Why TWOB?

Welcome.

You’re here because you want to improve training and education throughout the developing world. You recognize the tremendous potential in leveraging educational technologies to combat poverty. You see that mobile technologies are empowering people. You want to learn how to better leverage hi-tech tools and technology-enabled learning environments to facilitate learning on grander scales.

You are not alone.

Sound instructional design – grounded in theory and informed by research – must inform our our creative strategies for scaling up learning programs in the developing world context.

Let’s do this together.

Educational technology is a broad area of study focused at systematically facilitating learning and improving performance by leveraging any-tech (high-tech, low-tech, no-tech) required to do the job. Our search aims to ride the wave of mobile technology adoption throughout the developing world, exploring how to facilitate learning and document improvements in performance.

Every page in this pathfinder invites your contribution.