Teachers' Blog

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework developed by CAST, an Understood.org founding partner. UDL guides the design of learning experiences to proactively meet the needs of all learners.

There are many possibilities that digital education technologies such as touch screen tablets might have in increasing early learning outcomes in developing countries. To better understand the efficacy of using touch screen tablet technology to raise pupil learning outcomes, research is needed that focuses not only on pupil learning outcomes, but also on critical aspects of implementation, such as teachers' use of and attitudes toward tablet technology and the embedding of tablet technology within a (developing) country's education system. 

As many countries are winning the fight against the spread of coronavirus among the citizenry, others are experiencing a second wave of the pandemic. Scientists have studied the Coronavirus Pandemic to reveal the extent to which the risk of infection in certain environments especially in the classroom can be mitigated if school authorities, teachers and students take some measures against airborne transmission. 

The new Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Junior High School (Basic 7 to Basic 9) and Senior High School (Basic 10) is the second phase of pre-tertiary curriculum review which started in 2017, with KG and Primary years programme currently being implemented by the Ghana Education Service since 2019.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that Cabinet has approved the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Junior and Senior High School and that it is expected to roll out at the beginning of the next academic year.

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) develops national educational technology policy and establishes the vision for how technology can be used to transform teaching and learning and how to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible for early learners through K-12, higher education, and adult education.

Little Paul is sad because he can’t go out. He can’t see his friends or visit his grandparents. Like everyone else, he has to wait until the coronavirus pandemic is over. 

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, a.k.a SpaceX, is a privately owned American aerospace manufacturing and space travelling services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. With the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars, SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk.

Coronavirus related disruption is giving educators time to rethink how to deliver quality education in a way that is safe for everyone and meets public health guidelines. Technology is one possible solution and will continue to play a key role in educating future generations. In a world where knowledge is a mouse-click away, the role of Educators must change. Could the COVID-19 pandemic change how we educate? Not since World War II have so many countries around the world seen schools and educational institutions go into lockdown. We know that the impact of this virus will be far-reaching. What might it mean in the longer-term?