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Student Number: 11M51175 Name: John AUXILLOS Supervisors: Shinobu YAMAGUCHI & Jun-ichi TAKADA
This study employs a multi-phased pragmatic mixed-methods research that investigates the impact of the One
Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative introduced in Mongolian in 2008. The OLPC is a non-profit organization founded
by Nicholas Negroponte in 2005 to empower the worlds underserved children, following the constructivist learning
theory, through purposely built low-cost and rugged laptops filled with educational software. In Mongolia, 46 schools
were given a total of 12,100 OLPC XO1 laptops and this research analyzes both quantitative and qualitative data
collected between December 2011 and May 2013 from the stakeholders. The findings indicate that children develop
differently and the impact also proliferated to the community. While these findings are not generalizable, it builds a
case for further research.