This is the Annual ICT4D Postgraduate Symposium sixth session briefing. It took place in Egham, September 15th, 2006, noon. Here come the notes I took on the fly:
Annika Andersson, Örebro University
What is so special about e-learning in developing countries?
What are the inhibiting and facilitating factors that can esplain inclusion and exclusion in ICT-based distance education in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh? To do so, create a model to explain inclusion and exclusion factors of e-learning in a developing country setting, and on basis of this model, develop inclusion strategies.
Annika Andersson
Marco Zennaro, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
ICT4SD: ICT for Scientific Development
Scientific Thought is the common heritage of mankind
, Abdus Salam.
Marco starts his speech talking presenting ICTP, and their main projects such as PingEr and the book Wireless Networking in the Developing World.
The four technological requirements that can make an ICT4D project successful (The case for Technology in developing regions, E. Brewer):
- Autonomous connectivity
- Power resilience
- Appropriate user interface
- Low-cost equipment
Main challenges in deploying WSN in developing countries:
- Power consumption
- Cost of deployment
- Rugged and reliable
- Open source software lacking
- Little documentation
- No sourceforge
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