Slides and audio from today's talk are now posted on the Change blog<http://change.washington.edu/2010/02/cliff-schmidt-and-trina-gorman-on-literacy-bridge/> .
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa at gmail.com> wrote: > This Thursday at Change, Cliff Schmidt and Trina Gorman will be > discussing their work at Literacy Bridge. > > In rural Ghana, Literacy Bridge piloted 21 low-cost audio computers > (?Talking Books?) to measure the impact of giving farmers access to > health and agriculture information. In a village with 90% illiteracy > and no access to electricity, farmers using these devices showed a 48% > increase in crop production over their peers. > > The Talking Book project brings local expertise to rural farmers, > similar to Digital Green, but without a moderator and in audio form > rather than video. The Talking Books are therefore able to consume > less power and run on locally available batteries. > > This Thursday, look forward to hearing about the following: > > Qualitative feedback. How did farmers respond to the device from a > training/usability perspective? How were the devices allocated? > > Quantitative harvest results. How did Literacy Bridge arrive at the > 48% yield increase? How frequently was guidance adopted? > > Future work. Literacy Bridge is experimenting with > uploading/downloading messages via mobile phones, the effects of peer > recognition on behavior change, and more. > > For a two-minute video summary, see http://literacybridge.org. For a > video demonstration of the Talking Book, see > http://literacybridge.org/talkingbook.html. > > What: Cliff Schmidt and Trina Gorman on Literacy Bridge > When: Thursday, February 25 at Noon > Where: UW, Paul Allen Center, Room 203 > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change at change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > -- Rosalyn Mahashin University of Washington MPA '11 Evans School of Public Affairs Google Voice: (206) 651-5875 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20100225/72e8d585/attachment.htm>
