Literacy League

Our 2023 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Communities of Practice Landscape Report is out! See a PDF copy of it here or on the by clicking on the button below. 

The Literacy League Community of Practice is a technical exchange networking platform for leading global and local organizations focused on the appropriate and scalable uses of EdTech to support foundational literacy.

With our CoP members we:

  • Knowledge Share: successful strategies and approaches that have worked well in different contexts.
  • Resource Exchange: good practices of foundational literacy programs
  • Support: share advice and brainstorm together 
  • Professional Development: explore opportunities for members to enhance their skills through workshops and webinars.
  • Network and Mentor: connect with like-minded individuals, to facilitate knowledge transfer and guidance.
  • Advocacy and Awareness: advocate for the importance of foundational literacy in education and raise awareness about the impact of organizations promoting foundational literacy for learners in formal and informal settings.

Please see a list of our current members below:

2023 FLN CoP Landscape Report

Literacy League Community of Practice:
Asia Foundation
Autocognita
Chimple
Curious Learning
Enuma
GDL
Graphogame
Library for All
NBA
One Billion
Room to Read
Saide
Ubongo
War Child
WAY
World Reader
World Vision

Learn from our Literacy League Community of Practice!

We convene a quarterly community of practice (COP) meeting with Literacy League members on various professional development topics of common interest. Please find below video recordings of the meetings, along with topic and presenter details. 

May 2024

Topic: Creating National Language Kids’s Books with AI

Presenter: RobotsMali

November 2023

Topic: Enhancing Accessibility

Presenters: Batazia, Imagine Worldwide, Worldreader

May 2022

Topic: Quality

Presenters: African Storybook, Room to Read, and SIL/SIL LEAD

 December 2022 

Topic: Evidence of Impact 

Presenters: onebillion, Library for All, and Save the Children Australia

December 2021

 Topic: Scaling  

Presenters: Curious Learning, Chimple, Ubongo, and GraphoGame

Organizations Featured at mEducation Alliance Symposia

We have featured some terrific literacy-focused organizations at our prior Symposia.

Literacy Presentations featured at the 2023 Symposium

Batazia

Breaking Language & Cognitive Barriers to STEM Education in Africa: A Pathway to Transforming Learning on The Continent; Ndipabonga Atanga, CTO; Barbara Gwanmesia, CEO

Worldreader

How Worldreader supports children reading S.T.E.M content anywhere using BookSmart; Deborah Backus, Chief Design Officer

Imagine Worldwide

STEMpowering Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in Malawi and Beyond; Joe Wolfe, Co-founder and CEO

Signature Activities

Foundational Literacy & Numeracy

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Math Power! Community of Practice

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Afghan Kids Support Hub

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Youth Digital Champions

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Jax Chaudhry

Jax Chaudhry leads Project Invent, a national nonprofit that empowers youth with future ready mindsets for individual success and global impact, through invention. Originally from the Southside of Chicago, Jax loves working with students, families and partners to ensure every student can attain success as they define it. For more than 10 years, she has worked with elementary schools, high schools, education nonprofits and led regional teams and operations to ensure student success.

Michael Leventhal

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning scienceMichael Leventhal is co-founder of RobotsMali, a pedagogical and AI4D laboratory and STEM education center in Bamako, Mali. RobotsMali has trained thousands of students from elementary school to high school in computer science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, coached national robotics teams that have won 32 medals in international competitions, and developed technologies using AI and robotics for the social and economic development of Mali. Before becoming an educator in Mali, Michael worked as a technologist in Silicon Valley.s, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.

Enouce Ndeche

Enouce Ndeche is the founder and Director of Vijana Amani Pamoja ,VAP a community scheme based in Nairobi Kenya that uses the power and the popularity of the game of soccer/football as a catalyst for social, educational and economic empowerment.Enouce holds a degree in sociology from Egerton university and he is also the 2020 individual award recipient “Diversity and Inclusion Eminent Leader Award Enouce is also a certified Sports Philanthropy and Executive, George Washington University and is a 2023 Gratitude Network fellow.

Kenneth Y T Lim

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning sciences, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.