[Research] OLPCs for education/health research

[Samuel Klein]

Hello Jennifer,

Nice to see some traffic on this list.  While I don't know of many
projects specifically planned around XO implementations, some people
may have input on similar field trials done with other related
projects in the past.

SJ


On 11/2/07, Jennifer DeBoer <jumpbean at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Dear OLPC-Research list,
>
> I am happy to address myself to this list and I hope that many interesting
> and useful discussions will ensue!
>
> I am a doctoral student at Vanderbilt University in the International
> Education program.  My advisor and I are designing a research project that
> would involve a large randomized field trial.  The treatment group would
> receive XOs with HIV/AIDS education software, and the control group would
> receive the standard machines.  We are talking about the possibility of
> executing this research project in Mozambique.
>
> I wanted to begin to tap into the knowledge base of people who are
> interested in relevant issues with the XOs and similar technologies/learning
> models.
>
> Specifically, I would like to know from the many and varied resources on
> this list:
>
> - what kind of other research projects have been planned or are in the
> planning process?
> - what interesting results have come up from research done through pilot
> studies?
> - has anyone looked into this issue or research on the educational model
> provided by the XO?
> - who might be interested in this kind of data?
>
> I would welcome any other comments/suggestions, and I would love to get any
> sort of dialogue going here.
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Jennifer DeBoer
>
>  -------------------------------------
> Doctoral Student
> International Education Policy and Management
> Vanderbilt University
>
> S.B. Mechanical Engineering
> S.B. Foreign Languages and Literatures
> M.I.T. 2005
>
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