F. Questier. What can we learn from One Laptop Per Child Projects?, ATEE winter conference, Czech Republic, Prague, February 2010

1. What can we learn from
One Laptop Per Child Projects?
Prof. dr. Frederik Questier
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2. 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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3. One Laptop Per Child
Mission 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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4. Based on constructionism ideas from Seymour Papert
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5. Scale will get you strategy
(Nicholas Negroponte)
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2009: 1M OLPC XO laptops
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6. The best way to predict the future
is to invent it. (Alan Kay, 1971)
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7. Child Ownership
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8. Saturation
2009: Uruguay all 400.000 children
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11. Free & Open Source
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12. At first: some teachers sceptic
During project: all teachers positive
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13. More social interactions – social learning
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14. Kids teach each other and adults
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15. … also at home
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Increased motivation for reading and writing
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20. Increased attendance
(strongly in countryside)
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21. “Increased discipline”
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22. Uruguay OLPC experiences
What Children like What children don't like What they like to change
internet connectivity problems (@ home) easier connectivity
making photos
making videos more music and videos
games tetris more games
drawing file browser better file browser
inaccurate touchpads (version 1)
music composer possibility to produce (local) popular music
software from other computers
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23. Unprecedented interest from parents
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24. Inspiring & motivating for teacher students
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25. Anecdotes & first research results are nice.
But we need more longterm research!
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26. Context &
localization
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27. Changing learning paradigms is not easy
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28. Teacher Training and Learning !!!
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29. OLPC @ Europe?
➢ Digital divide
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➢ Less challenges about
➢ funding, electricity, connectivity, ICT skills…
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➢ 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'
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30. Don't start this without
➢ 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
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31. Thanks / Questions
http://questier.com
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