Using OLPC laptop technology as a computer science case study teaching tool
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2009-04
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Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, USA
Abstract
The One Laptop Per Child project has succeeded in developing a novel
computer that is tailored to the particular needs of the developing world. The
use of this example of a modern computer systems design challenge can be a
valuable case study as a teaching tool in computer science. The OLPC laptop
is a multiple-purpose computer that is rugged, low-cost, low-power, mesh-
networked, and inexpensive. An overview of the technology in the laptops is
given, as well as curricula suggestions for using the laptops in an
undergraduate computer science curriculum.
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Suzanne Fox Buchele is the Provost of Ashesi University College
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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), Ghana, computer science education
Citation
Buchele, S. F. 2009. Using OLPC laptop technology as a computer science case study teaching tool. J. Comput. Sci. Coll. 24, 4 (April 2009), 130-136