reviews that has been produced by the EdTech Hub. The purpose of the rapid evidence reviews is to provide education decision-makers with accessible evidence-based summaries of good practice in specific areas of EdTech. They are focused on topics which are particularly relevant in the context of widespread global challenges to formal schooling as a result of COVID-19.
Summary
This Rapid Evidence Review (RER) provides an overview of existing research on the use of technology to support personalised learning in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The RER has been produced in response to the widespread global shutdown of schools resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19. It therefore emphasises transferable insights that may be applicable to educational responses resulting from the limitations caused by Covid-19. In the current context, lessons learnt from the use of technology-supported personalised learning — in which technology enables or supports learning based upon particular characteristics of relevance or importance to learners — are particularly salient given this has the potential to adapt to learners’ needs by ‘teaching at the right level’.
This RER provides a summary of the potential benefits of technology-supported personalised learning as well as identifying possible limitations and challenges. It intends to inform educational decision makers, including donors and those in government and NGOs, about the potential to use technology-supported personalised learning as a response to the current pandemic. The findings and recommendations are also anticipated to be of interest to other education stakeholders (e.g. researchers and school leaders).
The RER involved a systematic search for academic and grey literature to address the overarching question: What is known about personalised learning through using technology that can be of value in responding effectively to mass school shutdowns in LMICs?
Authors and contributors
Major, Louis (Author)
Francis, Gill A. (Author)
Citation
Major, L., & Francis, G. A. (2020). Technology-Supported Personalised Learning: A Rapid Evidence Review (Rapid Evidence Review No. 1). EdTech Hub. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4556925
Link to this record
https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/A2II5ZV7
Key themes
- Personalised learning in low- and middle-income countries
- Low-level foundational skills
- Primary education
- Secondary education
Type
- Rapid Evidence Review (RER)
