Mitigating Learning Losses and Accelerating Learning through Adaptive Learning: lessons from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic

At the beginning of 2021, the World Bank EdTech Team identified as one of the main topics of interest for Ministries of Education worldwide the need to mitigate learning losses caused by the ongoing pandemic and the use of technology as a pathway to accelerate learning. One technology that has been a focus for these remedial actions is Adaptive Learning, also called Personalized Adaptive Learning (PAL). Today's episode focuses on adaptive learning and its application in countries such as Dominican Republic and Ecuador. World Bank Research Analyst Maria Barron (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/maria-barron) speaks with World Bank Senior Education Specialist Cristobal Cobo (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/cristobal-cobo) about the promise of adaptive learning, World Bank Senior Economist Diego Angel-Urdinola (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/diego-angel-urdinola) about lessons in adaptive learning from Ecuador, World Bank Economist Juan Baron (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/juan-baron) about lessons in adaptive learning from the Dominican Republic. Related blog posts: https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/use-adaptive-computer-assisted-remediation-programs-prevent-student-dropout-context-covid https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/adaptive-technology-help-improve-math-learning-dominican-republic https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/considering-adaptive-learning-system-roadmap-policymakers