HP Reinvents Learning in the Developing World
September 20 2017 - 9:00AM
Today, HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) announced the new HP School Cloud
featuring the HP Open Learning Platform during Global Citizen Week.
HP School Cloud will provide access to educational materials and
apps to students, teachers and adult learners in rural and poor
communities around the world.
The HP School Cloud is a hybrid cloud appliance, meaning it acts
as both an advanced wireless router and state-of-the-art file and
content server. Each device will leverage a range of free, open
source educational material from OpenStax—with more Open Education
Resource partners to be announced later this fall. Schools without
Internet access can simply install an HP School Cloud, turn it on,
and let students dive into millions of e-textbooks and thousands of
lessons on reading, science, mathematics, and more.
Furthermore, HP School Cloud equips teachers with the ability to
monitor and measure individual progress of students in a safe,
secure environment. All resources will be aligned with
international curricular and instructional standards from UNESCO,
OECD and others. The HP School Cloud featuring the HP Open Learning
Platform will be available for select markets in early 2018.
“HP has a long commitment to improving education. Last year
alone we improved learning for over four million students. The
HP School Cloud helps us impact even more students,” said Ron
Coughlin, President of Personal Systems Business at HP. “By
providing access to a wide and relevant range of educational
content and resources, HP School Cloud ensures today’s aspiring
students develop the skills for the jobs of tomorrow, even those
without reliable internet access.”
“This partnership unlocks enormous potential for students all
over the world,” said Daniel Williamson, managing director for
OpenStax. “By pairing OpenStax textbooks
already in use by 1.5 million students with HP School Cloud
featuring the HP Open Learning Platform, we’re providing equitable
access to high-quality education content for millions more,
including the world’s most marginalized.”
HP aims to reach one million learners by 2020 and is partnering
with Intel to seed over 1,700 HP School Clouds to schools all over
the developing world. The technology will pilot in The Kilgoris
Project schools in Kenya and at schools in Malawi, Africa, this
fall, contributing to a better learning environment for all
students.
HP is also partnering with the Global Business Coalition for
Education and Education Cannot Wait, the first global movement and
fund dedicated to education in emergencies, to explore where the
new technology could be most needed to support students and
teachers in other countries affected by conflicts, natural
disasters and protracted crises.
In addition to HP School Cloud, the company announced with
Microsoft the launch of AppFactory, a program to improve the state
of software development and bring quality learning, IT skills
development and entrepreneurship training to the people living in
the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. HP is providing computing
technology to ensure refugee youth living in the Malawi camp have
the tools to participate in the AppFactory program.
Additionally, the company opened two HP Learning Studios in
Jordan in September, in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency
(UNHCR), InZone and CARE. The studios are located in Amman and at
the Azraq Refugee Camp – with a third studio to open soon in the
town community of Azraq. Each one is equipped with hardware,
software, and teacher training services that together inspire
instructional innovation and next-generation learning experiences.
This announcement follows through on a commitment made last year
during United Nations General Assembly Week to establish six
new HP Learning Studios in Jordan and Lebanon in partnership with
Digital Promise Global, Global Business Coalition for Education,
Microsoft and Intel. HP is currently working with the UNHCR to
select locations and partners for the three HP Learning Studios to
be built in Lebanon.
These announcements mark a significant step in advancing HP’s
goal of improving learning outcomes for 100 million people by
2025.
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Emily Horn,
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