Hello Yaw What do you mean on measuring success in such projects?
The basic answer most were prototyped, and here is an example of m-maji in use today: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Tech+firm+hits+on+solution+to+water+scarcity+in+slums+/-/1248928/1380090/-/item/0/-/btl2u6/-/index.htmlhere Generally the challenge is about building trust and capacity in your new collaborators. If you get false information that you work on, this could be a challenge. When in teh communities, it is good to create ownership of the projects, and i think the first needs finding helps cultivate such a relationship. In all honesty , when we started out no one had a clear idea of what ICTD was, and no one from the Kenyan side had official training on this . The ICTD portion came later though, and open communication with our collaborators helped change the learning curve Judy On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa at gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Judy, > > It seems like this approach to ICTD projects would have a high > failure rate. Of the projects that started when you were involved, did > any of them go to some kind of pilot? If not, could you talk a bit > about what obstacles were? > > Yaw > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 17:45, judy wawira <judywawira at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all > > > > I had the opportunity of working on the designing liberation course as a > > supervisor/teaching assistant the very first year when Josh and Terry > came > > to Nairobi to launch the project. > > > > I had little perspective of what ICT4D meant(probably still do) but i > learnt > > a lot from working with the team. > > > > Like any academic process, most of the things you do for school work are > > never completely used, and i still have the original needs finding > documents > > that we used for the course. > > > > As we know the focus in Africa by mobile manufacturers like Nokia has > been > > to improve content available to their subscribers, and hopefully build a > > business around these, this was a good example of a north to south, > private > > public partnership. > > > > The students from Kenya were purely limited to computer science, while > > Stanford were mixed from all disciplines. > > > > I identified the key staekholders, at that point the broad challenge was > " > > Mobile tools to improve access to health care in slum areas" > > > > Through a collaboration, both teams of students engaged each other in > > understanding the problem, and feedback on where the solution was > > appropriate. > > > > After the summer, the Stanford students came to Kenya to test the mobile > > prototypes, and a few Kenyan students had a chance to visit silicon > valley > > > > Back in Kenya during the summer, i am working to focus on young > > enterrenuership mobile for people intrested in mhealth and ehealth. I > think > > the university of washington is able to do this effectively , producing > > researchers and innovators in business as seen in the ICT space worldwide > > > > It will be interesting to watch how the ICTD space evolves > > > > Judy > > > > Ps: here is a link that holds some of the class activities: > > http://liberationtechnologydcourse.pbworks.com/w/page/24948376/Welcome! > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Batya Friedman <batya at uw.edu> wrote: > >> > >> I think this is a really neat idea. I've talked with Terry about the > >> course a couple of times over the last year or so. I also think > there's a > >> possibility to do some interesting capacity building with faculty as > part > >> of the process. If others are interested, this is a model I would like > to > >> explore further. I have some contacts in Rwanda that might be > interested. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Bat > >> > >> > >> On 3/23/12 11:14 AM, "Gaetano Borriello" <gaetano at cs.washington.edu> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >What do you think about this approach to ICTD courses? > >> > > >> >Harnessing Mobile Tech and Students to Promote Development in Kenya > >> >Stanford University (03/19/12) > >> > > >> >Stanford University professors Joshua Cohen and Terry Winograd teach a > >> >course that brings interdisciplinary teams of Stanford students > >> >together with students from the University of Nairobi and local > >> >nongovernmental organizations to design new uses for mobile platforms > >> >that promote human development in Nairobi's informal settlements. > >> >Cohen says the course, called Designing Liberation Technologies, is > >> >premised on the idea that mobile tech is a promising means for > >> >providing jumpstarts in human welfare. He says the reason the class > >> >focuses on using mobile applications in areas of health, education, > >> >and economic development is because mobile is the most rapidly growing > >> >technology, especially in the developing world. The students use a > >> >problem-solving process that involves starting with the potential > >> >users themselves, and then developing insights about how their needs > >> >can be solved with mobile applications, Cohen notes. The projects have > >> >involved locating malaria drugs and checking them for counterfeiting, > >> >helping health workers collect patient information and control patient > >> >workflow, and helping pregnant women save money for prenatal care. The > >> >group is readying the launch of a six-month pilot for the M-Maji > >> >project in five villages in Kibera, which is designed to help people > >> >find clean water, especially during water shortages. > >> > > >> >http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/cohen-mobile-kenya.html > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >change mailing list > >> >change at change.washington.edu > >> >http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> change mailing list > >> change at change.washington.edu > >> http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Judy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > change mailing list > > change at change.washington.edu > > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > -- Judy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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