50 years of Educational TV: A Conversation with Sesame Workshop

World Bank EduTech Podcast

The World Bank's EduTech team is speaking with educators around the world to see how they are innovating to support continued teaching and learning during COVID-19. In another episode in this series, World Bank's EduTech team member Sharon Zacharia (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/sharon-zacharia) speaks with Sesame Workshop (https://www.sesameworkshop.org) Vice President of International Projects, Daniel Labin, about what we can learn from Sesame Workshop's 50 years of experience with educational TV for children across 150+ countries and adapted in 30+ languages like Gali Gali Sim Sim (India) (https://www.youtube.com/user/GalliGalliSim) and Ahlan SimSim (Middle East) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48pfslXOUx-PZTLQxZjS4g).

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Further reading on Education TV as a remote learning tool during COVID-19:

- Blog on 'Education TV during COVID-19' (April 24, 2020): A blog that summarizes key takeaways from the Rapid Response Guidance Note on education TV (by World Bank's EduTech team members Sharon Zacharia and Alex Twinomugisha). https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-television-during-covid-19-how-start-and-what-consider

- Rapid Response Guidance Note: Educational TV & COVID-19 (April 17, 2020): A four-page note that provides guidance on using educational TV as a remote learning tool with 40 current examples of countries responding to COVID-19. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/659411587145759242/rapid-response-guidance-note-educational-television-covid-19

- Education TV Knowledge Pack (June 1, 2020): A short, pragmatic slide deck on how to start and enhance education TV with case studies on Sesame Workshop, Ubongo (Africa), Pakistan, and China & Korea. http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team