1. How
to
contextualize
and
access
content
Making
the
forest
from
the
trees…
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe,
Stockholm
University
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
2. First
quality,
now
contextualization
! The
first
aim
is
quality
(meaning)
! Then
accessibility
(reach)
! Then
contextualization
(adaptation)
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
3. Accessibility
! Affordability
-‐
costs
! Technical
infrastructure
–
Internet
access
! Language
access
! Culturally
relevant
! Device
ubiquity
! Support
everything
from
phones
to
televisions
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
4. Languages
! Internet
access
is
not
enough
if
information
is
understandable
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
5. Languages
• Approximately
6
000
in
the
World
! Approximately
2000
in
Africa
! How
to
make
quality
content
available
in
local
languages?
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
6. 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)
the
poor
2/16/13
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
7. 2
ICT4D
efforts
! Kenyan
Frontrunner
! Mobile
learning
for
Human
Rights
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
8. Kenyan
Frontrunner
! Spider/DSV/Linköping
project
2011
-‐-‐
! P-‐O
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
! Smartphones
in
a
Kenyan
context
! Mobile
technology,
learning
and
business
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
9. 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/
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
10. 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
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
11. Entrepreneurship
! Slum
Runs
http://www.slumrun.com
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
12. 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
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
13. Mobile
Learning
for
Human
Rights
! Formalizing
informal
learning
! Certificate
! Digital
Badge
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
14. PC
vs.
mobile
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
15. What
is
Crucial?
1. Affordability
2. Technical
infrastructure
3. A
pedagogical
framework
4. A
support
model
5. Content
in
local
languages
6. Device
ubiquity
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
16. ?
! 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
Henrik
Hansson
and
William
Jobe
Uplifting
the
poor
2/16/13
