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Success Stories

Youth leader teaching a lesson in front of a class of students

Youth leaders increase resilience to manipulative information in communities across India

Cartoon infographic of media literacy hashtags

IREX information literacy L2D methodology is proving vital during the war in Ukraine

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Sri Lanka: Media literacy in the time of COVID-19

Participants and a facilitator in a mobile journalism workshop look at a video camera on a tripod.

Catalyzing the media’s digital transformation in Sri Lanka

A child working on a puzzle at a table.

Helping families protect children from too much screen time during the pandemic

Screenshot of a video call with 11 participants.

Georgian and American media outlets work together during COVID-19

Community members celebrate Danas's successful online membership campaign in Serbia.

Serbian citizens support independent journalism through online funding campaigns

Students collaborating on a science lab activity in Georgia

How Georgian teachers are facilitating student-centered learning in STEM

Nouha teaches young girls computer skills through the Girls Who Code program

How young Tunisian women are developing their professional skills by supporting American youth in STEM

Insights

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What media and civil society leaders can do to mitigate technology-fueled misogyny in the 2024 elections

By:
Elayne Deelen and Katya Vogt
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Questions, ideas, and tools to consider when investing in a data ecosystem

By:
Carmen Cañas and Jesus Melendez Vicente
Africans huddled together

How IREX and Development Gateway's data ecosystem assessment tools advance local priorities

By:
Philip Davidovich and Vinisha Bhatia-Murdach
A group of students sitting around a table during data literacy training supported by the DataZetu program

Safer online – Tips for addressing digital security and the digital divide

By:
Erika Rydergaard
3 participants in training

What we learned about building resilience to manipulative information from Learn to Discern

By:
Katya Vogt
Writing on sticky notes during an activity.

What we learned about improving online learning and knowledge sharing during COVID-19

By:
Matthew Vanderwerff and Tsega Belachew
Students look at a mural that includes health messages.

Investing in local data use pays off as women #ChooseToChallenge in Tanzania

By:
Samhir Vasdev and Agnieszka Rawa
Online video call with 42 people.

Online games and activities can help people recognize COVID-19 disinformation

By:
Simon Mairson

What COVID-19 graphs are—and aren’t—telling us

By:
Julian Geoffrey López
Screenshot from a video conference with six people.

Four principles for maintaining human connections in online collaboration and learning

By:
Sarah Bever and Jessica Lane
Photo of a teacher and students in a classroom. The teacher is at a whiteboard and the students are working at desks.

Educators need a new approach to teaching media literacy in the age of misinformation

By:
Tara Susman-Peña
Photo of a government employee in her office in Moldova. She's testing the data tool on her computer.

Getting more value from data: What we’ve learned from piloting a new tool with local governments

By:
Samhir Vasdev
A bookcase full of papers and binders.

How to ensure that your data science is inclusive

By:
Samhir Vasdev
A person pointing to a laptop screen that shows data atop a map. The map focuses on a border between Tanzania and Kenya.

Five tips for making wise, data-informed decisions

By:
Julian Geoffrey López
Global Solutions program youth

Creating meaningful learning for Jordanian and American students through virtual exchange

By:
Ashley Grimes and Stephanie Lake
Notes on a wall at MisinfoCon DC. The notes are about trust in media, tech adoption, the digital divide, the utility of print, and other factors that relate to disinformation.

Data science and machine learning can help fight disinformation—but we need savvy news consumers, too

By:
Olena Vlasova
Visualizing what connects us: Social Network Analysis in M&E

Visualizing what connects us: Social network analysis in M&E

By:
Anne Laesecke and Danielle de García

News

Women in classroom

IREX partners with LEGO Foundation on the Kenya Play Project

Screenshot of video call with Aled Miles, Niloofar Razi Howe, and Kristin Lord.

Sauce Labs and IREX partner to address the equity gap in STEM

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IREX and the Great Courses launch online course to fight misinformation

Resources

A person using a tablet while standing outside in Tanzania.

Checklist for Overcoming Digital Barriers to Inclusion in Online Learning

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Online Collaboration Guide for Facilitators: A Resource for Using Digital Technology for Collaboration and Learning

A woman pointing at a computer screen and talking to a colleague next to her while other participants work on laptops.

Can Machine Learning Help Us Measure the Trustworthiness of News?

Endline Evaluation of Beyond Access Bangladesh, a subcomponent of READ

Endline Evaluation of Beyond Access Bangladesh, a Subcomponent of READ

A Problem-Driven Political Economy Assessment of the Gender Digital Divide in Myanmar

Ending the Gender Digital Divide in Myanmar: A Problem-Driven Political Economy Assessment

Hacking Literacy: How to Engage Local Developers, Content Creators, and Libraries to Improve Reading Outcomes

Hacking Literacy: How to Engage Local Developers, Content Creators, and Libraries to Improve Reading Outcomes

Women and Technology

Women and Technology: Increasing Opportunity and Driving International Development