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- Apiola, Mikko, et al.
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From Research & Design Milieu to a Living Lab : Ukombozi School in Tanzania
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Ingår i: IST-Africa 2012 Conference Proceedings. - : IIMC International Information Management Corporation. - 9781905824342 ; , s. 155-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- One-to-one computing has been proposed as one solution for improving primary school education around the world. Ukombozi School is a public primary school in Mkimbizi village, Tanzania, and the school has performed outstandingly on the district, regional, and national levels. Ukombozi school has 100 XO-1 "children’s laptops", and, in collaboration with a local university, the school is using those computers for teaching pupils basic computer literacy. The school, however, has ambitious plans for the computers. This paper analyses the necessary steps for developing the current research and design collaboration into a fully-fledged living lab, which can be used to studying, further developing, and replicating Ukombozi School’s success.
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- Popova, Iskra
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System Dynamics Approach in Evaluating ICT4D Research Projects
- 2012
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Ingår i: IST-Africa 2012. - : IIMC International Information Management Corporation. - 9781905824342
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this research is to propose the use of modelling and simulation as an alternative or complementary method for monitoring and evaluation of ICT4D projects. As a proof of concept for this idea, System Dynamics approach in evaluating Spider’s program “ICT Collaboration Projects with Swedish Partner Universities 2005-2009” is presented. The results obtained are compared to those available in the external assessment of the same program, created using qualitative approach. The conclusions drawn in both cases are the same. Hence, this example opens the door for models to enter the area of ICT4D. The advantages in using them for future projects are numerous. They offer clarity and compactness in presenting the results, as well as the opportunities to check outcomes under different scenarios.
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- Tedre, Matti, et al.
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Central Questions of ICT & Ethics : IT Ethics Course Design in Tanzania
- 2012
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Ingår i: IST-Africa 2012. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : IIMC International Information Management Corporation. - 9781905824342
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The proliferation of information and communication technology has brought up a wide variety of ethical questions that have not before been a concern in Tanzania. When the possibilities of technology are new, one rarely even notices the deep ethical questions arising from its use or misuse. In the popular media the typical ethical questions are concerned with criminal uses of technology, or with immediately perceivable surface phenomena, such as spread of offensive or illegal material. ICT ethics, however, is a much broader topic, and ICT professionals must have a good understanding of the issues involved as well as the practical implications of those issues. This paper discusses from a Tanzanian viewpoint, firstly, the central questions of ethics that ICT professionals must be aware of. Secondly, this paper presents the pedagogical vehicles for educating Tanzanian students about those questions. Thirdly, this paper presents the course design and content for an e-learning course that was designed to bring the abstract ethical questions into life in a Tanzanian e-learning course.
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- Tedre, Matti, et al.
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Four Years of IT Program Development in Tanzania
- 2012
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Ingår i: IST-Africa 2012. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : IIMC International Information Management Corporation. - 9781905824342
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- It has been shown that national, regional, and local needs must be taken into account in successful IT (information technology) education. Educational programs need to be contextualized to utilize particular strengths of their context of deployment, and they need to meet particular educational, social, and workforce strategic objectives. Based on those premises, Tumaini University in Iringa, Tanzania, started a contextualized IT program in 2007. To date, two cohorts of students have graduated, and the program has somewhat stabilized. This joint paper reports participant observation over a time-span of four and a half years, as analyzed by the IT program’s four previous heads of department, ICT director of the college, and the college’s director for research and postgraduate studies. The paper identifies 8 major success factors and 40 SWOT analysis items for IT education development. Our analysis makes 18 pedagogical, administrative, curricular, technical, sociocultural, and financial recommendations for development of IT education in the Tanzanian context.
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