Quelle: Weiterbildungsblog Autor: jrobes
15 Millionen Dollar sind insgesamt ausgelobt. 1 Millionen hat jeder der fünf Finalisten bereits sicher. Die Hürde, die sie nehmen mussten: „… software solutions to enable children to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic.“ Jetzt sollen die Lösungen 15 Monate lang in Tansania getestet werden. Viele sind dabei: die UNESCO, das World Food Programme (WFP), das Government of Tanzania und Google, das 8.000 Pixel C-Tablets spendiert. Der Sieger („… whose solution enables the greatest proficiency gains in reading, writing and arithmetic“) erhält am Ende die verbleibenden 10 Millionen Dollar. Open Source/ Open Content sind Kriterien, die die Wettbewerber erfüllen müssen. Und was sich in Tansania bewährt … Das Projekt erinnert mich irgendwie an One Laptop per Child.
„- CCI (New York, United States) is developing structured and sequential instructional programs, in addition to a platform seeking to enable non-coders to develop engaging learning content in any language or subject area.
– Chimple (Bangalore, India) is developing a learning platform aimed at enabling children to learn reading, writing and mathematics on a tablet through more than 60 explorative games and 70 different stories.
– Kitkit School (Berkeley, United States) is developing a learning program with a game-based core and flexible learning architecture aimed at helping children independently learn, irrespective of their knowledge, skill, and environment.
– onebillion (UK/Malawi/Tanzania) is merging numeracy content with new literacy material to offer directed learning and creative activities alongside continuous monitoring to respond to different children’s needs.
– RoboTutor (Pittsburgh, United States) is leveraging Carnegie Mellon’s research in reading and math tutors, speech recognition and synthesis, machine learning, educational data mining, cognitive psychology, and human-computer interaction.“