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WISE EdTech Testbed

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 innovation generates evidence to inform national education strategies and drive innovation at scale.

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About the WISE EdTech Testbed

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 innovation generates evidence to inform national education strategies and drive innovation at scale.

2021Launch of Qatar's first full-cycle Testbed

15Schools enrolled

100+Teachers Engaged

4EdTech Tools

2021Launch of Qatar's first full-cycle Testbed

15Schools enrolled

100+Teachers Engaged

4EdTech Tools

Strategic Partners

Evaluation Partners

EdTech Partners

Innovation Highlights

Test New
Methods

Schools experiment with progressive pedagogy and AI tools in authentic classroom settings.

Data-Driven
Insights

Testing cycles evaluate impact on student learning and teacher experience.

Tailored PD

Teachers receive targeted professional development to support implementation.

Ecosystem
for Innovation

Schools, policymakers, and edtech providers collaborate to shape future education strategies.

If you're an EdTech tool provider or an educator interested in participating in the WISE Testbed Innovation,
we invite you to fill out an Interest Form. While the innovation is currently at full capacity, we will review
your submission and do our best to explore opportunities for collaboration in future testing cycles.

Qatar-Based Educators EdTech Providers

Resources & Publications

Explore reports, briefs, and key documents from the WISE EdTech
Testbed to learn more about our approach, findings, and impact.

May 2026

Fall Cycle Outcomes Brief: System Readiness Findings for Scaling AI in Schools

A comprehensive evaluation of six AI tools piloted across Qatar Foundation during Cycle 1 of the WISE AI Testbed. Drawing on teacher feedback, classroom observation, and usage data, the report examines each tool across six domains: effectiveness, usability, pedagogy, equity, ethics/data privacy, and cost. The report surfaces cross-cutting insights on how edtech is really being adopted in classrooms. Key findings include the shift of teachers from edtech consumers to edtech designers, the gap between usability and deep adoption, and the systems-level conditions needed for edtech integration to be equitable and sustainable.

January 10, 2024

Qatar's EdTech Testbed: Building Collaborative Pathways for Tech-Enabled Learning

WISE's second EdTech Testbed explores integrating tech in classrooms using Kamkalima, an Arabic learning platform. Educators see potential, but curricular limits hinder innovation. The report offers insights on empowering teachers to build sustainable, tech-enabled learning.

December 13, 2022

Qatar's EdTech Testbed: Building Collaborative Partnerships for Innovative Teaching and Learning

WISE launched Qatar's first EdTech Testbed, uniting schools, educators, and innovators to test tech-driven teaching solutions. The report traces the testbed's first cycle, highlighting lessons and opportunities to strengthen Qatar's learning ecosystem.

December 09, 2021

Piloting Qatar's First EdTech Testbed: Towards Innovation and Sustainable Partnerships

WISE's EdTech Testbed in Doha explores tech's impact on learning. This report details building a collaborative ecosystem for educators and innovators, sharing pilot phase lessons for sustainable, tech-enabled learning.

Meet Our Community
of Innovative Educators

Angela Skinner

Faten Bassam Ghanem

Fatima Abu Najem

Hala Fawzy Elsaid

Kathleen McKim

Alexandra Killham

Sandra Fayad

Shaza Ahmed

Partner Schools

Background and Rationale

The rapid growth of EdTech has created numerous tools aimed at enhancing teaching and learning, but many lack robust evidence from real-world environments. Edtech Testbeds provide structured environments where educators, policymakers, and developers collaborate to test and refine innovations. WISE launched Qatar's first full-cycle Testbed in 2021-2022, laying the foundation for a sustainable ecosystem of experimentation, evidence, and collaboration.

pROGRAM PILLARS

Co-Design & Needs Identification

Design thinking workshop, needs assessment, and baseline scan of tools.

Professional Development

Equipping teachers with pedagogical evaluation skills and tool-specific training.

Testing & Evidence Generation

Structured testing cycles and evaluations aligned with national priorities.

Fall Cycle Outcomes Brief: System Readiness Findings for Scaling AI in Schools

A comprehensive evaluation of six AI tools piloted across Qatar Foundation during Cycle 1 of the WISE AI Testbed. Drawing on teacher feedback, classroom observation, and usage data, the report examines each tool across six domains: effectiveness, usability, pedagogy, equity, ethics/data privacy, and cost. The report surfaces cross-cutting insights on how edtech is really being adopted in classrooms. Key findings include the shift of teachers from edtech consumers to edtech designers, the gap between usability and deep adoption, and the systems-level conditions needed for edtech integration to be equitable and sustainable.

Fall Cycle Outcomes Brief

Explore our Evaluation Framework

The WISE Testbed evaluation framework is a multidimensional system-readiness model designed to assess not only the quality of individual AI tools, but their alignment with pedagogical goals, ethical standards, teacher capacity, data governance, and real classroom impact. Rather than functioning as a narrow product review checklist, it synthesizes leading international AI, Edtech, ethics and digital competence frameworks into a contextualized model tailored to Qatar’s policy environment, multilingual education landscape, and data sovereignty requirements.

PURPOSE AND EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVENESS

Strength and credibility of evidence supporting the tool’s stated educational purpose and intended learning outcomes, including evaluative capacity, provider support, quality of existing research, and demonstrated impact across diverse learner groups.

USABILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE

Ease of integration into school systems and daily practice, including interoperability, intuitive design, multilingual support (Arabic/English), teacher training, and streamlined workflows for differentiation.

PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS

Alignment with institutional mission and curriculum, strength of pedagogical foundations, quality of personalisation and feedback, support for teacher and student agency, and transparency of learning analytics

EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

Bias mitigation, cultural responsiveness to the Qatari context, Arabic language quality, accessibility for learners with disabilities, equitable scalability, and fairness in personalisation decisions.

ETHICS, DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY

Impact on teaching processes and relationships, ethical design and stakeholder consultation, transparency of data practices, compliance with legal frameworks, data sovereignty, and secure data storage.

COST

Total cost of ownership (licensing, training, maintenance, renewals), clarity of pricing models, infrastructure requirements, device compatibility, and long-term financial viability for equitable scale.

Evaluation Framework - Full Version Evaluation Framework - Condensed Version