OLPC Oceania Overview Nov09
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Overview of OLPC Oceania,One Laptop per Pacific Child Presenter: Michael Hutak, Regional Director, Oceania, One Laptop per Child, Venue: OLPC/SPC Oceania Country Planning Workshop, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 17-19 November 2009.
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OLPC Oceania Overview Nov09
- 1. One Laptop per Pacific Child Michael Hutak Regional Director, Oceania OLPC Country Planning Workshop 11-13 November 2009 University of the South Pacific Suva, Fiji
- 3. OLPC MISSION: develop and distribute a robust, low-cost laptop that can transform how we educate the world's children.
- 15. OLPC: successful project drivers
- 16. OLPC Oceania 2008-15 2008 – Pilots in 5 countries 2009-10 OLPC introduced and assessed for scale-up by at least 13 countries 2010-15 OLPC scaled up to deliver by 2015 one laptop per every child in basic education
- 20. Niue
- 21. Solomon Is
- 22. Nauru’s rich task curriculum
- 23. PNG
- 24. OLPC PNG teacher training
- 27. Country-level demand - official requests from (at least) 14 countries
- 31. OLPC Oceania Technical Working Group Mission: Assess the viability of OLPC initiative in Oceania and its suitability for scaling up from 2010 to 2015. Objective: Facilitate OLPC Country Programmes in 13 PICTs
- 32. OLPC Oceania Technical Working Group Mission: Assess the viability of OLPC initiative in Oceania and its suitability for scaling up from 2010 to 2015. Objective: Facilitate OLPC Country Programmes in 13 PICTs
- 33. OLPC Oceania TWG – private sector roles
- 34. OLPC Pacific Pool: Ripple effect
- 38. Painting created on the XO by child from Gaire, Papua New Guinea, 2008.
- 39. Thank you. www.laptop.org
Editor's Notes
- Its about Using ICT to learn, not learning to use ICT
- OLPC is a non-profit organisation and is the designer, developer of the XO Laptop, developed at MIT, led by Nicholas Negroponte Based on seymour papert’s theory on constructionism OLPC negotiates with national governments to deliver the XO through existing education systems. Global PS partners subsidise prodn, fulfilment Deployment is owned by Central Governments
- OLPC is a non-profit organisation and is the designer, developer of the XO Laptop, developed at MIT, led by Nicholas Negroponte Based on seymour papert’s theory on constructionism OLPC negotiates with national governments to deliver the XO through existing education systems. Global PS partners subsidise prodn, fulfilment Deployment is owned by Central Governments
- OLPC is a non-profit organisation and is the designer, developer of the XO Laptop, developed at MIT, led by Nicholas Negroponte Based on seymour papert’s theory on constructionism OLPC negotiates with national governments to deliver the XO through existing education systems. Global PS partners subsidise prodn, fulfilment Deployment is owned by Central Governments
- “ Constructionist learning” expressing, constructing, designing, modeling, imagining, creating, critiquing, debugging, collaborating
- International space station (more than the total number in the rest of the world's oceans combined)
- WORLD BANK More than 35 percent of the people of the Pacific islands live and work in towns, and the rate of urban population growth throughout most of the region is high (figure 1). Overall, eight of the twenty-two Pacific countries are now predominantly urban; by 2020 more than half the population in a majority of these countries will live in towns.
- 2007 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit, the leaders of 21 nations noted “the potential utility of the One Laptop Per Child initiative and the need for education authorities … to assess the priority to be accorded to it in their countries as a tool for education and disseminating information to rural and remote communities…”
- 2007 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit, the leaders of 21 nations noted “the potential utility of the One Laptop Per Child initiative and the need for education authorities … to assess the priority to be accorded to it in their countries as a tool for education and disseminating information to rural and remote communities…”
- Coordinated by Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), with guidance from Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) SPC’s Rural Internet Connectivity System (RICS) programme is highly complementary with OLPC. The RICS system enables any rural community to have full and safe Internet connectivity (protected from inappropriate use by filters). RICS provides the broad infrastructure to accommodate large-scale OLPC rollout. At their Oct 2008 review, the SPC Committee of Representative Governments and Administrations approved SPC to seek funding to continue the OLPC program.
- The OLPC Programme enhances, strengthens and aligns with regional and country education goals and plans, including countries’ global commitments to the MDGs and Education For All; There is broad country-level demand and political and community support for the OLPC programme in the Pacific, as evidenced by formal requests for trials by 13 countries; Small trials, while encouraging, provide an insufficient evidence base for policy makers; It is essential that M&E systems be integrated at the outset of any OLPC programme; Broader-based regional technical assistance is needed to aid country capacity building; A standing stock of XO laptops and hardware peripherals should be centrally maintained in the region to efficiently feed trial deployments in a timely and cost-efficient manner. CHILDREN: learning to learn (constructionism) “ using ICT to learn, not learning to use ICT” better quality basic education, better teaching access to latest curricula, the world’s info, and culture 1.6m digital books skills for lifelong learning (information literacy) protection of their own culture and language bringing new skills and knowledge home to share COMMUNITIES For remote communities, OLPC opens up access to: govt services telemedicine health and nutrition info & edu microfinance markets and market data weather info, disaster and emergency preparedness and response will help arrest urbanisation COUNTRIES Prepares the next generation for a connected global future Fosters and supports economic development at national, community and individual levels Targets those most in need, poor rural isolated communities: “Base of the Pyramid” development initiative Drives development of both knowledge and skills economy Unlocks skills and productive potential of entire community Catalyst for creating new derivative businesses in hardware and software support, maintenance, repairs, spare parts etc Builds infrastructure to kickstart ecommerce and support e-microcredit markets
- 1. Pacific Country Trial model – developed to enable decision makers to fully assess the viability of implementing a scaled-up OLPC Country Programme in their schools. 2. Community Consultation Guidelines -- recommended principles for ensuring OLPC is introduced with the full involvement and consent of local communities. (See Annex) 3. OLPC Pacific Pool – funding proposal to establish a regional standing stock of XOs and peripherals Technical Working Group –5 key regional actors have developed a draft MOU to better coordinate and deliver technical assistance to countries wishing to conduct Country Trials of OLPC a. One Laptop per Child Association, Inc. – Supply chain oversight; donor, government relations; stakeholder engagement; policy development, advocacy and strategic planning; b. Secretariat of the Pacific Community – Technical assistance to countries on field deployment; liaison with ministries of education, academia, NGOs, schools and communities; c. International Telecommunication Union – Regional assistance with donors and agencies, resource mobilisation, facilitation of logistics , freight and shipping of equipment d. Australian Council for Educational Research – M&E development and guidance; e. OLPC Friends – Volunteer support to field deployments, community development, private sector engagement; knowledge management, lessons learned and best practices.
- We have official requests like this now from 8 countries of 14 countries that have publicly committed to OLPC.
- Developed as a result of lessons learned from pilots: Country Trial Plan outlining goals, M&E Minimum 1000 student participants Entire school must participate (no students excluded) Mix of urban, rural and remote schools Initial deployment must involve key personnel: Training of trainers Local IT deployment specialists Teachers and other key edu. staff inc. inspectors and M&E specialists Community engagement program M&E framework Designated TWG Focal Point
- Objective: Facilitate OLPC Country Trials in 13 PICTs Formed to establish governance, secure funding and mobilise resources to: • complete existing OLPC trials in five PIF member countries and commence trials in eight more at the request of countries and key actors. • provide evidence and frameworks to enable PIF countries to adequately assess whether to take OLPC to scale in their countries and across the region OLPC – Supply chain oversight; donor, government and media relations; stakeholder engagement; policy development, advocacy and strategic planning; SPC -- Technical assistance to countries on OLPC deployment in the field including follow-up support; liaison with ministries, academia, NGOs, schools and communities; ACER – Monitoring and evaluation development, guidance, and oversight; ITU – Regional assistance with IGOs, donors and relevant agencies, resource mobilisation, including facilitating logistics , freight and shipping of equipment OLPC Friends – Support to field trials through volunteer resource management, community development, private sector engagement; knowledge management including documentation of deployment experience, lessons learned and best practices.
- Objective: Facilitate OLPC Country Trials in 13 PICTs Formed to establish governance, secure funding and mobilise resources to: • complete existing OLPC trials in five PIF member countries and commence trials in eight more at the request of countries and key actors. • provide evidence and frameworks to enable PIF countries to adequately assess whether to take OLPC to scale in their countries and across the region OLPC – Supply chain oversight; donor, government and media relations; stakeholder engagement; policy development, advocacy and strategic planning; SPC -- Technical assistance to countries on OLPC deployment in the field including follow-up support; liaison with ministries, academia, NGOs, schools and communities; ACER – Monitoring and evaluation development, guidance, and oversight; ITU – Regional assistance with IGOs, donors and relevant agencies, resource mobilisation, including facilitating logistics , freight and shipping of equipment OLPC Friends – Support to field trials through volunteer resource management, community development, private sector engagement; knowledge management including documentation of deployment experience, lessons learned and best practices.
- Private Sector OLPC Oceania Technical Working Group needs a reputable lead private sector partner, Direct Funding (Pacific Pool) Country focus Project focus Marketing assistance (POS network) Resource Mobilisation Private Sector leadership Technical know-how Microfinance Partnerships Micro Enterprise Development (MED) programs High profile Community Awareness Regulatory assistance
- 2007 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit, the leaders of 21 nations noted “the potential utility of the One Laptop Per Child initiative and the need for education authorities … to assess the priority to be accorded to it in their countries as a tool for education and disseminating information to rural and remote communities…”
- OLPC deployments in schools which provide a credible evidence base to enable countries to assess their capacity and readiness to take OLPC sustainability from trials to full scale; Monitoring and evaluation framework and country-level M&E baseline model, which each country can tailor to its needs; Needs and readiness assessment to take OLPC to scale in 13 PIF countries Independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the work of the Technical Working Group
- Divine Word University, Madang, PNG is developing and running these PNG projects. OLPC is participating in regular meetings by conference. Lihir Sustainable Development Program – Landowners program associated with PNG gold mining project for Lihir Gold Limited (ASX:LGL) on the PNG island of Lihir Negotiating order for 5k, potential for 15k in total