UCL's EDUCATE lab has spent years asking whether EdTech works. Here is what it found.
The UK's leading EdTech research accelerator has guided dozens of companies from prototype to classroom. Its conclusions about what makes educational technology evidence robust are not always comfortable for the companies that need the answer.
By Wistl Editorial · · Labs
University College London's EDUCATE Knowledge Lab has operated as the UK's primary EdTech research accelerator, run by F6S, BESA and EDUCATE Ventures Research Ltd. Its purpose is to connect EdTech companies, particularly startups and SMEs, with academic research, helping them build an evidence base for their products before they seek to scale. The premise of the programme is that most EdTech products enter the market without credible evidence of educational impact. Companies refine their user experience, engagement metrics and teacher satisfaction scores. They rarely produce the kind of contro