Education

I wear a mask. Not like the crime-fighting vigilante Batman but like a self-conscious child at a fancy dress competition, trying to fit in. The mask becomes stark in June, Pride Month, which also marks the beginning of the school academic year. Over weekends, I plunge into community…

The webinar titled 'Exploring Generative AI in UK Higher Education: Perspectives from Institutions, Educators, and Students' was organized on the 2nd of May, 2025 by The Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Research Interest Group 154 (Education and Technology), Critical EdTech India (CETI), and IT for Change (ITfC).

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The CSET 2025 Bengaluru and New Delhi edition was one of many CSET 2025 events that happened across the globe between February 17th and February 21st, 2025 in response to a call from Prof. Neil Selwyn, Faculty of Education, Monash University, and a leading international researcher in the area of digital education. See details of the event here…

Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director of IT for Change, and Lead—Education and Technology, wrote a chapter titled 'The Pandemic and the Platformization of Education,' which was published in the Southern African Review of Education's special Issue: Researching, Teaching and Learning…

IT for Change wrote a chapter - "RTE in Karnataka: Pursuit of Equitable and Inclusive Education through RTE", for the publication, "Implementation of the right of children to Free and Compulsory Education act, 2009: Where do we stand? Status report 2024" of the Right to Education Cell (RTE CELL) of The Council for Social Development (CSD).…

Can 'digitally facilitated' writing enable teachers to develop themselves as academic writers? This was the question that an IT for Change team attempted to answer through a 'Writing workshop for government school teachers'. The teachers' response was unequivocal. Thirteen of them wrote a paper based on an innovation…

Do we have the skills and mindsets that help us navigate the internet? What is digital citizenship? Why is digital literacy the need of the hour? Is social media a double-edged sword? These questions and more, are explored by Soorya Hariharan (Sr Coordinator, Training…

IT for Change conducted a study on the "Little KITEs" program, implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), across 2,174 high schools in Kerala. Our study report highlights how the program equips students with learning that goes beyond technological literacy and skills. The program helps…

The Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI) and IT for Change (ITfC) have been collaborating since 2018 on several projects related to integration of digital technologies into English Language Teaching (ELT). In 2023-24, ITfC conducted sessions on ‘Krashens’ Hypotheses on Second Language Acquisition for…

Pre-service teacher preparation programs are crucial for shaping future teachers' beliefs, practices, and commitment, acting as their gateway into the teaching community. These programs confirm, extend, challenge, and reform their ideas about teaching. Each aspiring teacher brings unique…