About the Case Study

Our proposed case integrates technology and human resources to create a highly efficient, replicable and scalable system across many countries and cultures.   The case serves remote villages without Internet access or electricity that are nevertheless less than 2 hours transportation (by means of inexpensive local transport, through some combination of walking, bicycle, moped, car or train) from a town which has both 1) Internet access and regular access to electricity, and 2) a literate population of potential semi-skilled teachers.  A semiskilled teacher will be recruited and trained in the town. The teacher will serve approximately 50 students, ages 4-8, in the village.  The teacher will be supplied with one TeacherMate handheld computer for each student in the remote village (plus spares).  The teacher will charge the units overnight each night and synch the units as necessary with a netbook or tablet that we would supply.  The teacher will transport the units back and forth to the village each day.  

 Ways to assess the cost-effectiveness of the TeacherMate system in settings of this particular kind, compared with other approaches, will be presented for discussion. 

About the Presenter

Seth Weinberger

Seth Weinberger is the founder of Innovations for Learning, and the developer of its first software programs. Seth is also a co-founder of the Cherry Preschool in Evanston, IL. Seth is Senior Counsel to the international law firm Mayer Brown, where he has been a member of its Global Information Technology practice for over 25 years.