Global programs / The advancing MOOCs for development initiative (AMDI) = Iniciativa de fomento de MOOC para el desarrollo (IFMD)
The potential of online learning has long afforded the hope of providing quality education to anyone, anywhere in the world. The recent development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) heralded an exciting new breakthrough by… DEC abstract (PA-00M-814)
Key awd:OAA-A-15-00003
23 facts shown; 0 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 7 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
The research of the program was designed to analyze the MOOC landscape in developing countries.1 The program's research report was launched on April 11, 2016, at an event organized by USAID in Washington DC.2 The report was completed at the beginning of April 2016 by TASCHA and IREX.2
Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.
Operated in: Colombia, Philippines, South Africa.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Medium confidence.
How sure we are: 0.727.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| University of Washington. Information School. Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAA-A-15-00003 (cooperative agreement, FY2015) | 2016 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 7 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Economic Growth, Education and Environment | 2016 | Stated in a document read from a record field |
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 74%; Good governance 4%; Telecom, ICT and mass communications 4%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
Looking for similar programs.
Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows, evaluations and lessons. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 7 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2016 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 1 source |