Evaluation of Can’t Wait to Learn Platform (Pilot Phase)

15 سبتمبر، 2022

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Short-term Consultancy Services for Conducting Research on Evaluating Can’t Wait to Learn Platform (Pilot Phase)
General Information
Services/Work Description:
Recruitment of short-term research company/consultant for War Child Holland in Jordan
Project/Program Title
: Can’t Wait to Learn – Learning Platform
Post Title
: Can’t Wait to Learn, Evaluation of a Moodle Learning Management System.
Duty station
: Jordan
Duration:
4 months
Expected start date:
Upon signing of contract

*1. Background/Project Description
Can’t Wait to Learn (CWTL)
is a global, innovative, and evidence-based education initiative, co-created by War Child Holland together with education partners and the wider learning community of children, caregivers, teachers, and ministries of education. The initiative and its intervention arms provide gamified learning opportunities for children affected by crises and conflicts, offering safe and quality access to education.
Its appeal lies in its engaging and student-self-guided approach to learning and it helps children to reinforce their learning in a fun and interactive way. In 2020 and due to COVID-19, CWTL underwent a significant adaptation to ensure children still had uninterrupted access to education where schools were closed, and nationwide lockdowns were enforced. Rather than see the pandemic as a barrier, War Child Holland in Jordan saw this as an opportunity to expand the reach and target more children by making the CWTL arms widely available; offline, and through remote learning modalities, by utilizing the learning content the team has developed together with Ministry of Education specialists.
The learning content of the CWTL provides children with the basic skills of numeracy and Arabic literacy along with essential social and emotional learning, while we offer our implementing partners -including front liners (caregivers and educators)- the capacities and key skills needed through training, and coaching; to ensure quality delivery of the innovation.
The initiative specifically targets students with learning loss inside their homes, schools, and community centers in refugee camps and urban areas. In Jordan we are present in:
War Child Holland’s Safe Spaces
: in Zaatari Refugee camp and Emirati Jordanian Camp.
Ministry of Education Schools:
in Amman, Zarqa, Shobak, and Irbid governorates.
Community-based partners:
in Mafraq and Zarqa governorates including Azraq city.
War Child Holland and the Can’t Wait to Learn initiative -globally and in Jordan- are committed to continuing the research and development of education innovations, while we aim to sustain and scale our interventions together with implementing and funding partners, with and for children because they can’t wait to learn.
2. Methodology
Note: The following is not final, we encourage applicants to suggest changes where they see necessary.

Approach
Shifting from game-based material to interactive online lessons motivated this research concerning stakeholders’ perspectives and opinions on the look, feel, and content of the online modules on the platform.

Pilot phase
For the pilot phase, we need to monitor and evaluate two main areas 1) Online User Experience and 2) Training of educators and platform administrators. The platform pilot phase consists of three main topics that need to be evaluated:

Learning Management System (Moodle): Children’s happy flow & Teacher dashboard.

Training: Educators and administrators.

Content: Math, Literacy, and Social emotional learning (SEL)
The pilot cycle will consist of
30 online sessions
in Arabic Literacy,
20 online
sessions in Math, and
10
online sessions in the Social Emotional Learning component. The pilot cycle will run for a maximum of four weeks.
Our aim is to evaluate the
user experience and performance in the above three main topics for the students, and educators
. Our sample shall consist of
200
students,
15
teachers, and
4
supervisors/coaches. We aim to have two categories for the students as follows:
–
100
students from
(7-9)
years old, divided equally between male and female
(50M, 50F),
and each
50
is divided equally between new users and old users
(25 new users, 25 old users
).
–
100
students from (
10-12)
years old are divided equally between male and female
(50M, 50F)
and each
50
is divided equally between new users and old users
(25 new users, 25 old users).
–
Objectives of the consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to assess the current platform (pilot phase) of can’t wait to learn project and produce/develop a research tool in order to collect data, implement, and evaluate the current platform.
3. Functions/Key results expected
The research company will be involved in research activities to produce a research tool on the current platform of Can’t Wait to Learn project (Pilot Phase) and implement the data collection, under the supervision of the project’s management team at War Child- Holland. The research company will be responsible for the following activities:

Undertaking study/research together with the project team and organizing the research activity.

Developing of study/research protocol.

Developing, testing, and formatting of questionnaires (pre & post).

Collecting data, analysing and reviewing the collected data.

Developing a research tool (quantitative) focusing on
user experience and performance for all of the students and educators.

Developing a research tool (qualitative) focusing on
user experience and performance for a sample of the students, caregivers, educators, and supervisors.

Conducting 14 focus group discussions with students, educators, caregivers, and supervisors.

Developing of a study/research/evaluation report (first draft and final draft).

The consultant shall be responsible for the full dataset compilation and the final edit and lay-out of the printable version of the final report.
4. Reporting Relationship
The successful consultant will work under the guidance of War Child-Holland – Jordan office, reporting to Can’t Wait to Learn Manager, with close coordination with the Research Coordinator. They shall submit the required report and implement the research project in a successful way.
5. Contractual Agreements
One research company will be engaged for this assignment. A contract will be signed with between War Child and the research company/consultant. The consultant shall agree on a division of labour among themselves for better coordination.
6. Duration and timeline of the Assessment
The assignment will be implemented over a period of 4 months starting from the signing of the contract.
1. Milestone:
Research Tool
Deliverables
– Develop of study protocol
– Develop of quantitative questionnaire for all participants
– Develop of qualitative questionnaire for students
– Develop of qualitative questionnaire for educators
– Develop of qualitative questionnaire for caregivers
– Develop of qualitative questionnaire for supervisors
Due date:
October 2022
Approval should be obtained:
War Child Research Team
2. Milestone:
Pre-Assessments. Data collection and Implementation
Deliverables
– Conduct pre quantitative with 200 Students
– Conduct pre quantitative with 15 Educators
– Training of educators on the content
– implementation of the research study
Due date:
October 2022
Approval should be obtained:
War Child Research Team
3. Milestone:
Data Collection & Analysis
Deliverables

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– Conduct post quantitative with 200 Students
– Conduct post quantitative with 15 Educators
– Conduct 12 FGDs with 70+ students (girls alone and boys alone vs. new users alone and old users alone)
– Conduct 1 FGD with 4 Supervisors
– Conduct 1 FGD with 8 Educators
– Conduct 4 FGD with caregivers
– Analysis of al