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How Much Information Can You Hold in One Hand?
| Title | How Much Information Can You Hold in One Hand? |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Herren, M., & Sudra: M. |
| Secondary Title | Digital Culture and Heritage. Proceedings of ICHIM05.Paris |
| Publisher | Archives & Museum Informatics Europe (AMIE) |
| Place Published | Paris, France |
| Keywords | development, education, ichim, ichim05, open source, PDA, Pilot Project, Pocket PC, Textbooks, user interfaces |
| 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 |