How Much Information Can You Hold in One Hand?

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  2005
Authors  Herren, Matthew; Sudra:, Maciej
Conference Name  Digital Culture and Heritage. Proceedings of ICHIM05.Paris
Publisher  Archives & Museum Informatics Europe (AMIE)
Conference Location  Paris, France
Keywords  ichim; ichim05; Education; Pilot Project; User Interface; Textbooks; Development; Open Source; PDA; Pocket PC
Abstract  

In the Kenyan village of Mbita, the sixty students and three teachers of class 5 had their text- books replaced with an ICT platform for the distribution of curriculum content, called the EduVi- sion E-Learning System. The students and teachers went about their normal curriculum much as any other primary school in Kenya, except in the place of textbooks they used handheld com- puters running a customized Linux operating system and EduVision’s software. The software development continued throughout the project, taking into account feedback and suggestions from the teachers and students. Using an inclusive, bottom-up approach to designing the overall project, EduVision has devel- oped a functional implementation of its design. Taking the concept of bottom-up design further, we continued to solicit input on the system as it developed from the students

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