DAY 12 KILAVO

The University of Dodoma's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) staff are embarking on a transformative two-week capacity-building program at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. From February 10^th to February 22^nd, 2025, this specialized training aims to enhance teaching excellence and pedagogical innovation at UDOM.

Participant: Kilavo Hassan

Department: Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

KEY CONCEPTS AND INSIGHT

Today's session focused on evaluating the quality of educational technology solutions, a key area of work by EdTech Tulna.

EdTech Tulna empowers users through its Evaluation Centre by providing expert evaluation reports on K-10 EdTech learning products that are publicly available. These reports help users make informed decisions about EdTech adoption. Users can explore detailed evaluations of individual products or compare the performance of different EdTech solutions.

Visit the website to see some of the evaluated tools: https://www.edtechtulna.org/evaluation-centre-catalogue.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The Tulna Index for evaluating the product includes

1.     Content Quality

2.     Pedago alignment

3.     Technology and Design

The evaluation score follows three categories: Exemplary, Valuable, and Potential to Improve.

• Exemplary: The learning content does not consider the criteria at all, or it includes only a few indicators mentioned in the criteria description.
• Valuable: The learning content includes most, but not all, of the indicators mentioned in the criteria description. Alternatively, it covers all indicators but applies them inconsistently across different topics.
• Potential to Improve: The learning content consistently includes all indicators mentioned in the criteria description.