Thank you Christoph! The link is helpful. Will read up. <br><br>---Cherry<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Christoph Derndorfer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:e0425826@student.tuwien.ac.at">e0425826@student.tuwien.ac.at</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Am 14.07.2010 14:49, schrieb Cherry Withers:<br>
<div class="im">> We are grappling with the same question in the Philippines.<br>
><br>
> Our first pilot is good for a three year longitudinal study. One issue<br>
> is there's only one standardized test that the children take and that is<br>
> at 6th grade (this serves as a basis for their entry in high schools. No<br>
> middle schooling). There's one "optional" assessment that they take at<br>
> 3rd grade, which thankfully this region opted for. However data mining<br>
> will be a challenge. Still waiting for the results of that test. We are<br>
> deploying with 4th graders and will be following them throughout 6th grade.<br>
><br>
> We are currently seeking a research partner and identified one<br>
> university that is interested. We are now trying to establish a baseline<br>
> study before we deploy in September. Some of the things mentioned by<br>
> Christoph can be incorporated and will definitely look at TCER (once<br>
> it's up) and ACER. We are looking beyond social impact because decision<br>
> makers are very much more interested in 1:1 computing increases<br>
> (surprise surprise) test scores to justify a larger and widespread<br>
> deployment given the current costs of these things. In short more "bang<br>
> for the buck".<br>
><br>
> I am thankful however that we have a highly supportive pilot community<br>
> who are more than willing to be our lab for this study.<br>
><br>
> Anyways, is there a push for this within the OLPC community? Anyone<br>
> looking at grant making organizations to start this type of research?<br>
<br>
</div>Cherry,<br>
<br>
I think this discussion (and previous ones on other mailing lists,<br>
including the somewhat forgotten research list at<br>
<a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research</a>) and the efforts on display at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_research" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_research</a> definitely show that there is an<br>
interest in this topic, both inside and outside the OLPC community.<br>
<br>
Countries such as Uruguay, provinces such as Alabama and organizations<br>
such as OLE Nepal (and its associated partners) as well as individuals<br>
such as Walter Bender, Caroline Meeks and others have been working on a<br>
variety of efforts in this area for quite some time.<br>
<br>
However as far as grants are concerned I'm currently not aware of any<br>
large scale efforts. Walter Bender previously mentioned applying for NSF<br>
(National Science Foundation) grants in the United States but I don't<br>
know the details of these proposals or whether any of them went through.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Christoph<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> ---Cherry<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, <<a href="mailto:akleider@sonic.net">akleider@sonic.net</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:akleider@sonic.net">akleider@sonic.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> I attempted a follow up with disappointing results.<br>
><br>
> At the Australian site I found mention of 'pilot projects' but no<br>
> results.<br>
><br>
> The Texas site seems to be having a problem with its server.<br>
><br>
> The chilling reality is that the honest answer to the question on the<br>
> table seems to be "absolutely none!"<br>
><br>
> Please, can someone prove me wrong?<br>
><br>
> cheers<br>
> ak<br>
><br>
> > Hi Grant,<br>
> ><br>
> > I just spent my morning looking at that very same question in<br>
> > preparation for some afternoon meetings I have with people here in<br>
> > Montevideo who run the OLPC project in Uruguay.<br>
> ><br>
> > In general there's two dimensions in terms of the impact of a project<br>
> > such as OLPC: educational and social.<br>
> ><br>
> > In terms of education some of the more popular metrics and aspects to<br>
> > look at apart from attendance rates are<br>
> ><br>
> > * comparisons of school performance/achievements compared to control<br>
> > groups (though not everyone believes that;-)<br>
> > * grade repetition rates<br>
> > * student engagement in school<br>
> > * time spent on school / education related tasks at home / outside<br>
> class<br>
> > * knowledge about computers<br>
> > * feelings towards technology in general<br>
> > * collaboration between students<br>
> > * self-confidence of students<br>
> > * feelings about school by students<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty more but if you look at some of the<br>
> > research done by folks like TCER (Texas Center for Educational<br>
> Research)<br>
> > or ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) you'll<br>
> quickly be<br>
> > able to come up with them.<br>
> ><br>
> > With regard to social impact people are mostly looking at things<br>
> such as<br>
> > rates of access to the Internet, perceptions of technology, changing<br>
> > roles of children in families and communities, etc.<br>
> ><br>
> > Hope that helps:-)<br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers,<br>
> > Christoph<br>
> ><br>
> > Am 14.07.2010 03:56, schrieb Grant Bowman:<br>
> >> I gave a "lightning talk" today on the OLPC project at<br>
> <a href="http://www.nblug.org" target="_blank">www.nblug.org</a> <<a href="http://www.nblug.org" target="_blank">http://www.nblug.org</a>><br>
> >> <<a href="http://www.nblug.org" target="_blank">http://www.nblug.org</a>> and was asked about current metrics. Besides<br>
> >> increased student attendance, what are good ways to respond?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Thanks,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Grant<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> _______________________________________________<br>
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