Overview

Riseup Labs developed the ISOC Teachers Training Platform, an innovative e-learning development solution designed to train teachers on guiding children toward safe and responsible internet use for the Sesame Workshop Bangladesh. The platform offers structured learning modules, interactive quizzes, and certification upon completion. By combining modern edtech solutions with engaging content, it strengthens teachers’ digital literacy and empowers them to protect children online.

Client

Sesame Workshop Bangladesh wanted to build the digital teaching capacity of educators nationwide. Their vision was to provide a modern teachers training platform that would support primary-level teachers, while also extending value to administrators, policymakers, and facilitators.

Target Audience

The primary users of the platform are teachers at the primary school level. The secondary audience comprises school administrators, policymakers, and facilitators, who collectively work to establish safer and more responsible digital practices in education.

Tools & Technology

Riseup Labs utilized a modern tech stack to ensure scalability, security, and responsiveness, comprising Electron JS, Drizzle, React JS, SQLite, Bootstrap, JSPDF, i18n, Figma, and Adobe Illustrator.

Problems Faced by the Client

Before partnering with Riseup Labs, Sesame Workshop Bangladesh faced multiple challenges in its digital literacy training efforts:

  • No structured platform to train teachers on internet safety in an engaging, interactive way.
  • Lack of a standardized testing system to evaluate knowledge and certify teachers.
  • Manual, time-consuming processes for tracking progress, issuing certificates, and retesting participants.
  • Difficulty ensuring accountability and engagement during training sessions.

Challenges Riseup Labs Faced as Developers

While developing the teachers training platform, Riseup Labs encountered several key challenges:

  • Content Structuring: Designing training modules that were simple, measurable, and aligned with digital literacy goals.
  • Assessment System: Building a flexible exam system with automatic grading and retesting options.
  • Certification Workflow: Ensuring certificates were auto-generated, secure, and unique.
  • User Motivation: Balancing a user-friendly design with features that encouraged teachers to complete training.
  • Scalability: Developing a system capable of handling many teachers simultaneously without interruptions.

Solutions Riseup Labs Delivered

To overcome these challenges, Riseup Labs delivered a complete edtech solution:

  • Built a dedicated training platform offering structured internet safety and digital literacy modules.
  • Implemented an online exam system with automatic grading and instant feedback.
  • Introduced a retest feature, enabling teachers to reattempt exams until certification was achieved.
  • Developed an automated certification system that generates secure, unique digital certificates instantly.
  • Designed the platform to be responsive and scalable, ensuring smooth access across devices and for large user groups.

Outcomes & Impact

The ISOC Teachers Training Platform has had a measurable impact on digital literacy education in Bangladesh:

  • Hundreds of teachers have been trained and certified successfully.
  • Teachers are now more aware and prepared to guide children in safe internet use.
  • Interactive quizzes and content have improved knowledge retention.
  • A stronger institutional framework for digital literacy training has been established in schools.

Looking Forward

The ISOC Teachers Training Platform stands as a milestone in advancing digital literacy among educators. By empowering teachers with the right tools and knowledge, Riseup Labs has not only strengthened local education systems but also contributed globally through leading UNICEF-supported projects such as the Let Us Learn education platform and the development. U-Report for creating awareness among the youth, the UCMS for UNICEF’s mental health programs, showing how our e-learning development solutions are making a difference on the world stage.

This page was last edited on 14 September 2025, at 5:30 pm