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The One Laptop Per Child Model Never Was Valid

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

Tags: Alexandra Draxler, alternatives, cost-effectiveness, implementation, means, objectives, One Laptop Per Child, pedagogical usefulness, top-down innovation, Total Cost of Ownership
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 11 Comments »

We Need More One Laptop Per Child Hardware and Software Movements

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Tags: eToys, Hardware, Laptop, One Laptop Per Child, Projector, Sandra Thaxter, Scratch, Software, Turtle Art
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 4 Comments »

Is the One Laptop Per Child Model Still Relevant in 2014?

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

Tags: Bring Your Own Device, ICT in Education, Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 11 Comments »

The One Laptop Per Child Correlation With Massive Open Online Courses

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Tags: Berkeley, Clayton Christensen, Donald Winnicott, Harvard, Ivy League university, Massive Open Online Courses, MIT, MOOC, OLPC, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, target population, Yale
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | 1 Comment »

Technology and Child Development: Evidence from One Laptop per Child Program in Peru

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Tags: 1:1 computing 1:1 learning, academic achievement, academic software, Coding test, cognitive skills, computers in schools, Educational Outcomes, Evidence, Human Capital, IDB, Inter-American Development Bank, Language, Laptop, Math, objective data, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, Peru, randomized evaluation, Raven’s Progressive Matrices, verbal fluency
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 28 Comments »

How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Content, free public education, free public libraries, ICT, OER, Open Education Resources, Open Learning Exchange, Richard Rowe, School BeLL, Teachers, technical infrastructure, Technology, Twenty-First Century skills
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 18 Comments »

Making Interactive Radio Instruction Truly Interactive with Community Radio and Mobile Phones

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Tags: Amazon, Community Radio, Curriculum, EDC, ICT4E, Interactive, Interactive Radio Instruction, IRI, Literacy Bridge, Mary Myers, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Revi Sterling, WiFi Phones
Posted in Open Discussion | Comments Off on Making Interactive Radio Instruction Truly Interactive with Community Radio and Mobile Phones

Opportunities and challenges for use of mobile phones for learning

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Tags: Bas Hoefman, Corporate Social Responsibility, ICT Policy, Legal Framework, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Coverage, Mobile Phones, SMS, Text Messaing, Text to Change
Posted in Affordable Technology | 12 Comments »

Assessing the Impact of iPads on Education One Year Later

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Tags: App Market, Battery Life, Consumption Device, Educational Device, eTextbooks, GarageBand, Instant On, ipad, iPad Usage, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Sam Glicksman
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 13 Comments »

Teacher Training on ICT Cannot Be a One-Time Event

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Tags: AED, CBAM, Classroom Usage, Concerns Based Adoption Model, Laura Hosman, Macedonia, Macedonia Connects, Maja Cvetanoska, Ministry of Educational Development, multi-disciplinarity, Pedagogy, Teacher Training, Technological Expertise
Posted in Teacher Training | 4 Comments »