Fund collaborative participatory teams and broaden dissemination to bridge edtech design and research for MLLs¶

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Description¶

The report recommends structural moves to connect design and research communities working on edtech for multilingual learners. It states that "stakeholders should consider funding opportunities that provide space for collaborative teams to engage in participatory approaches across the design and research phases." Dissemination should reach not only edtech designers and researchers but also practitioners, families, and communities, highlighting key design and research takeaways. This strategy responds to interview findings that participatory co-design remained aspirational rather than routine.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Funding mechanisms must support collaboration across both design and research phases
• Dissemination outputs must be accessible to practitioners, families, and communities

Constraints¶

• The report notes participatory approaches appeared as emerging or aspirational practices rather than routine elements of development in the interviewed organizations

Target Learners¶

• Young multilingual learners ages 3-8, reached indirectly through the products and teams this strategy supports

Target Learning Goals¶

• Effective, equitable edtech and digital media that supports multilingual learners' learning

Related Strategies¶

• AI researchers should partner with developers and disseminate findings accessibly to bridge research-practice silos
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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Danae Kamdar, Tiffany Leones, Amanda LaTasha Armstrong, Shelton Daal & Ximena Dominguez. (2025). Unlocking the Potential of Technology Innovations: A Vision for Supporting Multilingual Learners. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/f37dc670-36a6-4f6e-a6c4-bf312be4fac0