We face similar challenges - we only have a few XS-AU servers out there. We'll have to cache information and sync it back to the server once Internet connectivity is re-established.
It seems that we should be working on the same code base. On 28 November 2011 15:53, Sebastian Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sridhar, > No need for confusion, we are working on the same implementation of > collection of > usage statistics, as we have similar requirements. > > I have been coordinating with Aleksey to accomodate our requirements with > his work. > The only difference I see is that in Peru we can't count on having a > schoolserver so the > client will have to cache some data. > > Locally, for the previous study we collected journals, browser and error > logs [1]. > Now user interaction events will be specifically recorded for research and > feedback. > An implementation of this functionality at the Sugar level (or X11+dbus) > will facilitate research on use and metrics for improvement of the user's > learning > experience. > > It would be wonderful if researchers could agree on what metrics we would > require to > measure. I'm proposing from our previous experience to begin with Activity > Focus / unfocus > as well as start/stop as a reference. > > I have been following OLPC-AU's process and consider your experience a model > for > the Puno startup deployment. > > I am cc'ing Julián Cristia who is an economist working with the IADB and one > of the > authors of quite an extensive Experimental Assessment of OLPC Peru [2]. > Also cc'ing the Puno team. > > Warm regards, > Sebastian > > [1] http://git.sugarlabs.org/recolectar-datos > [2] http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=35422036 > > > El 27/11/11 17:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan escribió: > > I'm confused - there seem to be two implementations of what looks to > be the same thing! > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Server_Kit/Usage_Statistics#Monitor > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Statistics_gathering > > Aleksey's (the first link) is being developed with input from OLPC > Australia. We are engaged with respected academic researchers to > professionally evaluate educational outcomes from our XOs. Ethics and > privacy issues are being taken care of. We hope that what we are > building here can be of benefit to the wider Sugar community as well. > > It might be a good idea if we could pool our talents around one > implementation. > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > Engineering Manager > One Laptop per Child Australia > > _______________________________________________ Lista olpc-Sur [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur
