what can we learn from one laptop per child projects?
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F. Questier. What can we learn from One Laptop Per Child Projects?, ATEE winter conference, Czech Republic, Prague, February 2010TRANSCRIPT
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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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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
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9Low ages
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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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