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*[http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/ethiopia.pdf Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007],
*[http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/ethiopia.pdf Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007],
:''Bjorn Everts, Matthew Herren, David Hollow, Eduvision, February 2008''
:''Bjorn Everts, Matthew Herren, David Hollow, Eduvision, February 2008''
:[[Talk:Academic_Papers#Ethiopia_Report Discussion]]
::[[Talk:Academic_Papers#Ethiopia_Report| Discussion]]


*[http://www.olenepal.org/images/olpc-model-in-nepal.pdf Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal's School - Education: The OLPC Model],
*[http://www.olenepal.org/images/olpc-model-in-nepal.pdf Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal's School - Education: The OLPC Model],

Revision as of 11:01, 22 June 2008

This page provides links to research reports related to the OLPC project.

Papers

Bjorn Everts, Matthew Herren, David Hollow, Eduvision, February 2008
Discussion
Dr. Saurav Dev Bhatta, OLE Nepal, June 2008
... The paper argues that utilizing the full potential of the OLPC concept requires simultaneous work in four areas: digital content development, teacher preparation, network and power infrastructure development, and government capacity development. And it also emphasizes the need for a systematic approach to implementation where the implementers start by learning to solve implementation challenges in a test phase...

Conference materials

Christopher Hoadley, Sameer Honwad, Kenneth Tamminga. 205 ECC. September 26, 2007 10:00
In this presentation we report on two attempts to intervene in rural Himalayan villages with educational technology, one involving desktop computer technology, and one involving participatory video. We describe the unique constraints of designing appropriate educational technology for the developing world, and we propose a fourfold framework for design.
A criticism of OLPC appears in the last section of this presentation.
Richard Smith, OLPC, Cambridge Country Workshop, May 20 2008

Scholarly articles

Ongoing Research (not yet published)

Evaluation of the OLPC with Usability Engineering

Other Resources

Education Biblographies The following selected bibliographical links have some connection with the Sugar enterprise and Constructionist education, including information on uses of a variety of technologies in education, research on child development (especially Constructivism), and evaluations of programs in use. Resources are also included bearing on other approaches to education, and resistance to Constructionism or to any other education reforms.