World Education has formally announced the formation of The EdTech Impact Advisory Group with the goal of promoting and supporting the organization's vision of advancing digital equity in today's increasingly tech-driven world. The Impact Advisory Group will help World Education and the EdTech Center expand its networks, launch new pilot projects, and benefit from thought partnerships from experts outside the organization. Advisory Group members will be convened and coordinated by the EdTech Center at World Education's leadership in close collaboration with all WEI divisions - US, Africa, Asia, and Bantwana.

The mEducation Alliance has announced the 2nd Annual Youth Digital Champions Competition in an effort to encourage youth to use digital skills to make a difference. Nominations for those between the ages of 15-29 who have significantly contributed to community development through digital skills are currently being accepted to be considered for one of the Youth Digital Champions' case study collections and Digital Literacy 101 courses in development with Alison.com. Nominations are being accepted on a rolling basis through Friday, May 25th, 2022.

As part of the OCTAE funded Digital Resilience in the American Workforce initiative, the EdTech Center managed an EdTech Maker Space project to add additional resources to the Digital Skills Library developed by World Education with funding from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund. Register for the project showcase on Friday, March 18th at 1PM EST to see how input from the DRAW landscape scan resulted in a more robust library and to experience the unveiling of the new standalone digital skills library!

This week in our Tech Tip Takeover | Weekly Digital Skills Resource…

¿Por qué utilizar una computadora? (English: Why use a computer?) In this DigitalLearn.org course, learn about the benefits of using a computer! In the lesson ¡Estoy abrumado! (English: I’m overwhelmed!), engage in activities to calm your nerves when using new technology. It’s always important to acknowledge that using new technology can take a toll on our mind and emotions. Setting goals and reflecting can help! Part of the ✨big reveal of the Digital Skills Library (on March 18th, register here) that we are very excited about is the addition of resources in other languages! A participant from Connecticut, Jose Adorno, helped us add the entire library of DigitalLearn’s Spanish courses. Thanks, Jose!

Learn how the California Office of Digital Innovation sought to understand the experience of Californians applying for the new Emergency Broadband benefit through the online portal. The authors describe the creative process they used which included phone calls with 60 people that got stuck on the online application. The findings from their conversations were then shared to make small but important changes to the Emergency Broadband Benefit sign-up process to resolve the most common digital barriers.