AIMSSEC (www.aimssec.za) has previously run mixed mode teacher development courses for South Africans from deprived areas, with sustained success (Joubert and Kenny 2018; Golding, 2018). This project aimed to adapt and evaluate the foundation such course for use with mathematics teacher educators in East Africa. There are obvious issues of context-specific content and framing, including effective ‘low tech’ delivery and approaches to overcoming the digital divide. The University of London Centre for Distance Education supported research to focus on the adaptation and efficacy of distance learning resources for this context and purpose
