Learning Equality

Over the past 11 years, we’ve grown into a leading organization in the offline edtech space. Now we’re building on that momentum and evolving with some changes at Learning Equality. We are clear on who we are, our position in the world, our values, and our model. We find ourselves at an incredibly exciting inflection point though, and are making some changes to reflect this as we launch into a new era of innovation and impact. These changes include: A new leadership model, a rebranded look & feel, and new additions to the Kolibri Product Ecosystem. Learn more in our announcement blog post and stay tuned throughout the next week as we delve deeper into each update: le.fyi/new-era #edtech #offline #digitallearning #offlinelearning #digitallearningresources #educationequity #educationequality #needsdriven #valuesdriven #equitydriven

📣 Do you have 2 minutes to support our work and help give it some visibility? We’re a finalist for The Anthem Awards, and your vote could help us win! All you need to do is go to this page https://lnkd.in/dhwiZAU9, look for ‘Flying Colors with Kolibri’, press ‘celebrate’, use your email to sign up, and that's it!  Thank you in advance for your support! 🙏 You’ll be voting specifically for Flying Colors– our innovative approach to project-based learning in refugee settings. You can learn more about Flying Colors in this video. Voting closes on Thursday, October 31st, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time! #ProjectbasedLearning #Refugees #nonprofit #nonprofitaward #anthemawards #RefugeeEducation #Educationforall #Techforgood #globalchange #socialimpact #educationequity #mathandliteracy #playbasedlearning #playbasededucation #digitallearning

Flying Colors, our innovative approach to project-based learning in refugee settings has been selected as a finalist for The Anthem Awards under the Education, Art & Culture - Education or Literacy Platform: Community Voice category. ☑️ We invite our community to support our work and help us win by “celebrating” (voting for) ‘Flying Colors’ here: le.fyi/anthem-awards and then scroll until you find “Flying Colors with Kolibri” and click the “celebrate” button! Voting is open now through Thursday, October 31st, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. #ProjectbasedLearning #PBL #Refugees #RefugeeLearners #nonprofit #nonprofitaward #anthemawards #RefugeeEducation #Educationforall #edtech #Techforgood #globalchange #educationequity #socialemotional #mathandliteracy #playbasedlearning #playbasededucation

📢 Introducing Kolibri Studio 2024: The Bulk Editing Release! 📑 The new Bulk Edit feature allows users to quickly and easily update the metadata for one or more resources at once. Editable metadata includes language, category, levels, learning activities, source, audience, and requirements. With the enhanced command palette, users can now access bulk edit options effortlessly. These improvements not only save valuable time but also reduce cognitive load by eliminating the need to navigate between pages when performing editing tasks. Other notable fixes and enhancements in this release that improve the overall user experience in Kolibri Studio: 🗂️ Pagination has been added to make browsing a channel easier  🆎 New ‘Sort Alphabetically’ option in the command palette  💾 H5P interactive files can now be uploaded as resources 🔐 Login password policy has been strengthened to enhance security Learn more here: le.fyi/studio24 #bulkediting #enhancedsecurity #cybersecurity #browsing #sorting #interactivefiles #edtechtools #userexperience #UX #UXdesign #metadata #bulkedit #educationtechnology #edtech #datasorting #pagination #errorprevention

📍 Guess who is a finalist at The Anthem Awards this year? 🤚 💛 🎉 We are beyond excited to announce that ‘Flying Colors with Kolibri’, our innovative approach to project-based learning in refugee settings has been selected as a finalist for the 4th Anthem Awards under the Education, Art & Culture - Education or Literacy Platform: Community Voice category. We thank the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences for the honor, and invite you, our community, to help us win by celebrating Flying Colors on the Anthem Community Voice page: https://lnkd.in/dhwiZAU9 Voting is open now through Thursday, October 31st, at 11:59 pm PT.

Today, we want to once again express our gratitude to Sujai Gupta for his Google Summer of Code (GSOC) project, which was improving the Kolibri Learning Platform’s “Distributed Error Reporting”, developing a system to report runtime errors in offline contexts and send them to servers once internet connectivity is restored. Note from Samson Akol (one of Sujai’s mentors): “Sujai, your commitment and dedication have been pivotal in completing your GSoC project. I truly value your self-drive, creativity, and the thoughtfulness you brought to every aspect of your work. Thanks to your efforts, Kolibri now has distributed error reporting implemented! I’m excited about continuing our collaboration beyond GSoC and greatly appreciate your ongoing contributions. I hope your journey with us continues to be both rewarding and enriching, helping you reach your professional aspirations while gaining valuable experiences.” Note from Sujai: “I started contributing to Kolibri because it’s a large, impactful open-source project, offering far more learning opportunities than I could find elsewhere. That’s why I’m still an active part of the community after GSoC, continuing to make contributions and grow with the platform. The mentorship I receive from some truly talented people is invaluable, and it’s been an amazing experience to keep building my skills while working on something meaningful.” Contributors like Sujai donate their time to ensure that our free, open ecosystem of edtech tools and resources run smoothly, efficiently and continue to be inclusive and equitable. They play a powerful role in our mission to build equity in education! #opensource #developers #EdTech #EducationEquity #Coding #firefox #KeyboardNavigation #errorreporting #distributederrorreporting

A new report commissioned by the Offline Internet Consortium (OLI) – which Learning Equality is a part of – highlights the need for a deeper understanding of offline internet technologies and their proven capabilities in bridging the global digital divide. “While conventional approaches divide the have and have-nots of internet access, offline internet suggests a gray area—a continuum of connectivity, where innovative hardware and software solutions, localized content, digital skills, and supportive policies enable meaningful access to a wide array of digital content without the need for permanent internet connectivity.” Read OLI’s report ‘The Power of Offline Internet: Beyond the Binary of Connectivity’: https://lnkd.in/dit3i2Tm Addressing the digital divide through creating learning solutions for the 2.6 billion people without the Internet has been at the forefront of Learning Equality’s mission for over a decade. Kolibri is our open product ecosystem for teaching and learning with tech but without the Internet that is specifically designed for offline use but that can leverage a continuum of connectivity. Our focus is on student-centered learning, so everything we develop – from our Kolibri Studio curricular tool to our curated set of materials for use offline in the  Kolibri Library – is based on building learners’ agency, ensuring teachers can focus on teaching, and that diverse learning needs are being met. #offlinefirst #offlineinternet #offlinetech  #offlinetechnologies #offlinetechnology #digitaldivide #internet #offlineedtech #digitallearning #digitalresources #edtech

Today is World Teachers’ Day, and this year UNESCO is highlighting the need to address the systemic challenges teachers face and to establish a more inclusive dialogue about their role in education. So we thought we’d have some of the teachers on our Learning Equality team share a few systemic challenges teachers face and how we address them through Kolibri-- our open product ecosystem for offline-first teaching and learning with tech but without the Internet in underserved communities. From time constraints, large class sizes, to inadequate resources and support, teachers around the world make do with various systemic challenges. We strive to alleviate some of those barriers by automating what can be automated, helping free up time so educators can spend more time teaching. #worldteachersday #teachers #educators #education #teachersupport #edtech #teachingsolutions #educatorresources #educatortools #systemicchallenges #educationnonprofit #inclusivity #teachingbarriers #educationbarriers

📣 Extra, extra! Kolibri has a new patch release! With enhancements to the Kolibri Library page load time, bug fixes and other UX improvements, this patch release builds upon the recently released Android App version of Kolibri. To all tech enthusiasts out there, here is the full changelog: le.fyi/releases Open source contributors and software developers wishing to contribute to Kolibri, here is how you can pitch in: le.fyi/devcontribute 👋 We’re Learning Equality, an equity-driven education nonprofit focused on creating solutions for the 2.6 billion people without the Internet. Kolibri is our open product ecosystem designed for teaching and learning with tech but without the Internet in underserved communities. #bugfixes #opensource #UXimprovements #techenthusiasts #edtech #Kolibri #AndroidApp #changelog #python #coding #github #programming #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineer #webdeveloper #github #coders #fullstackwebdeveloper #opensourcecontributor

We are so grateful for all the HPE employees who have learned about and chosen to invest in our work to build equity in education these last few weeks. We’re so honored to be a participating organization in Fast Forward and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s sixth annual Accelerating Impact campaign which supports tech nonprofits! All the support fuels a global movement for a future where everyone can thrive! Thank you again HPE! #hpegives #technonprofit #EducationEquity