DfE programme evaluating long-term outlook for online learning Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play in future Adobe Stock 02 Feb 2021 A Department for Education programme that has supported schools in switching to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic is to consider how remote teaching could play a longer-term role in the education sector. The EdTech Demonstrator Programme was launched in the 2019 by the DfE, as part of a wider £10m strategy to support the use of technology in the education sector. The scheme was established with the intention of establishing a network of schools with excellent tech credentials, each of which would be awarded grant funding of up to £150,000 to develop proposals.