What can we learn from One Laptop Per Child Projects?

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What can we learn fromOne Laptop Per Child Projects?

Prof. dr. Frederik Questier

ATEE Prague February 2010

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Frederik QuestierATEE Prague 2010

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My background

➢ Vrije Universiteit Brussel➢ Interdisciplinary Teacher Training

Department➢ Educational Sciences Department

➢ Educational Technologies

➢ Dokeos → Chamilo e-learning community

➢ University Cooperation for Development

➢ One Laptop Per Child Projects



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One Laptop Per ChildMission statement

To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.



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Based on constructionism ideas from Seymour Papert



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Scale will get you strategy(Nicholas Negroponte)

2009: 1M OLPC XO laptops



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The best way to predict the futureis to invent it. (Alan Kay, 1971)



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Child Ownership



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Saturation2009: Uruguay all 400.000 children



9Low ages



10Connectivity



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Free & Open Source



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At first: some teachers scepticDuring project: all teachers positive



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More social interactions – social learning



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Kids teach each other and adults



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… also at home



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17Increased motivation for reading and writing



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Increased attendance(strongly in countryside)



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“Increased discipline”



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Uruguay OLPC experiences

internet

games more games

file browser

music composer

What Children like What children don't like What they like to change

connectivity problems (@ home) easier connectivity

making photos

making videos more music and videos

tetris

drawing better file browser

inaccurate touchpads (version 1)

possibility to produce (local) popular music

software from other computers



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Unprecedented interest from parents



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Inspiring & motivating for teacher students



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Anecdotes & first research results are nice.But we need more longterm research!



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Context &localization



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Changing learning paradigms is not easy



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Teacher Training and Learning !!!



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➢ Digital divide➢

➢ Less challenges about➢ funding, electricity, connectivity, ICT skills…➢

➢ But➢ 'Good education' is harder to improve➢ (Rich) children are used to richer media➢ Vendor or data lock-in➢ Less tolerance for technical problems➢ 'Lack of time'

OLPC @ Europe?



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➢ Bottom-up interest➢ Teacher training / learning

➢ Educational models➢ How to integrate in curriculum and teacher methods?

➢ Technical support➢ Localization➢ Local involvement

➢ Involvement of parents➢ Monitoring and evaluation

➢ Enough funding

Don't start this without



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Thanks / Questionshttp://questier.com

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