ICT Use in Primary Education: The Case of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative in Mongolia
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![ICT Use in Primary Education: The Case of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative in Mongolia
Prepared for JASID Fall 2012 Conference by John Auxillos, Orgilmaa Luvsandash, Shinobu Yamaguchi, and Jun-ichi Takada
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mixed Methods Research
to understand the experiences of OLPC schools in Mongolia
Education Specialists from all provinces
2011-December-8 | Bayankhongor
2011-August-23 | Khuvsgul (3 Schools)
2011-September-21 | Bayankhongor
basic infrastructure is available
but not all schools are able to connect XOs to the internet
Connected = 70.3%
Not Connected = 13.5%
promotes student-centered learning
XOs are a motivating tool if lesson plans are rewritten
children develop indepencence, creativity and are self-starting
beliefs shared by teachers and local-level education specialists
Writing
Communication
Observation
Thinking
English
Seymour
P a p e r t
computers can change
how children develop
(Mindstorms)
• Low Cost
• Rugged
• Connected to the Internet
• Large Volume
• Open Source
• Low floor for the Inexperienced
• High ceiling for creative expression
“provide educational opportunities to the
world’s most isolated and poorest children”
Mongolian President N. Enkhbayer
Signs Memorandum of Understanding with OLPC
competition promotes the use of XOs
2 1 3
laptops used for learning is a paradigm shift
more research is needed
- OLPC mission
World Economic Forum
OLPC XO1
Starts Production
!! ¥
For Students in Grades 2-5 in Principle
policies for laptops need to be aligned to support such programs
1980
Ni c h o l a s
Negroponte
2 Million XOs
36 Countries Worldwide
2005
2006
2008
2012
Uruguay
Peru
Rwanda
United Kingdom
Argentina
Mexico
Haiti
Mongolia Australia
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Canada
Brazil
Nepal
Costa Rica
Sri Lanka
United States
Palestinian territories
Iraq
Ghana
China
Cambodia
South Africa
Greece
Italy
ailand
Niue
Lebanon
Madagascar
Philippines India
Paraguay
Colombia
Afghanistan
Guatemala
2007
C o n s t r u c t i o n i s t L e a r n i n g e o r y
Teachers
Training Manager
Principal
Typing
at the MIT Media Lab
How can we give
one laptop per child?
$ 100 Laptop concept
publicly launched
Introduced in Mongolia
school decies the “one laptop per child” scheme
schools decide who gets a laptop, and how it is shared
children teach their families
No Data = 16.2%
Soum Generator = 2.7%
Constant Electricity = 81.1%
n = 37
No Data = 16.2%
n = 37
Internet
01001111010011000101000001000011
school
has an ICT impact on the community
mongolian cultural intricacy adopted by education specialists
service and repair is difficult
repair done in capital city
cost can be realtively steep
?
?
Creative Self-starting Independent
47 OLPC Schools of 752 in Mongolia
12,100 XO1 Laptops Distributed
10,000 donated through Give One Get One Program
2,100 purchased by Mongolian Government
References:
[1] Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms
[2] One Laptop Per Child Mission. http://laptop.org/en/vision/mission/index.shtml
[3] Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. (2008) Administrative Order 471.
[4] Collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency Mongolia Oce, the Mongolian State University of Education, and the Ministry of Education and Science.
37/47
School
Level
Questionnaire
Responses
Focus Group Discussions
5 dierent Schools
2012-March-31 | Bulgan
2011-September-9 | Ulaanbaator (Education Specialists)
September 2012
{ 18 teachers
my future plan
to understand the cognitive
and non-cognitive effects
of the XO laptops](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/finalposter-141201031411-conversion-gate02/85/ICT-Use-in-Primary-Education-The-Case-of-the-One-Laptop-Per-Child-Initiative-in-Mongolia-1-320.jpg)
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- 1. ICT Use in Primary Education: The Case of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative in Mongolia Prepared for JASID Fall 2012 Conference by John Auxillos, Orgilmaa Luvsandash, Shinobu Yamaguchi, and Jun-ichi Takada Tokyo Institute of Technology Mixed Methods Research to understand the experiences of OLPC schools in Mongolia Education Specialists from all provinces 2011-December-8 | Bayankhongor 2011-August-23 | Khuvsgul (3 Schools) 2011-September-21 | Bayankhongor basic infrastructure is available but not all schools are able to connect XOs to the internet Connected = 70.3% Not Connected = 13.5% promotes student-centered learning XOs are a motivating tool if lesson plans are rewritten children develop indepencence, creativity and are self-starting beliefs shared by teachers and local-level education specialists Writing Communication Observation Thinking English Seymour P a p e r t computers can change how children develop (Mindstorms) • Low Cost • Rugged • Connected to the Internet • Large Volume • Open Source • Low floor for the Inexperienced • High ceiling for creative expression “provide educational opportunities to the world’s most isolated and poorest children” Mongolian President N. Enkhbayer Signs Memorandum of Understanding with OLPC competition promotes the use of XOs 2 1 3 laptops used for learning is a paradigm shift more research is needed - OLPC mission World Economic Forum OLPC XO1 Starts Production !! ¥ For Students in Grades 2-5 in Principle policies for laptops need to be aligned to support such programs 1980 Ni c h o l a s Negroponte 2 Million XOs 36 Countries Worldwide 2005 2006 2008 2012 Uruguay Peru Rwanda United Kingdom Argentina Mexico Haiti Mongolia Australia Nigeria Ethiopia Canada Brazil Nepal Costa Rica Sri Lanka United States Palestinian territories Iraq Ghana China Cambodia South Africa Greece Italy ailand Niue Lebanon Madagascar Philippines India Paraguay Colombia Afghanistan Guatemala 2007 C o n s t r u c t i o n i s t L e a r n i n g e o r y Teachers Training Manager Principal Typing at the MIT Media Lab How can we give one laptop per child? $ 100 Laptop concept publicly launched Introduced in Mongolia school decies the “one laptop per child” scheme schools decide who gets a laptop, and how it is shared children teach their families No Data = 16.2% Soum Generator = 2.7% Constant Electricity = 81.1% n = 37 No Data = 16.2% n = 37 Internet 01001111010011000101000001000011 school has an ICT impact on the community mongolian cultural intricacy adopted by education specialists service and repair is difficult repair done in capital city cost can be realtively steep ? ? Creative Self-starting Independent 47 OLPC Schools of 752 in Mongolia 12,100 XO1 Laptops Distributed 10,000 donated through Give One Get One Program 2,100 purchased by Mongolian Government References: [1] Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms [2] One Laptop Per Child Mission. http://laptop.org/en/vision/mission/index.shtml [3] Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. (2008) Administrative Order 471. [4] Collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency Mongolia Oce, the Mongolian State University of Education, and the Ministry of Education and Science. 37/47 School Level Questionnaire Responses Focus Group Discussions 5 dierent Schools 2012-March-31 | Bulgan 2011-September-9 | Ulaanbaator (Education Specialists) September 2012 { 18 teachers my future plan to understand the cognitive and non-cognitive effects of the XO laptops