Published in Learning Equality·Aug 8#FindFLN — the resultsWhat we learned from the community outreach we did with the goal of expanding our awareness of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy digital learning resources — Earlier this year, Learning Equality reached out to members of its global community of collaborators on a quest to expand our awareness of digital learning materials focused on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), the scope of what is readily available for use in low-resource and low-connectivity contexts, and where the…Literacy6 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Mar 9Getting Started with Kolibri: Introducing the Wizard!In order to better support new and existing members of our community with finding the best resources to get started with using Kolibri, we are proud to introduce the Wizard, a simple tool designed to make your life easier when looking for guidance. Over the course of the last few…Kolibri3 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Feb 23Kolibri v0.15, the "Take Home" ReleaseLast February 20, we celebrated World Day of Social Justice. Social Justice is grounded on four principles: equity, access, participation, and rights. As such, we could not have found a better way to honor social justice than by announcing the arrival of Kolibri v0.15, the "Take Home” release. In this…Equity10 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Feb 21#FindFLN — a community outreach for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy digital learning resourcesLearning Equality is seeking support to scope the FLN digital resource landscape to identify resources that can serve learners in low-resource environments. By sharing back our findings as a public good, this effort will ultimately support all young learners who have had their learning disrupted amid the pandemic. — We are in the midst of a learning crisis that is deeply impacting marginalized learners in low-resource environments. The magnitude of the learning crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighted in this World Bank-UNESCO-UNICEF report. …Literacy4 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Dec 22, 2021Learning Equality Looks Back on 2021In a year where we had to reckon with a prolonged pandemic and its effects on the continuity of learning globally, we look back at our efforts to support learners and educators –and those of our community at large– with a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Below, you can read some…Education7 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Sep 30, 2021Digitizing curriculum standards to improve global education — an international collaborationTogether, Learning Equality, Google.org, Vodafone Foundation, UNHCR, and UNESCO (as part of the Global Education Coalition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic) have been collaborating on a project aimed at digitizing and centralizing various curriculum standards so that information about them can be better understood to not only help alignment…Curriculum5 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Sep 9, 2021Edtech in Crisis and Emergency: Observations From Making Kolibri Fly in Jordan, Uganda, Kenya, and TanzaniaOn this International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the Learning Equality team considers how equity-oriented collaborations and Kolibri have enabled teachers and learners — particularly those in secondary education — across varied learning environments in four countries to actively participate in the digital education movement. In 2020, the United…Refugees5 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Aug 12, 2021Community Spotlight: Meet the Refugee Youth-Led Organization Helping to Build Leadership Skills with KolibriWe’re delighted that our friends and Kolibri Hardware Grants Program grantee, Project Stand Up (PSU), a refugee youth-led organization based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has authored a blog on their experience with Kolibri. Central to their work is their rallying motto, “When you break the wings of a bird, you…Refugees4 min read
Published in Learning Equality·May 5, 2021Stories of Education Continuity during COVID: Leveraging Edtech without Internet using KolibriBy Navya Akkinepally, Lauren Lichtman & Chris Petrie This article was originally posted by HundrED.org, who in partnership with the OECD, The World Bank, and the Global Education Innovation Initiative from Harvard University, has collected stories from across the globe about the solutions education systems are using to continue learning…Education5 min read
Published in Learning Equality·Mar 11, 2021How we built equitable design principles at Learning EqualityDesign decisions are not always straightforward. In order to help our product team better navigate trade-offs and difficult design conundrums, Learning Equality’s UX Design duo, Jessica Aceret and Khang Mach co-created the Kolibri Design Principles. In this blogpost, they speak about their process in detail and share practical examples for…Design10 min read