Monitoring Countries' Readiness to Support Education with Digital Technologies: a Conversation with Imaginable Futures

<p>The Global Education Policy Dashboard (GEPD), funded by a partnership between the World Bank, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and government of Japan, provides policymakers with a system for measuring the drivers of learning outcomes in basic education around the world. As part of this initiative, the Edtech Readiness Index aims to help countries assess the readiness of their ecosystems in leveraging 'edtech' to promote learning for all. The Index not only includes device availability or connectivity but also institutional capacities, school management, educational resources, quality of the learning experience, and development of digital competencies which constitute an ‘ecosystem’ essential for an effective ‘edtech’ implementation.</p> <p>Imaginable Futures supports the EdTech Readiness Index and today Cristobal Cobo, Senior Education Technology Specialist at the World Bank, is speaking with Amy Klement, Managing Partner of Imaginable Futures, and Sergio Venegas Marin, Young Professional at the World Bank Global Education Practice, about monitoring countries' readiness to support education with digital technologies and the EdTech Readiness Index.</p> <p>Learn more:</p> <ul> <li>Scaling Access &amp; Impact Report: Realizing the Power of Edtech:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/scaling-access-impact-realizing-power-edtech/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/scaling-access-impact-realizing-power-edtech</a></li> <li>Learning to Overcome podcast:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/learning-to-overcome/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imaginablefutures.com/learnings/learning-to-overcome</a></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Amy Klement</strong> is the managing partner and a board member of Imaginable Futures. She leads Imaginable Future’s team and strategy and is responsible to the board for running the organization. Previous to spinnin