how to make content contextualized and accessible
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How to contextualize and access content
Making the forest from the trees… Henrik Hansson and William Jobe, Stockholm University
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
First quality, now contextualization
! The first aim is quality (meaning)
! Then accessibility (reach) ! Then contextualization (adaptation)
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Accessibility
! Affordability -‐ costs
! Technical infrastructure – Internet access
! Language access
! Culturally relevant
! Device ubiquity ! Support everything from phones to televisions
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Languages
! Internet access is not enough if information is understandable
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Languages
• Approximately 6 000 in the World
! Approximately 2000 in Africa
! How to make quality content available in local languages?
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Micro-‐economy & micro education approach
! Align quality content to national curricula
! Translate learning objects into local language & make it culturally relevant
! Pay distributed individual translators per learning object based on quality ! Peer rating ! Expert rating ! Use frequency
! = creates digital learning content for all school levels in local languages and promotes incentives to contribute (translate) via micro payment (aid or sponsors) Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
2 ICT4D efforts
! Kenyan Frontrunner
! Mobile learning for Human Rights
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Kenyan Frontrunner
! Spider/DSV/Linköping project 2011 -‐-‐
! P-‐O Hansson and William Jobe
! Smartphones in a Kenyan context
! Mobile technology, learning and business
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Mobile Technology ! Using modern
techniques and tools in order to make mobile technology accessible
! Native apps and mobile web apps
http://flip.dsv.su.se/Kenya/MobileWebApp/ Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Formal/Informal Learning ! Studying how the smartphone
facilitates informal learning
! Studying how the smartphone can enable formal learning opportunities
! The runners unanimously chose to study a course in Human Rights
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Entrepreneurship ! Slum Runs
http://www.slumrun.com
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Mobile Learning for Human Rights
! Content contribution from Kenyans
! Focus on Kenyan Human Rights issues and context
! Language – English and Kiswahili
! Device ubiquity with responsive web design
! All content as audio files Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
Mobile Learning for Human Rights
! Formalizing informal learning ! Certificate ! Digital Badge
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
PC vs. mobile
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
What is Crucial? 1. Affordability
2. Technical infrastructure
3. A pedagogical framework
4. A support model
5. Content in local languages
6. Device ubiquity
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
? ! Must content be available in local languages? Is
English enough?
! Supporting large scale ICT4D efforts? How can we do it?
! Funding for learning initiatives and uplifting the poor with ICT?
! Division of labour? Kenya-‐Sweden: ! programming-‐help desk ! content development ! innovation, research and evaluation
Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
william@dsv.su.se
henrik.hansson@dsv.su.se Uplifting the poor 2/16/13 Henrik Hansson and William Jobe
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