The document summarizes observations from fieldwork conducted on the "Una Laptop por Nino" (OLPC Peru) program. It notes that Peru has distributed over 290,000 XO laptops to students and teachers in public primary and secondary schools since 2007. The fieldwork involved visiting 12 schools and conducting over 40 interviews. It identified 5 necessary conditions for mobile learning with OLPC laptops in Peru: (1) the mobile devices themselves (2) free and open source software (3) contextualized local content (4) support for individualized learning and (5) connectivity and collaboration. A key factor is teacher training and support to effectively utilize the technology.

1. Observations of "Una Laptop por Nino"
OLPC Peru
[#MLCB 2011-03-21]

2. Antje Breitkopf
antjje@gmail.com
@TarAntje

3. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

4. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

5. founded 2005 by Nicholas Negroponte, MIT media lab
first prototype 2005
production since Nov. 2007
source: flickr.com/kittenstoe

6. 5 Principles:
child ownership
low ages
saturation
connectiviity
free & open source

7. source: screenshot

8. OLPC world map
source: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:Olpc-countries-all.jpg

9. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

10. Population: ~30 million
Literacy rate: 92.9%
Languages: Spanish (81.4%)
Quechua (13%)
Aymara (1.7%)
source: http://medlibrary.org
source: http://topnews.in/law/files/peru_map11.jpg

11. „Una Laptop por Niño“ - OLPC Peru
● since 2007: 290 000 laptops distributed
● another 580 000 ordered
● in public school system for Primary and Secondary
schools
source: own photo
source: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/XO-1.5.jpg

12. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

13. qualitative, descriptive study
with pedagogical and
anthropological perspective
participant observation
documentation
visited 12 schools and 5
teacher courses/ seminars
conducted more than 40
interviews
source: XO laptop (made by a student)
source: XO laptop (own photo)

14. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

15. a) mobile devices
b) free and open software
c) contextualized content
d) individualization
e) connectivity and collaboration

16. a) mobile devices
source: own photos

17. XO Photos
source: downloaded from XO laptops

18. XO Photos
source: downloaded from XO laptops

19. b) free and open software
source: own photo

20. The Diary
source: screenshot from XO laptop

21. c) contextualized content
source: own photos

22. source: Ministry of Education, Peru (http://www.perueduca.edu.pe)

23. how to make learning
meaningful
source: own photos

24. d) individualization
source: own photo

25. „multigrade“ and
„one-teacher“
classrooms
source: own photos

26. e) connectivity and collaboration
source: screenshot from XO laptop

27. source: screenshot from XO laptop

28. 1. OLPC
2. Peru
3. Fieldwork
4. Mobile Learning with OLPC in Peru
5. necessary conditions

29. what is „matter of course“ here, can be a big problem there
source: own photo

30. a crucial factor is the
teacher
source: own photos

31. THANK YOU!
more information
www.laptop.org
www.sugarlabs.org
www.olpcnews.com
www.perueduca.edu.pe
contact: antjje@gmail.com
source: own photo