The WISE EdTech Testbed empowers schools in Qatar to explore and evaluate innovative AI tools in real classrooms.
Through collaborative testing cycles, tailored teacher support, and rigorous evaluation, the program generates evidence to inform national education strategies and drive innovation at scale.
Program At A Glance
Strategic Partners
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Register Your Interest Here
If you’re an EdTech tool provider or an educator interested in participating in the WISE Testbed Program, we invite you to fill out an Interest Form. While the program is currently at full capacity, we will review your submission and do our best to explore opportunities for collaboration in future testing cycles.
Resources & Publications
Explore reports, briefs, and key documents from the WISE EdTech Testbed to learn more about our approach, findings, and impact.
Links to previously published reports
Qatar’s EdTech Testbed: Building Collaborative Pathways for Tech-Enabled Learning
January 10, 2024
WISE’s second EdTech Testbed explores how schools and teachers can effectively integrate technology in classrooms through the case of Kamkalima, an Arabic learning platform. While educators see its potential, limited curricular flexibility and time constraints hinder innovation. The report offers key insights on empowering teachers and fostering collaboration to build sustainable, tech-enabled learning ecosystems.
Qatar’s EdTech Testbed: Building Collaborative Partnerships for Innovative Teaching and Learning
December 13, 2022
Launched by WISE, Qatar’s first EdTech Testbed brings together schools, educators, and innovators to test and scale technology-driven teaching solutions. The report traces the journey of the testbed’s first full cycle, highlighting lessons learned and opportunities to strengthen collaboration across Qatar’s learning ecosystem. It also offers insights on how EdTech can help address classroom challenges and build a sustainable community of practice for innovation in education.
Piloting Qatar’s First EdTech Testbed: Towards Innovation and Sustainable Partnerships
December 09, 2021
Launched by WISE in Education City, Doha, Qatar’s first EdTech Testbed explores how technology can enhance classroom learning. This report shares the journey of building a collaborative ecosystem for educators, entrepreneurs, and innovators, highlighting lessons from the pilot phase and offering a roadmap for fostering sustainable, tech-enabled learning practices.
EdTech Testbed Educators
EdTech Testbed Partner Schools
EdTech Testbed Educators
ALL-IN (Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network)
Established in 2017, ALL-IN united global experts to champion high-quality school leadership. This community of practice focused on research, design, and advocacy to prepare education systems for future challenges.
Empowering Leaders of Learning (ELL)
In partnership with Qatar’s Ministry of Education, ELL equipped school leaders with the skills to improve student outcomes. The program emphasized instructional leadership as a catalyst for systemic improvement.
WISE Learners’ Voice
This fellowship program gave young people a platform to shape the future of education. By engaging students with global education challenges, Learners’ Voice cultivated informed, articulate youth ready to drive meaningful change.
WISE Awards
The legacy of the WISE Awards has grown to span a global network of innovators in, early childhood education, EdTech, life-long learning, climate action, social emotional learning, education in emergencies, higher education, 21st Century skills, informal learning and many more.
WISE Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub spearheaded efforts to redesign education for the 21st century. Focusing on competency-based learning and learner agency, this initiative supported schools in their transition to more personalized, future-ready models of education.
These legacy programs have laid a strong foundation for WISE’s ongoing work. While our focus has evolved, the insights and networks developed through these initiatives continue to inform our approach to transforming education globally.