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They don't cite it, but their experiment was clearly inspired by the successes of the Hole in the Wall project in India which has been successful for many years

They don't cite it, but their experiment was clearly inspired by the successes of the Hole in the Wall project in India which has been successful for many years. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t... http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_educa... http://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra http://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education

cjbprime 14y ago
Yes, Dr. Mitra was involved in this project too. See this comment by Ed McNierney on the Technology Review article: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506466/given-tablets-but-no-teachers-ethiopian-children-teach-themselves/#lf_comment=41999900 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506466/given-tablets-bu... Although OLPC initiated and has been managing this experiment, we haven't done it alone. Right from the beginning the project team has included Prof. Sugata Mitra of Newcastle University (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/sugata.mitra http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/sugata.mitra) and Prof. Maryanne Wolf, director of the Tufts University Center for Reading and Language Research (http://ase.tufts.edu/crlr/team/wolf.htm http://ase.tufts.edu/crlr/team/wolf.htm).
tomjen3 14y ago
Go watch his speech. It is amazing.
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