Presentation by Andrea Mangiatordi and Fabio Serenelli for "the PLE conference", Barcelona, July 8th, 2010. The full paper is available here http://tinyurl.com/olpc-ple

1. The OLPC
XO laptop
as a PLE
fabio serenelli
andrea mangiatordi

2. OLPC
One Laptop Per Child
(in a nutshell)

3. The tradition

4. The tradition
Teacher

5. The tradition
Teacher
Class

6. One Laptop Per Child

7. One Laptop Per Child

8. One Laptop Per Child

9. One Laptop Per Child

10. One step beyond...

11. One step beyond...

12. One step beyond...

13. One step beyond...

14. One step beyond...
Where is the computer now?

15. Let’s take a closer
look...

16. XO laptop
A rugged,
energy-efficient,
low cost laptop
designed for learners in
developing countries

17. XO laptop
featuring
a custom operating system
based on GNU/Linux...
but designed for children!

19. Child-centered

20. Favorite
apps stay
around
the child Child-centered

21. Favorite
apps stay
around
the child Child-centered
Is this a PLE?

22. Probably, but...
is there any possibility
that the XO laptop as a whole
could be considered a PLE?

23. Let’s think of it as a
Cognitive
Artifact
[Interaction Design] [Don Norman] [Seymour Papert]

24. we said the computer
disappears when it
permeates the
environment.
(Remember the green
background???)
OK.

25. hence, it’s probably not
the hardware
(what makes something look like a PLE)

26. Could it be the
software?

27. (tip: we live in the era of cloud computing...)
Could it be the
software?

28. We think
this case is slightly
different...

29. We dare call this
BORDERWARE

30. it is the mark of the
belonging to a
community
(an horizontal one)

31. it can create links

32. it can create links
Acting as a Social Amplifier

33. and it can be
a
cognitive
amplifier

34. enhancing

35. calculating
writing
drawing
thinking
memorizing
enhancing abilities

36. and in the future?

37. and in the future?
Children will grow up

38. and in the future?
Children will grow up
and will still need a PLE

39. and in the future?
Children will grow up
and will still need a PLE
something designed for

40. and in the future?
Children will grow up
and will still need a PLE
something designed for
life-long learning

41. and in the future?
Children will grow up
and will still need a PLE
something designed for
life-long learning
life-wide learning

42. A possible solution?

43. Thank you!
andrea.mangiatordi@gmail.com
fabio.serenelli@gmail.com
University of Milan Bicocca, Italy