Since 2009, our education projects have worked to integrate EdTech into STEM and foundational language learning within government and aided schools — building on the knowledge and expertise of teachers, while enhancing their technical and pedagogical capacities. Through the use of Free and Open-…
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The Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change, seeks to build participatory models that strengthen teacher agency, school autonomy, adolescent education and community participation, in partnership with public education systems. Our field projects systemically integrate digital technologies for connecting, creating and collaborating at school, district and state levels. Our research includes digital intelligence, collaborative OER models, communities of practice and free and open technologies.
Our research and practice inputs to national and state curriculum programs, and the courses we offer with academic institutions. In our advocacy with government institutions and civil society, we critique dominant models that privatize education through outsourcing, or centralize control with bureaucracies and vendors, and argue the necessity and possibilities for empowering choices of digital technologies in education.
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The use of digital technologies in education (‘EdTech’) has created problems of centralization of control over educational processes, as well as privatization of education. The use of proprietary EdTech creates a dangerous vendor lock-in, in which teacher agency…
In the recent times, with the increasing use of digital technologies in the field of education, there is a need to re-examine school cultures and classroom teaching methods. There is a need for teachers to critically examine their role in the education system as being a transformative one.…
The Technology Integration for Inclusive Education (TIIE) project was envisioned recognizing the need for inclusive approaches and strategies to address the learning needs of all students, including those with mild learning difficulties. The project also aimed to explore ways in which technology…
The Technology Integration for Equitable Education (TIEE) program, implemented by IT for Change from July 2023 to June 2025, aimed to enhance inclusive and equitable learning in government schools across Bengaluru South and Mysuru districts in Karnataka, India. With a vision to promote equity and…
One of our dreams, as teacher educators, has been to work towards eliminating the gap that exists between academicians on one hand and teachers on the other. Academicians read, write, theorize, and research while teachers teach.
In a small way, this dream was realized when our work with the…
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From classrooms across Karnataka, teachers are creating local audio stories that reflect students’ lives and cultures — proving that storytelling is not just a teaching tool, but a bridge between language and life.
Transform Your Classroom with Audio Stories, The Power of Listening in Language Learning
