Dear OLPC-Research list,<br><br>I am happy to address myself to this list and I hope that many interesting and useful discussions will ensue!<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.<br><br>Specifically, I would like to know from the many and varied resources on this list:
<br><br>- what kind of other research projects have been planned or are in the planning process?<br>- what interesting results have come up from research done through pilot studies?<br>- has anyone looked into this issue or research on the educational model provided by the XO?
<br>- who might be interested in this kind of data?<br><br>I would welcome any other comments/suggestions, and I would love to get any sort of dialogue going here.<br><br>Best regards to all,<br><br>Jennifer DeBoer<br><br>
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