About the Case Study

OLE Mexico has initiated a project to develop educational games for the elementary level that can be played online or offline with, or without the assistance of a teacher.  A prototype series of basic mathematics games has been developed and is being tested and advance of expanding the games development to a full elementary level curriculum. The long-term goal is for these games to be available to children on low-cost hand held devices.  

The case will present ways to assess the cost-effectiveness of the system, compared with other approaches, in settings of this particular kind. 

About the Presenter

Antonio Puron

Antonio Puron was a consultant with the McKinsey Company in Latin America for 27 years.  Over the past two years he has focused his time and resources on developing educational games software that is compelling to children and that enables them to develop the basic literacy and numeracy skills that are essential to developing higher level academic and work skills. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the Universidad Iberoamericana, and was a candidate for the master's degree in Chemistry.  He also earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He is currently an associate fellow of CIDAC and participates in the boards of Banco Santander, Nadro, S.A. (JV of McKesson in Mexico), Munal (National Arts Museum), Progresemos (agricultural microfinance) and Centro de Colaboración Cívica.