[OLPC-SF] Current OLPC Metrics
Christoph Derndorfer
e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at
Fri Jul 16 09:34:11 EDT 2010
Speaking of helpful links:
This blog-post on "The impact of laptops on education" by OLPC’s Antonio
M. Battro is definitely a very interesting read:
http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/15/impact-of-laptops-in-education/
Cheers,
Christoph
Am 15.07.2010 00:37, schrieb Cherry Withers:
> Thank you Christoph! The link is helpful. Will read up.
>
> ---Cherry
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Christoph Derndorfer
> <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at <mailto:e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at>>
> wrote:
>
> Am 14.07.2010 14:49, schrieb Cherry Withers:
> > We are grappling with the same question in the Philippines.
> >
> > Our first pilot is good for a three year longitudinal study. One issue
> > is there's only one standardized test that the children take and
> that is
> > at 6th grade (this serves as a basis for their entry in high
> schools. No
> > middle schooling). There's one "optional" assessment that they take at
> > 3rd grade, which thankfully this region opted for. However data mining
> > will be a challenge. Still waiting for the results of that test.
> We are
> > deploying with 4th graders and will be following them throughout
> 6th grade.
> >
> > We are currently seeking a research partner and identified one
> > university that is interested. We are now trying to establish a
> baseline
> > study before we deploy in September. Some of the things mentioned by
> > Christoph can be incorporated and will definitely look at TCER (once
> > it's up) and ACER. We are looking beyond social impact because
> decision
> > makers are very much more interested in 1:1 computing increases
> > (surprise surprise) test scores to justify a larger and widespread
> > deployment given the current costs of these things. In short more
> "bang
> > for the buck".
> >
> > I am thankful however that we have a highly supportive pilot community
> > who are more than willing to be our lab for this study.
> >
> > Anyways, is there a push for this within the OLPC community? Anyone
> > looking at grant making organizations to start this type of research?
>
> Cherry,
>
> I think this discussion (and previous ones on other mailing lists,
> including the somewhat forgotten research list at
> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research) and the efforts on display at
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_research definitely show that there is an
> interest in this topic, both inside and outside the OLPC community.
>
> Countries such as Uruguay, provinces such as Alabama and organizations
> such as OLE Nepal (and its associated partners) as well as individuals
> such as Walter Bender, Caroline Meeks and others have been working on a
> variety of efforts in this area for quite some time.
>
> However as far as grants are concerned I'm currently not aware of any
> large scale efforts. Walter Bender previously mentioned applying for NSF
> (National Science Foundation) grants in the United States but I don't
> know the details of these proposals or whether any of them went through.
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> > ---Cherry
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, <akleider at sonic.net
> <mailto:akleider at sonic.net>
> > <mailto:akleider at sonic.net <mailto:akleider at sonic.net>>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I attempted a follow up with disappointing results.
> >
> > At the Australian site I found mention of 'pilot projects' but no
> > results.
> >
> > The Texas site seems to be having a problem with its server.
> >
> > The chilling reality is that the honest answer to the question
> on the
> > table seems to be "absolutely none!"
> >
> > Please, can someone prove me wrong?
> >
> > cheers
> > ak
> >
> > > 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> <http://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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