User:Jumpbean

Jennifer DeBoer

I am interested in investigating and evaluating the capacity of the OLPCs as educational tools. I am currently working on developing a health education intervention (HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases/hygiene) to go on the laptops and then serve as the treatment in a randomized field trial in rural Mozambique.

contact: jumpbean@alum.mit.edu or feel free to leave a message on my page

Last edit:

Jumpbean 20:58, 23 February 2008 (EST)

Background

My Work

I am currently

Intervention

Literature Review

Capacities of computers in health education

While traditional educational tools cannot be disputed as being useful, there are capabilities offered by newer technologies that are nearly impossible when using textbooks or classroom instruction. Laptops like the OLPC can be adapted in real time to the specific profiles of their users. Further,

Shegog et al. (2007) [1]

Specific needs of this area

The area Mulkeen (2007) [2]

Region

The area in which the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health has established an extensive partner network is Zambezia.

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Links

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/globalhealth/

Reference

1. ^  Shegog, R., Markham, C., Peskin, M., Dancel, M., Coton, C., & Tortolero, S. (2007). "It's Your Game": An Innovative Multimedia Virtual World to Prevent HIV/STI and Pregnancy in Middle School Youth. MEDINFO 2007.

2. ^ Mulkeen, A. (2007). What do we know about the Deployment, Utilization and management of Teachers: The case of Rural Schools in Africa. Paris: UNESCO. (October 3rd.)