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This page provides links to research reports related to the OLPC project. See also Experience for articles and other anecdotal evidence.
Papers
Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007
Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007 SOM from text
Ethiopia Implementation Report, September - December 2007,
- Bjorn Everts, Matthew Herren, David Hollow, Eduvision, February 2008
- See the Discussion about this document.
Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal's School - Education: The OLPC Model
Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal's School - Education: The OLPC Model SOM from text
Tackling the Problems of Quality and Disparity in Nepal's School - Education: The OLPC Model,
- 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...
Evaluation of the Teaching Matters One Laptop Per Child (XO) Pilot at Kappa I V
Evaluation of the Teaching Matters One Laptop Per Child SOM from text
Evaluation of the Teaching Matters One Laptop Per Child (XO) Pilot at Kappa I V
- Dr. Susan Lowes, Director, Research and Evaluation; and Cyrus Luhr, Research Assistant. Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University, June 2008.
- "Although the students saw the advantages of the XO in terms of its various specificfunctions or pieces of software, one theme that ties all these reported activities together is the several ways that the XOs allowed students to share: whether they were using the XOs for writing, taking photos, making videos, chatting, or whether they were rotating their screens or using the software to share them virtually, they were in every case sharing their thoughts or sharing their work.
- "When asked if there were existing functions that they would like to use more frequently, [the students] listed the creative software (Etoys, TurtleArt, and TamTamEdit) that could have educational uses but are not currently integrated into the Teaching Matters curriculum."
1:1 Technologies/Computing (Ethiopia)
Technologies/Computing in the Developing World: Challenging the Digital Divide SOM from text
1:1 Technologies/Computing in the Developing World: Challenging the Digital Divide (.doc file), by Mary Hooker Education Specialist, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative
- Very conventional, and not at all helpful in coming to grips with OLPC innovation and its consequences.--Mokurai 19:06, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Conference materials
Designing Appropriate Collaborative Learning Technologies for the Developing World
Designing Appropriate Collaborative Learning Technologies for the Developing World SOM from text
Designing Appropriate Collaborative Learning Technologies for the Developing World
- 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.
- 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.
Laptop Power
Laptop Power SOM from text
- Richard Smith, OLPC, Cambridge Country Workshop, May 20 2008
Scholarly articles
Reflections on a Pilot OLPC Experience in Uruguay
Reflections on a Pilot OLPC Experience in Uruguay,
- Juan Pablo Hourcade, Daiana Beitler, Fernando Cormenzana, and Pablo Flores, 2007, Uruguay
- ...A two-page position paper presenting opinions regarding a pilot in Uruguay. From empirical data and observations, a positive impact on the children and their school activities is claimed by this Uruguayan team...
- one of the authors has indicated current challenges are different, see Pablo Flores' May 2009 comment here
- ...A two-page position paper presenting opinions regarding a pilot in Uruguay. From empirical data and observations, a positive impact on the children and their school activities is claimed by this Uruguayan team...
Ongoing Research (not yet published)
Evaluation of the OLPC with Usability Engineering
Other Resources
Education Bibliographies
Moved to Sugar Labs wiki page
- 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.