Jul 19The Final Year Student FellowMarie is a 2021/2022 Chalkboard Education fellow that joined the fellowship in her final year. Despite an increased school workload and juggling other activities, she has proved to be quite the multi-tasker and still provides her best throughout this fellowship. Curious to know more about Marie? …Interview9 min read
Jul 11Instructional Design and Content Creation — The Chalkboard Education WayEdtech goes beyond converting physical textbooks into digital ones. Instead, Edtech solutions, such as what Chalkboard Education offers, take these learning materials, revise them and break them down into understandable parts for learners. To do this, an important characteristic is present: instructional design. …5 min read
Jun 30User Experience Design in EdtechWhat is Front-End Design? — As you read this article, what you see right now can be considered the front end. A website’s front-end is what you interact with when you use a website or an app. To appreciate the front-end construction, two key elements should be focused on — “Look” and “Feel.” You can…Edtech6 min read
May 23Building Relationships through a Fellowship: Collaborating to make ImpactGet to know our team! This week: Chinenye Ejereonye, Chalkboard Fellow on our Ops & Marcom Team. This interview is the second of a series featuring the outstanding 2021 Fellow Cohort from Chalkboard Education. Chinenye is a Business Administration major that joined the 2021/2022 Chalkboard Education cohort of Fellows. She…Fellowship7 min read
Apr 27Building A Career in Technology: A Fellowship that turned into a BrotherhoodGet to know our team! This week: Joshua Owusu-Ansah, Chalkboard Fellow on our Developer Team. This interview is the first of a series featuring the outstanding 2021 Fellow Cohort from Chalkboard Education. Ayeyi: Hi Joshua! How are you doing? Joshua: (smiles) I’m fine, and you? Ayeyi: We are in the…Internships7 min read
Jan 24Using EdTech to address the digital gender divideWhat is the digital gender divide? We live in a digital age, where electronic tools and resources facilitate our day-to-day activities. However, the access and usage of these digital tools are not spread equally among genders, and women tend to be worse off. The International Telecommunications Union states that over half of the global women population…Edtech6 min read
Jan 24Achieving SDG 4 using EdTech (The importance of achieving equity and inclusivityWhat are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are action points adopted by the United Nations to eradicate poverty, preserve the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all people by 2030. There are 17 goals in total. These are interconnected to provide a positive balance between social, economic, and environmental sustainability. What is the fourth SDG?Sdg 46 min read
Jan 24Removing unconscious bias right from the startWhat is unconscious bias? Bias is leaning in favor of or against a particular person, thing, or group, creating unfairness. These can stem from beliefs a person holds concerning a group of people or things and feed into their actions unconsciously. Specific environments can trigger people’s unconscious bias. Types of Bias There are several types of unconscious…Inclusive Design6 min read
Jan 24Barriers developing countries face in implementing Edtech solutionsThere has been a significant boom in the adoption of Edtech globally, especially after the outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic pushed many schools to go online and supplement teaching and student learning — as a result, Edtech solutions became the go-to. However, the integration of Edtech is not as simple…Edtech6 min read
Nov 29, 2021The Role of NFTs in EdTechWhat are NFTs? Non-fungible tokens, commonly known as NFTs, are the latest development in the tech space. Fungible items can be replaced with something else because they are not unique. For example, suppose I have a 50 pesewas coin or a quarter coin. In that case, I can use another 50 pesewas coin…Nft7 min read
