[Grassroots-l] pilot project working group

[Gregor Martynus (OLPC Deutschland)]

Hey,

I've added Ethiopia as a pilot project including documentations (conecpt &
implemention):
http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_CONCEPT_v0.5.pdf
http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/97/Ethiopia_ecbp_Pilot_Project_IMPLEMENTATION_v0.5.pdf

As I will spend the next 4 months with my diploma (2 months in Ethiopia), I
can't take
over organisation and documentation part of the Pilot Projects Working
Group, but
I will contribute as good as I can.

Regards,
Gregor



2008/2/4, Alexander Todorov <alexx.todorov at gmail.com>:
>
> Sameer Verma wrote:
> > On Jan 26, 2008 2:49 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I think a 'pilot project working group' is an excellent idea. Although
> >> I'm not completely sure what it would do, there certainly are things to
> >> do... like
> >>
> >> * collecting and focussing information and documentation
> >> * making it available to others
> >> * the list of pilot projects with contacts
> >> * a guide on "how to initiate a pilot"
> >
> > Methodology for site selection, number of students, interviews, data
> > collection, analysis and use of results to further larger
> > implementation. If we can pool our resources to develop a steady
> > methodology, it will go far in focusing the approach.
> >
>
> Sorry for the late reply - back from holiday.
>
> We (olpc-bg) 've had a discussion on how do we measure success of a
> pilot. We didn't come to a clear conclusion.
> One of the proposals was:
> - measure computer literacy as is done now (for grown ups). That's not
> applicable to children because they don't need office software skills. A
> child used to computers will pick up the necessary skill very quickly if
> needed.
>
> - measure achievements in education: how? We don't have a clear idea
> what exactly to measure because it hasn't been done so(for small
> children) in the country.
>
>
> Greetings,
> Alexander.
>
>
> >> The next steps could be:
> >>
> >> * Further identify tasks and ideas for this working group
> >> * Fix an IRC Meeting related to pilot projects
> >> * Start collecting information
> >
> > I'd appreciate some input from folks who are involved in current or
> > past pilots.
> >
> > Sameer
> > --
> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> > http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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