The list of educational applications, platforms and resources below aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure. Most of the solutions curated are free and many cater to multiple languages. While these solutions do not carry UNESCO’s explicit endorsement, they tend to have a wide reach, a strong user-base and evidence of impact. They are categorized based on distance learning needs, but most of them offer functionalities across multiple categories.
Resources to provide psychosocial support
- InterAgency Standing Committee guidelines to protect and improve people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency
- WHO mental health and psychosocial guidance during the COVID-19 outbreak
- UNICEF guidance on how teachers should talk to children about COVID-19
- UNICEF guidance on how parents and caregivers can talk children about COVID-19
Digital learning management systems
- CenturyTech – Personal learning pathways with micro-lessons to address gaps in knowledge, challenge students and promote long-term memory retention.
- ClassDojo – Connects teachers with students and parents to build classroom communities.
- Edmodo – Tools and resources to manage classrooms and engage students remotely, offering a variety of languages.