Village eLearning: an offline mobile solution to rural communities? knowledge requirement

Authors:
Souleymane Camara;Sujan Shrestha;José Abdelnour-Nocera;John Moore
Affiliations:
Thames Valley University, London, UK;Thames Valley University, London, UK;Thames Valley University, London, UK;Thames Valley University, London, UK
Venue:
BCS '10 Proceedings of the 24th BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper presents an offline mobile eLearning concept as an ICT solution to address the knowledge requirements of a rural sub-Saharan farming community. A socio-technical customisation and deployment of WikiReaders is proposed to support offline mobile access to digital content. A future use scenario is presented as a demonstration of cheap but sustainable innovation emerging from a longitudinal evaluation of users, their needs and their context.