Education Alliance Finland (EAF) is conducting a pedagogical quality evaluation of Novda Edutainment’s textbooks and pedagogical guides for primary classes of General secondary schools in Uzbekistan. EAF’s quality criteria is based on educational psychology and learning science principles used by EAF. Today, EAF works with more than 300 learning solutions in more than 30 countries.
Education Alliance Finland (EAF) has joined forces with EdTech Impact, bringing together two of the leading operators in the EdTech evaluations space. This is a major step for EAF to ensure the value of the EAF certification continues to grow globally.
Announcing the news, EdTech Impact’s CEO, Michael Forshaw, said the move followed a period of “rapid organic growth” for the business, and that EAF was an ideal partner that “shares EdTech Impact’s values and mission to build a more evidence-informed EdTech sector for all”.
Every morning on our way to kindergarten with my daughter, we see first graders walking to a nearby school. It's fun to observe them. I'm normally only half awake, it's pitch black and often freezing cold, but the students seem to be full of energy. Those who walk together with friends are laughing, talking loud, and surprisingly often mimicking shooting sounds.
Pretty sure that 30 years ago, me and my friends looked and sounded exactly the same.
Adding game elements, like rankings, achievements and quests to digital learning products, has become a popular way for improving student engagement and learning outcomes. To learn more about how to begin designing a good gamified EdTech product, check out our article about Gamification and Game-Based Learning in EdTech.
Everything is about data these days.
During our EAF 2021 client workshop Riku Alkio from Seppo.io gamification platform, shared their journey as a start-up to break-even situation. When asked, what he wished they would have done differently, his answer revealed lot:
This is how you can get your EdTech product evaluated and certified by EAF.
The evaluation process is simple, and the following values guide us in certification work:
The client doesn't have to wait for the results for months. With our large pool of professionals we conduct evaluations quickly and on-demand.
Access to the product and being available for additional questions is all we need from the client.