[OLPC-SF] Current OLPC Metrics

[Christoph Derndorfer]

Hi Grant,

I just spent my morning looking at that very same question in
preparation for some afternoon meetings I have with people here in
Montevideo who run the OLPC project in Uruguay.

In general there's two dimensions in terms of the impact of a project
such as OLPC: educational and social.

In terms of education some of the more popular metrics and aspects to
look at apart from attendance rates are

* comparisons of school performance/achievements compared to control
groups (though not everyone believes that;-)
* grade repetition rates
* student engagement in school
* time spent on school / education related tasks at home / outside class
* knowledge about computers
* feelings towards technology in general
* collaboration between students
* self-confidence of students
* feelings about school by students

I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty more but if you look at some of the
research done by folks like TCER (Texas Center for Educational Research)
or ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) you'll quickly be
able to come up with them.

With regard to social impact people are mostly looking at things such as
rates of access to the Internet, perceptions of technology, changing
roles of children in families and communities, etc.

Hope that helps:-)

Cheers,
Christoph

Am 14.07.2010 03:56, schrieb Grant Bowman:
> I gave a "lightning talk" today on the OLPC project at www.nblug.org
> <http://www.nblug.org> and was asked about current metrics. Besides
> increased student attendance, what are good ways to respond?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Grant
> 
> 
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