meet panoply digital

Panoply Digital Ltd27 Old Gloucester StreetLondon WC1N 3AX 8

Introducing Panoply Digital

Panoply Digital Ltd27 Old Gloucester StreetLondon WC1N 3AX

An international, internationally recognised, team of experts focused on technologies for development

Offering services in ICT4D, mobiles for development, training, employment, and education

Field experience on five continents in commercial and non-profit sectors

Specialists in mLearning and e-learning, research, gender and international development

Panoply DigitalPanoply Digital Limited is a team of experienced Information Communications for Development (ICT4D)

professionals

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Lauren Dawes.

Former Head of Programme leading the strategic vision for the GSMA’s activities in Mobile Learning and Mobile for Youth Employment.Executive Steering Committee Member for the Mobiles for Education Alliance.Advisory Board Member for UNESCO’s Mobile Learning Policy Guidelines.

Current Assistant Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; HEA Fellow.Course Designer for World Bank, University of Edinburgh, GSMA, and more. Former Education & Outreach Manager for ITHAKA. Advisory Board Member for Beni American University.

Michael GallaghereLearning, mLearning, Curriculum and Course Design Former M&E programme lead for GSMA Connected

WomenLed the British Council’s Bangladesh portfolio on gender, ICT and digital and mobile educationPart of two international award-winning mobile and ICT services for low-income users and womenClient list includes USAID, DFID, GSMA, Millicom, BBC Mediat Action and more

Alexandra TyersmLearning, gender, M&E, research

Bringing together more than 20 years of experience

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Current Senior Digital Learning & Content Development Manager at the GSMAHEA FellowUNESCO mobile learning liaison from the GSMAVisiting Tutor at universities in the UK & Colombia

Ronda Zelezny-Greenm/eLearning, gender, training, policyStrategy, Mobiles and Youth

Employment, mLearning


We are an international team with international experience

South AmericaColombia

Asia and the Middle EastSyria, Bangladesh, India,Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, China

AfricaBenin, Botswana, Cameroon,

Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,

Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South

Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia

North & Central AmericaUSA, Costa Rica, El Salvador,

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Australia & the PacificAustralia, Papua New Guinea


Some of the organisations our team members have worked with

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We design both quantitative and

qualitative research studies and evaluations

We design courses, training, and workshops

for NGOS, universities, and businesses

Learning & Course Design

We design M&E frameworks and

methodologies, and offer expert advice

Monitoring & Evaluation

We pride ourselves on getting involved and

getting results in challenging locales

Fieldwork

Our Services

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Research Design and Reporting

We specialize in mobile learning, eLearning, ICT4D, international development and female empowerment


An example of our recent work

UPLOAD JOBS for Mindanao is a partnership project that aims to sustainably improve the livelihood and increase incomes of Central Mindanao’s community and out-of-school youth through extension programs in agricultural entrepreneurship.

Panoply Digital provided evaluation of the UPLOAD JOBS project through field-based data collection, analysis, and qualitative reporting.

HED: UPLOAD JOBS for Mindanao

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Services Provided: Fieldwork, monitoring & evaluation. qualitative research, report writing


Services provided: Strategy consulting, insights

Girl Effect Mobile works to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. by harnessing media in innovative ways, building social networks and mobile platforms to develop girls' positive perceptions of themselves and shift how others see and value them.

Panoply Digital worked with Praekelt and the Girl Effect Mobile team to help them design a mobile product for vulnerable adolescent girls in Bangladesh with their partner BRAC.

Praekelt Foundation and Girl Effect Mobile

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Services provided: Qualitative research, curriculum design, ICT training

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) strengthens democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform.

Panoply Digital provided a qualitative tool for determining the technological capacity of CIPE’s partner members, provided recommendations for increasing capacity, design a training curricula around these recommendations, and executed training sessions at three partner sites.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)

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Lauren is a mobile for development specialist, focusing on research and development and stakeholder partnership management, having worked within the international development community, governments, non-government organisations, and telecommunications industry to roll out multiple projects. She has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research, and has successfully implemented methodologies in Bangladesh, Ghana, Indonesia, Spain, Uganda and India. Lauren has produced multiple professional reports, publications and thought pieces in the field of mobile learning and mobile for youth development and employment, including one of the earliest commercial perspectives from the mobile industry on 'mLearning' and 'Mobile for Youth Employment'.

She has managed large-scale projects, team, budgets and accounts throughout her career.

Meet the Panoply Digital team

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Lauren Dawes


Michael specialises in mobile learning in higher education with expertise that falls into several categories. He has extensive experience with course design, MOOCs, open learning development, ICT4D/M4D projects, mobile and elearning development and analysis.

He was the education manager and social media lead for ITHAKA, a large non-profit organisation, and a former communications, and competitive intelligence manager with experience in learning analytics. He publishes often, including a recent book on mobile learning for humanities instruction. He has years of experience with multinational teams and has worked across Africa, Asia, Europe, and throughout North America.

He has consulted for non-profit organisations, universities and businesses. He currently resides with his wife in Seoul, Korea, but also calls New York home.

Michael Gallagher


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Alexandra is a mobile for development specialist, focusing on gender issues in ICT4D, especially mobile learning. She has experience in both the commercial and the non-profit sectors. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, as well as monitoring and evaluation frameworks for measuring both commercial and social impact for low-tech mobile solutions in resource-poor contexts.

Alex is also a mobile learning content developer and works mostly with IVR and SMS platforms for self-directed learning contexts. Alex has worked all over the world in ICT4D, and has extensive field experience in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central America. This includes several years in Bangladesh working mostly on projects using ICTs and mobile platforms to help reduce the gender digital divide.

Alexandra Tyers


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Ronda Zelezny-Green


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Ronda is a mobile technologist, educator, and researcher who has lived in Africa, Asia, North America and Europe, with travel to nearly 50 countries. Ronda is internationally recognized as the foremost expert on gender and mobile learning.

Her professional experience spans both the public and private sectors, with specialization in educational technology (especially mobile learning), gender, teaching and training, and policy advice. Additionally, she has provided market insight and analysis as well as project implementation leadership for a wide range of stakeholders including mobile network operators, governments, and international NGOs.

Ronda has extensive experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research with children and youth, has created mobile and PC-based training platforms and content for teachers in East Africa, and has conducted a number of education program evaluations in Africa and Asia.

Panoply Digital Ltd27 Old Gloucester StreetLondon WC1N 3AX 8

Contact UsPanoply Digital Limited

27 Old Gloucester StreetLondon, England

WC1N 3AX7 Email : [email protected]

www.panoplpydigital.com

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