Lessons Learned from the Tech and Play Initiative: Insights to Inform Program Design and Implementation

This brief shares lessons from the LEGO Foundation-funded Tech & Play initiative in Kenya, Rwanda, and Brazil, which promotes play-based, student-centered learning through technology. Drawing on four years of research led by EDC in collaboration with local research partners, the brief offers practical insights, examples, and guiding questions to help partners design and adapt education technology programs effectively.

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Authors:

Nicole Breswow, Megan Silander, Daniel Light

Services:

Research & Evaluation

Services:

Research & Evaluation

Media Type:

PDF

Resource Type:

Report

Focus Area:

Elementary & Secondary Education

Project:

LEGO Foundation: Scaling Learning through Play with Technology Research Collaborative

Project:

LEGO Foundation: Scaling Learning through Play with Technology Research Collaborative

Date:

2025

Region:

Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean

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