New Literature Review on EdTech
FOS Affiliate Philip Oreopoulos co-edited this new VoxDev literature review on edtech in low- and middle-income countries.
Education technology (EdTech) has expanded rapidly across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet the evidence from the past two decades shows that technology itself is not typically an education input. Rather, EdTech is a delivery mechanism whose effectiveness depends on what is delivered, how, and what it displaces. Across the major categories of interventions – hardware access, instructional technology, parent/teacher information tools, and governance reforms – several consistent lessons emerge.