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Journal articles on the topic "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Rural Empowerment"
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Ullah, Mohammad Sahid. "Empowerment, Asymmetrical Power Relations and Impacts of Information Technology in Rural Bangladesh." South Asia Research 37, no. 3 (September 25, 2017): 315–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0262728017725635.
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In the wider context of growing digitalisation in South Asia, this article examines the impacts of a public–private–people partnership (4Ps) information and communication technology (ICT) initiative of the Bangladesh government, administered through local governmental offices, the Union Information Service Centre (UISC). Scrutinising the operation of six UISCs in rural communities across Bangladesh, the study researches the potential of ICTs to influence existing asymmetrical power relations and empower local people. Asking to what extent ICTs enable more people to actively participate in their communities and what the implications for empowerment are, it is found that top-down ICT intervention by itself cannot bring substantial change for people at the bottom of the social pyramid. Asymmetrical power relations continue to deprive marginalised groups from receiving the claimed benefits of ICT facilities. The study suggests the need for a more critical, practice-focused understanding of relationships between ICTs and rural empowerment, while also highlighting the changing modalities of connecting states and their citizens in postmodern South Asia.
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Tamrin, Teguh, and Akhmad Khanif Zyen. "PUSPINDES E-Performance Information System for Monitoring the Performance." Journal of Applied Intelligent System 7, no. 2 (September 7, 2022): 120–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.33633/jais.v7i2.6492.
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Puspindes is a government institution built by the Pemalang government to provide competence in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development. The rural informatics empowerment center, hereinafter referred to as PUSPINDES, Pemalang Regency is a flagship program under the supervision and responsibility of BAPERMASDES (Community Empowerment Agency Village) Pemalang Regency this institution focuses on village development, especially in the field of Computer Information Technology and also Intern networks for villages. A system was created to assist in the administrative process carried out by PUSPINDES employees using the PHP Programming Language CodeIgniter package and data storage using a MySQL database.
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Ahsan, Henna, and Hania Afzal. "Is information communication technology and women empowerment helping to alleviate poverty in Pakistan?" Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) 6, no. 2 (December 31, 2022): 190–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/6.2.11.
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The study investigates the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and women empowerment in reducing Pakistan's poverty by make use of the Household Integrated Economic Survey 2018-19. The poverty situation of a country, when defined through different poverty bands, has significant policy implications as categorizing people into different poverty bands helps in targeted policy initiatives for these groups. The five levels of the poor defined for this research are (extremely poor, deeply poor, poor, vulnerable, and marginally poor). To analyze the determinants of poverty Probit model has been used, whereas for targeted policy implication, quantile regression has been employed. The empirical results reveal that ICT has a significant role in alleviating poverty. Access to the internet plays a significant role in reducing poverty by rendering job and entrepreneurial opportunities. It helps the rural population keep abreast with the latest information and developments. Further, women empowerment has a significant impact on improving the living standard of a household, and the impact is strong for marginally poor households as compared to extremely poor households. Finally, other control variables like human capital and the experience of the household head also play a significant role in helping the households to improve their poverty state.
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Ullah, Mohammad Sahid. "Empowerment of the Rural Poor through Access to ICT: A Case Study of the Union Information and Service Centre Initiative in Bangladesh." Journal of Creative Communications 12, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973258617708366.
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This article examines the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) access and the empowerment of rural people through the Union Information and Service Centres (UISCs) established at the Union Council, the lowest administrative unit of the Bangladeshi government. Based on ethnographic research that explores both everyday peoples’ and beneficiary perspectives, this study reveals that given the conditions of poverty, the illiterate and relatively powerless majority of the rural poor failed to access and use the facilities provided through UISCs, which were inevitably controlled by the power elites in the service area. The study concludes that while access to and use of relevant information is a key component of empowerment, the way UISCs have been organized in a particular kind of socio-economic arrangement, the services delivered neither succeeded in providing equality of access nor has the information available through these centres been deemed relevant to promoting rural investment or reducing social disparity in any significant way. This article argues that empowerment from ICTs does not follow automatically after their implementation, but rather the success of technologies and their access is subject to power relationships within communities.
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Kawlra, Aarti. "From Rural Outsourcing to Rural Opportunities." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 3, no. 3 (July 2011): 16–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2011070102.
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Inspired by the potential of Information and Communication Technologies, henceforth ICTs, for socio-economic development, and supported by a university based technology and business incubator, Rural Production Company, henceforth RPC, was set up in 2007 employing an ICT-mediated distributed production model. This paper reveals how RPC, initially an exploratory project whose key innovation was its Internet kiosk-facilitated model of crafts production and local empowerment, morphed into a social enterprise catering to global demands. The context of innovation provided by the Incubator led to a transformation of an ICT4D (ICT for Development) project into a business venture through the practice of formal and informal questioning at every stage of its implementation. This paper focuses on the iterative method adopted while highlighting the role of the incubator in the overall design and development process of the enterprise. This paper is a reflexive mapping of the organization’s evolution from the original research agenda of outsourcing production cum rural employment, to one that privileges local networks both as a conscious business strategy and as an arena for collaborative change for human development.
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Pandey, Neelesh. "ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF NABARANGPUR DISTRICT." Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance ISSN 2394-3351 4, no. 4 (September 21, 2017): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.19085/journal.sijbpg040401.
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<p>Today India is passing through the phase of communication revolution, which has brought about a significant growth of media in mass communication. It has become an important part of development initiatives in health, nutrition, agriculture, family planning, education, community economy and world empowerment. The present study aims to study the agriculture development with the emergence of the new communication technology. The study is being undertaken to know how agriculture development is possible through an effective communication tools that is ICT (Information and Communication Technology).</p><p><br />ICT includes communication device or application, encompassing cellular phones, computer, internet and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICTs are often used in areas like education, agriculture, health care, or libraries. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study about how the use of ICT helps in agricultural development in rural areas. For the present study for knowing the use of ICT among the farmers, Nabarangpur district of Odisha is being chosen. As a sample the Raighar Block of the district was chosen to know the use of technology among the farmers.</p><p><br />The sample of the study is 170 comprising of locals farmers of Raighar, seeds company’s agents and ICT experts, selected with a simple random sampling methods, randomly with an age group from 20 years to 55 years. The data were collected through a structured with simultaneous observation of responses from the sample. Data were analysed with different statistical measures through percentage and frequency of the data.</p>
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Sutisna, Anan. "MODEL PEMBELAJARAN SEUMUR HIDUP BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI (TIK) UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN PEDESAAN PADA PKBM." Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (JPPM) 7, no. 1 (May 26, 2020): 46–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.36706/jppm.v7i1.9946.
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Lifelong learning (life long education) has a large role in improving the quality of the human development index. The quality of education in rural communities is far behind and powerless, especially women. Development of the quality of women's education in rural areas needs to be done comprehensively by combining formal, non-formal and informal education. The learning approach used combines andragodi and heutagogi so that lifelong education can be successful. To accelerate the goal of educational development for rural women can be done by forming learning communities through Community Learning Centers (PKBM).Learning for rural women in PKBM needs to be integrated using information and communication technology (ICT) because the community lives in far-off places while learning needs to be done in stages and continuously (life long learning). The use of ICTs in learning for rural women will facilitate the process and interaction in learning. Providing skills and economic empowerment become the main material in learning for rural women. Through education and ICT the empowerment of rural women will be more effective and can improve the quality of life of women socially and economically.
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Singh, Ramendra, Pratik Modi, Vaibhav Gupta, and Arindam Sur. "Digital Empowerment Foundation’s Chanderiyaan Project: linking the poor producers with the market using ICT." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 8, no. 3 (August 23, 2018): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-01-2017-0002.
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Subject area Non-governmental organization (NGO) intervention in poor communities using information and communication technology (ICT). Study level/applicability BBA, MBA courses on marketing management, social entrepreneurship, rural marketing, marketing to bottom of pyramid. Case overview In 2009, Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) along with Media Labs Asia and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) established the Chanderi Weavers ICT Resource Centre (CWIRC) as a self-sufficient community information resource center involved in skills’ enhancement of weavers at Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh. The next three years of CWIRC resulted in an overall growth of the project with progress in the various domains of handloom industry through ICT-enabled development of weavers and weaving. The project not only aimed at the handloom industry revival and development, but also advanced in other sectors such as education, health and tourism. Osama Manzar, the DEF founder, is in a dilemma as to whether the local community of weavers in Chanderi would be able to continue with the sustainable ecosystem created in Chanderi. Is it the right time to exit Chanderi? Expected learning outcomes Issues related to the market development at the bottom of the pyramid; managing local communities and building their capabilities for marketing; marketing strategies of community marketing efforts; and key success factors for ensuring successful completion of any developmental project. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing.
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Andiyansari, Popi. "Studi Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Pedesaan Melalui Teknologi Informasi Dan Komunikasi." Jurnal Penelitian Pers dan Komunikasi Pembangunan 18, no. 2 (August 19, 2014): 117–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.46426/jp2kp.v18i2.14.
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Under the provisions of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) on the provision of facilities and access to ICT, Menkominfo pioneering Village Program information in which there is a program called Pusat Layanan Internet Kecamatan (PLIK). However, this program only to dwell on the form of the means of access services and ICT infrastructure alone. Whereas people in the border areas, rural, and remote mostly unable to use ICT and the internet. This is an opportunity PLIK Nanggulan 2 to conduct training, socialization, and community empowerment through ICT. Formulation of the problem in this study describes How Rural Community Empowerment Through Information and Communication Technology Pusat Layanan Internet Kecamatan in PLIK Nanggulan 2 Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. This study used a qualitative research methodology with case study method. Results from this study that the digital divide in rural communities are not only related to the lack of access and means of course, but also gaps in the ability to use ICT. In this case PLIK Nanggulan 2 perform three steps of empowerment, among others: technical training, socialization ethical use of the internet, planting motivation to seek information via the internet. Empowered communities through ICT with models 'second hand'. People in the region have understood the function Nanggulan internet but not able to independently use the internet, then delegate the functions of the Internet to others who understand. In this regard, research advice to PLIK Nanggulan 2 in order to improve the quantity and quality of the organization and consistency of community empowerment.
Keywords: Community Empowerment, PLIK Nanggulan 2, ICT, Information Village
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Penelitian ini dilakukan pada program Pusat Layanan Internet Kecamatan (PLIK) Nanggulan 2 Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini menjelaskan tentang Bagaimanakah Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Pedesaan Melalui Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi pada Program Pusat Layanan Internet Kecamatan di PLIK Nanggulan 2 Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metodologi penelitian kualitatif dengan metode penelitian studi kasus. Hasil dari penelitian ini bahwa kesenjangan digital pada masyarakat pedesaan tidak hanya terkait dengan minimnya akses dan sarana saja, akan tetapi juga kesenjangan secara kemampuan dalam menggunakan TIK. Dalam hal ini PLIK Nanggulan 2 melakukan tiga langkah pemberdayaan, antara lain: pelatihan secara teknis, sosialisasi etika penggunaan internet, penanaman motivasi untuk mencari informasi melalui internet. Masyarakat terberdayakan melalui TIK dengan model ‘tangan kedua’. Masyarakat di wilayah Nanggulan telah memahami fungsi internet akan tetapi tidak mampu secara mandiri menggunakan internet, kemudian mendelegasikan fungsi internet kepada pihak lain yang lebih memahami. Dalam hal ini, saran penelitian untuk PLIK Nanggulan 2 agar meningkatkan kuantitas dan kualitas organisasi dan konssitensi pemberdayaan masyarakat.
Kata Kunci : Pemberdayaan masyarakat, PLIK Nanggulan 2, TIK, Desa informasi
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Ye, Lisha, and Huiqin Yang. "From Digital Divide to Social Inclusion: A Tale of Mobile Platform Empowerment in Rural Areas." Sustainability 12, no. 6 (March 19, 2020): 2424. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062424.
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The digital divide in rural areas is an important social issue, especially in developing countries. Although Internet and broadband penetration have increased in the world generally, there are many obstacles for rural China to get access to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its services. The mobile platform is regarded as a novel and effective tool to reduce the digital divide. Based on a case of one mobile platform, namely WeCountry in Chinese rural areas, this study illustrates how a mobile platform bridges the digital divide and helps rural areas achieve social inclusion. Results show that: (1) the mobile platform mainly acts on the digital capability divide elimination, and it has to guide and increase users’ usage capability; (2) the mobile platform can empower villagers in structural, psychological, and resource dimensions, achieving political inclusion, social participation inclusion, and economic inclusion; (3) platform providers and government are key organizations during the divide elimination process. This paper concludes with theoretical and practical implications.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Rural Empowerment"
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Laizu, Zebunnessa. "Role of information and communication technology (ICT): Women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh." Thesis, Laizu, Zebunnessa (2014) Role of information and communication technology (ICT): Women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2014. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/28171/.
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Rural women in Bangladesh have limited access to resources and public spheres (e.g., educational, health, law and human rights institutions, and many public services) due to socio-cultural restrictions. Women also suffer severe discrimination, thought to be due to lack of access to information. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can reach rural women and have the potential to address knowledge and information needs. The aim of this research was to examine the situation of rural women in Bangladesh in using ICT provided by Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and investigated whether empowerment was enabled or enhanced through ICT intervention.
Since empowerment is a complex phenomenon to measure a model – Women’s Empowerment Measurement through ICT (WEM-ICT) – was developed to take into consideration the socio-cultural norms and context of rural Bangladesh. Using a structured questionnaire based on the model, data was collected from both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in two villages where different ICT projects have been introduced. A second data set was collected two years later using the same instrument for longitudinal as well as new participants.
This research explored the impact of ICT intervention in women’s lives in the micro (individual or domestic), meso (village or community) and macro (global, national or regional) environments through an investigation of material, cognitive, perceptual, relational and technological dimensions. Since it is important to make women aware of the benefit of their empowerment through information and knowledge sharing, this research focused on the information gap and suggested possible ways to reduce the gap at the implementation level.
The results indicated that the context of the villages, culture, awareness, maturity and engagement affected the empowerment process. ICT intervention impacted positively on many empowerment factors in both villages but other factors did not change due to cultural and traditional aspects of rural Bangladesh. This thesis concludes that consideration of the socio-cultural context at the policy level of ICT intervention for women’s empowerment is a key element for the success of an ICT intervention.
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Blusi, Madeleine. "E-health and information- and communication technology (ICT) as support systems for older family caregivers in rural areas." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för omvårdnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-23281.
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The overall objective of the thesis was to investigate how older family caregivers in rural areas experienced participation in an e-health based caregiver support system. Participants were 95 caregivers allocated to intervention group (n=63) and control group (n=32). The thesis had a mixed method design and is based on four original articles (I-IV). Data was collected through web-camera interviews (I-III), telephone interviews (II,IV) and questionnaires (II,IV) after 1.5 years of using e-health support. Quantitative data was analyzed using comparative statistics, multiple linear regression and logistic regression. Qualitative data was analyzed with content analysis. Article I showed that the caregivers, despite lacking experience from using computers, were able to adopt the new technology, with help from support nurses and family. Caregivers felt e-health helped them to regain social inclusion. Article II had a comparative design, comparing e-health support with conventional caregiver support. Caregivers using e-health were more satisfied with their support and found it to be available, flexible and helping them enhance caregiver competence. Control group caregivers were less satisfied with support and experienced unmet needs. Article III showed that e-health can reduce caregivers’ feelings of isolation. Two themes were created, Expanding the concept of place and Developing networks. Article IV revealed that caregivers used e-health frequently, experienced benefits from using it and had become more independent. Support nurses were disappointed about the decrease in contact with caregivers, and also acknowledged a need for developing the professional nursing role while working with e-health. Conclusions drawn from the findings were that participants experienced benefits from e-health support and it helped them become more independent. Swedish municipalities are obliged to provide caregiver support, the findings from the study are valid to conclude that e-health support are as good as, or even more effective, than conventional support for older family caregivers in rural areas.Det övergripande syftet vara att undersöka hur äldre anhörigvårdare på landsbygden upplevde att få anhörigstöd via en e-hälsa-tjänst. Avhandlingen hade en mixed method design och bestod av fyra originalarbeten (I-IV). Deltagare i studien var 95 personer, boendes i gles- och landsbygdsområden, som i det egna hemmet vårdade en make eller maka med kronisk sjukdom. Deltagarna var fördelade på interventionsgrupp (n=63) och kontrollgrupp (n=32). Datainsamling skedde efter 1.5 års användning av e-anhhörigstödet, genom web-kamera intervjuer (I-III), telefonintervjuer (II,IV) och frågeformulär (II,IV). Kvantitativa data analyserades genom komparativ statistik, multipel linjär regression och logistisk regression. Kvalitativa data analyserades med innehållsanalys. Artikel I visade att anhörigvårdarna, även om de inte hade någon vana av datorer sedan tidigare, kunde lära sig och bli användare av den teknik och utrustning som ingick i e-anhörigstödet, när de fick hjälp och stöd av anhörigstödjare eller andra. Anhörigvårdarna upplevde att e-anhörigstödet hjälpte dem att återfå social delaktighet. Artikel II hade en komparativ design och jämförde e-anhörigstöd med traditionellt anhörigstöd. De som använde e-anhörigstödet var nöjda med stödet i högre utsträckning än de som fick traditionellt stöd. E-anhörigstödet upplevdes som tillgänglig, flexibelt samt bidrog till att de utvecklade sin kompetens i vårdandet. Kontrollgruppen var mindre nöjd med sitt stöd samt upplevde att de hade behov som inte tillgodoseddes av stödet. Artikel III visade att e-anhörigstöd kan minska anhörigvårdares upplevelse av isolering, dels genom att de upplevde en känsla av att vara på andra platser fast de rent fysiskt befann sig i hemmet, dels genom att de utvecklade sociala nätverk. Artikel IV visade att anhörigvårdarna ofta använde e-anhörigstödet och att de upplevde nytta av att använda det. De blev också mer självständiga vilket ledde till färre kontakter med anhörigstödspersonalen. Personalen kände viss besvikelse över att kontakterna iv med anhöriga minskade och uttryckte att den professionella omvårdnads-rollen behöver utvecklas när e-hälsa införs och tillämpas i vård- och omsorgsarbete. Slutsatser som drogs från fynden i avhandlingen var att anhörigvårdarna hade stor nytta av att använda e-anhörigstöd samt att det hjälpte dem att bli mer självständiga, vilket reducerade deras behov av kontakt med kommunernas anhörigstöd. Sveriges kommuner har en skyldighet enligt lag att tillhandahålla anhörigstöd, med stöd av fynden från den här studien kan man dra slutsatsen att e-anhörigstöd kan fungera lika bra som, ibland till och med effektivare än, traditionellt anhörigstöd.
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Mireku, Akosua Agyakoma. "The impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on effective teaching of environmental education in rural high schools." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5675.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become commonplace entities in all aspects of life. Over the past twenty years, the use of ICTs has drastically changed the procedures of almost all forms of endeavour within business and governance. Additionally, throughout the world there is an awareness of the fundamental role of new ICTs in the field of education. Education is a socially oriented activity, and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact with learners. The use of ICT in education lends itself to learner-centred learning settings. With the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of ICT in education and the influence of ICT in schools cannot be overemphasised as its utility is changing the way learners learn, teachers teach, and how it supports staff work. Whilst ICT is fully integrated into many schools in the urban areas of South Africa, regrettably the same cannot be said about rural high schools. This has created a digital division between rural and urban high schools. Most of these rural high schools still do not have access to these technological tools and educators have not been given the professional training for them to integrate ICT in their lessons. This study explores the effectiveness of integrating ICT into teaching of Environmental Education in selected rural high schools. The quantitative study adopted survey research design with sample randomly selected for the study. From the findings, it can be concluded that integrating ICT in education cannot be comprehended by exploring the pedagogical orientations at play in the teaching and learning situation. It becomes the basis that teachers use ICTs to achieve the determined goals.
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Mamba, Malungelo Siphiwosami Njinga. "A framework to guide development through ICT in rural areas in South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007024.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is widely regarded as a key tool for bringing about development to people who live in underserved areas. Technologies such as mobile phones and Wi-Fi are seen as advantageous because they can be made available to poor places without the cost of building extensive physical infrastructure. However, researchers argue that ICTs have failed to live up to their potential in the context of development. Researchers point out developing countries lack frameworks to guide them through the implementation of ICTs in this context. The objective of this study is to come up with a framework that can be used in rural areas in South Africa to implement ICT projects. The researcher interviewed individuals who have been directly involved in an ICT initiative in a rural setting in the Eastern Cape Province to learn from their experiences. The researcher also studied publications that have been produced from these initiatives in order to gain a richer understanding. The findings of the study show that participants share similar views about how ICT projects should be approached and implemented in rural areas in South Africa. The views are grouped according to similarity into themes and discussed in detail in the study. From these themes a framework that can help implement ICT projects in rural areas is developed.
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Ngololo, E. N. (Elizabeth Ndeukumwa). "An evaluation of the implementation of ICT policy for education in rural Namibian schools." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24841.
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Many governments across the world have invested a lot of resources in information and communication technology (ICT) development with an aim to enhance teaching and learning using technology in schools. New educational ICT policy issues emerged and new patterns of ICT related practices are observable in education. This initiative has necessitated the development of National ICT Policies that will guide the implementation process in schools. Namibia has adopted the National ICT policy for Education in 2005 and the National ICT Policy Implementation Plan in 2006. Since the adoption no study was done to evaluate the implementation process, especially in rural schools where the teaching has been proven difficult. This study evaluates the implementation of the National ICT Policy for Education in Namibian rural junior secondary schools, especially in science classrooms. The thesis is a mixed methods study, undertaking survey and case studies. The study was conducted in the three educational regions, namely, Ohangwena; Oshana; and Oshikoto in Northern Namibia were 163 schools were sampled. The purpose of the study was to describe how ICT is being implemented in science classrooms and also explore factors that affect ICT implementation in rural schools. The study’s findings indicate that the rural schools in Namibia are in the initial phase of ICT implementation. ICT use and pedagogical use is low due to lack of professional development courses, pedagogical support and lack of ICT related resources. However, the few schools with high pedagogical use of ICT have shown an entrepreneurial leadership style and vision of the science teachers. The relational analysis suggests three main predictors of ICT implementation in rural schools. These findings were confirmed through case studies of successful schools. In addition, the findings were legitimised by the participants of the ICT use conference. The Kennisnet model (2009) was adopted and adapted as a conceptual framework for this study. The Howie model (2002) provided the frame within which the structure of input, process and outcome could be identified. The data was consistent with the adapted Kennisnet model (2009) and added five more constructs namely, entrepreneurial leadership, science curriculum goals, entrepreneurial science teachers’ vision, general use of ICT. The general use of ICT and attitudes of the science teachers influences the pedagogical use of ICT as added to the Howie model (2002). The results of this research suggest ways to improve the pedagogical use of ICT in rural schools; enable policymakers to make informed decision about resource allocation to the rural schools; and on teacher professional development in order to improve the current rural situation regarding ICT use.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Pade, Khene Caroline Ileje. "The development and implementation of an evaluation for rural ICT projects in developing countries: an exploration of the Siyakhulu Living Lab, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002767.
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Rural development is a priority for poverty alleviation and development in developing countries, as the majority of the poor live in rural areas. Information and knowledge are key strategic resources for social and economic development as they empower rural communities with the ability to expand their choices through knowing what works best in their communities. Information and communication technologies (ICT) play a significant role in supporting rural development activities through providing supportive development information and creating essential interconnectivities between rural areas and more developed regions. However, rural ICT for development (ICT4D) is still at best a ‘working hypothesis’, faced with barriers and challenges associated with implementation and use in the rural environment; which threaten the success, sustainability or relevance of an ICT intervention. Many key questions remain largely unanswered, with no concrete or credible data to support a wide range of claims concerning the use of ICT for development. The evaluation of rural ICT projects is indispensable as it determines the need, effectiveness, impact, sustainability and extent of the awareness of the contribution such projects or programmes can make in poverty alleviation and development. Even so, existing ICT4D evaluations are confrontedwith shortcomings and challenges which influence the accuracy and reliability of evaluation conclusions. These shortcomings highlight the need to embark on a more comprehensive evaluation approach, sensitive to the rural environment. This research study was aimed at developing a comprehensive rural ICT evaluation framework to assess ICT projects and interventions that work toward supporting poverty eradication in rural communities. A multi-method approach was used to determine the multiple variables and components associated with rural ICT evaluation, and then to determine how these variables interrelate. The approach is founded on programme evaluation, ICT for development evaluation, and information systems evaluation. Firstly, key domains of programme evaluations combined with an exploration of the need and shortcomings of ICT4D evaluation, contributed to the development of a template to analyse existing ICT4D evaluation frameworks and information systems frameworks, based on a selection of criteria. The combined analysis of the two groups of frameworks compares and contrasts key characteristics that form the structure of a comprehensive evaluation. This analysis and a review of programme evaluation enabled the development of a Rural ICT Comprehensive Evaluation Framework (RICT-CEF) that encompasses the key components essential for a comprehensive evaluation of rural ICT projects. The theoretical framework aims to inform ICT intervention to improve and support rural development, through the application of fundamental and interconnected evaluation domains sensitive to the rural environment, throughout the project’s lifecycle. In order to obtain a better understanding and application of the RICT-CEF, a real-life case study investigation of the Siyakhula Living Lab reveals the lessons learned (shortcomings and suitability) from applying a prototype of the framework in a rural environment. The study is characteristically a rich case study, as the investigation occurs at two levels: 1) The actual evaluation of the project to obtain results to improve or guide the project, through applying domains of the RICT-CEF, and 2) Observing and investigating the application of the RICT-CEF framework to learn lessons from its evaluation process in a real-life context. The research study reveals the compatibility of the RICT-CEF framework in a real-life rural ICT intervention case, and builds lessons learned for enhancing the framework and guiding future evaluations in ICT4D. The RICT-CEF can possibly be viewed as a platform for the key domains and processes essential for the evaluation of ICT4D interventions; which can be customised for a variety of ICT projects, such that a comparative assessment of projects can provide measurement and further awareness of the impact of rural ICT in developing countries.
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Osah, Umeoniso Joshua. "A process assessment framework for rural ICT projects in developing countries: an exploration of the Siyakhula Living Lab, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001623.
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Rural development can be supported by information and knowledge which are key strategic resources for socio economic development. ICTs enable the facilitation and communication of information between remotely dispersed individuals or groups and more developed regions. While it has become common place that ICTs possess capabilities to potentially support rural development, the concept of ICT for development (ICT4D) is still fraught with challenges and barriers, which impede the success and sustainability of ICT4D projects. It is therefore essential to evaluate rural ICT projects, as such an analysis may aid in revealing information related to the need, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of these projects. This research seeks to further the implementation and exploration of the Rural ICT Comprehensive Evaluation Framework (RICT-CEF), through the application of the Process Assessment domain in a real life rural ICT project environment. The RICT-CEF framework consisting of 7 evaluation domains has the primary objective of evaluating rural ICT projects from their inception stages to post implementation. A process assessment seeks to determine whether or not a rural ICT project is operating to implement its intended functions in the intended way specified in the projects plan. Such an assessment is invaluable to a comprehensive evaluation. Evaluation questions for a process assessment are centred around critical themes of project performance. Critical themes are aspects of a programme or projects implementation which must be enacted in order to achieve desired project outcomes. This research study is aimed at identifying critical themes of process assessment relevant to rural ICT4D projects. To identify critical themes, assessment approaches on social programme process assessments, evaluation of information systems in use, and rural ICT4D project evaluation case studies are comparatively analysed. Fourteen assessment approaches from these three categories are selected based on criteria. To analyse selected assessment approaches, a template is created based on the research questions, foundational literature on process assessment and identified challenges applicable to process assessments of rural ICT4D projects. Comparing and contrasting critical themes from these assessment approaches highlight critical themes essential to assess in the iterative implementation phase of rural ICT projects. Accentuated critical themes include, service utilization, organizational function and external project factors. These themes, along with suggested guiding principles from literature for conducting process assessments enable the creation of a framework for conducting process assessments of rural ICT projects. The framework is labelled "the Rural ICT Project Process Assessment Framework (RICTP-PAF)". The application of the RICTP-PAF in a real life rural ICT project through a design science case study provides lessons learned (suitability and shortcomings) from applying the framework. This essentially demonstrates the sensitivity of the RICTP-PAF to rural contexts in which it is implemented in. For instance, the implemented prototype of the RICTP-PAF reveals that the framework places a great deal of emphasis on rural beneficiary perspectives. A practice which has been lacking in such evaluation exercises. Furthermore, the guiding principles elucidated, bring to mind best practices to deal with issues such as stakeholder conflict, unreliable data elicitation and unethical assessment practices. The RICTP-PAF represents a fundamental tool for process assessments of rural ICT projects, and may be adopted and customized to various rural ICT project contexts in developing countries.
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Ivins, Tiffany. "Localization of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Nepal: Strategies of Himalayan Knowledge-Workers." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2616.
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This dissertation examines localization of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Himalayan community technology centers of Nepal. Specifically, I examine strategies and practices that local knowledge-workers utilize in order to localize educational content for the disparate needs, interests, and ability-levels of learners in rural villages. This study draws on insights from non-formal education (NFE) stakeholders in Nepal, including government, UN, international and national NGOs, local knowledge-workers, and learners from different villages. I specifically focus on a sample of seven technology centers to better understand how localization is defined, designed, and executed at a ground level. I illuminate obstacles knowledge-workers face while localizing content and strategies to overcome such barriers. I conclude by offering key principles to support theory development related to OER localization. This study is anchored in hermeneutic inquiry and is augmented by interpretive phenomenological analysis and quasi-ethnographic research methods. This qualitative study employed interviews, focus group discussions, observations, and artifact reviews to identify patterns of localization practices and themes related to localization of critical content in Himalayan community technology centers of Nepal. This dissertation provides valuable evidence not only why localization matters (a statement that has been hypothesized for the past decade); but also provides proof of how localization is executed and concrete ways that localization could be improved in order for OER to reap efficacious learning gains for more rural people in developing countries and in other rural communities across the globe. The full text of this dissertation may be downloaded for free from http://etd.byu.edu/
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Mosuoe, Teboho Priscilla. "The potential and reality of the Living Lab model of ICT for Development (ICT4D) in the rural development context : the case of Siyakhula Living Lab, Dwesa, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013289.
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This thesis explores the contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in rural development processes. Within the framework of social capital theory, and in the context of the information society, the study examines how the collaborative and innovative model of ICT for Development (ICT4D) can enhance social networks and information channels in rural communities, thereby enabling the active participation of rural community members in their own development processes. The study examines networks and information channels both within the rural communities under investigation and between these communities and other sectors in the society. The thesis studies the case of the Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL), an ICT4D initiative in the Mbashe Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. During the investigation, four types of networks were identified: local organisations, social institutions, collective community projects and social ties. It was found that the Living Lab has so far influenced the creation of new forms of networks through the common spaces (computer labs) which have been made available by the Living Lab. The study further showed that the use of computers has enabled other community members to partake in the wider community of online/virtual social networks, allowing them to communicate and share information with those outside their own communities. The study also showed that the Living Lab has enabled the networking of these communities with other sectors such as academia. It was, however, found that so far the existence of the Living Lab has not influenced the already existing local networks in these communities. Also, the study showed that the relationship between these rural communities and their government and industry partners as stakeholders in the Living Lab is currently ineffective. Nevertheless, this situation has a potential to change in the future as there are ICT applications which have been developed through collaboration with rural community members, which will assist in enhancing communication between these rural communities and other stakeholders. The study finally revealed that social networks do contribute to the functioning of communities by providing both monetary and social support to community members, even though, in effect, the monetary benefits are somewhat limited by a number of factors. It is revealed that the engagement of ICT could go a long way in improving social and economic activities, governance and service delivery, as well as education in these communities.
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Schneigansz, Elize. "Web-based social media and museums in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41321.
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This study set out to establish an informed framework for the use of social network services in South African museums. Social network services are utilised by a wide demographic spectrum so they offer a cost-effective way to engage with communities and with existing and new stakeholders.
The Standard of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice on Heritage Assets, or GRAP 103, and the draft National Policy on Digitisation of Heritage Resources imply that museum collections get documented and managed in digital form. It will coincidentally also enable museums to embrace the use of social network services and share the collections in their custody with many South Africans who are yet to experience the value of museums in the country.
Museums are institutions in the service of society which acquires, conserves and communicates the tangible and intangible heritage of people and their environment. During the twentieth century museums have had to reinvent themselves from being unapproachable custodians of heritage to being part of society, willing to engage in discourses and be transformed to remain relevant to the communities they serve.
The 2011 Census has found that about 18.2 million of 51.7 million South Africans have had access to the Internet before. Active Internet users however, are about half that figure because it is expensive, the broadband and telecommunications network is not efficient or because people have not yet experienced the value it offers. Government regulations compel Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enterprises to spend 1.5% net profit after tax on socio economic development initiatives. This presents an opportunity for museums as educational institutions to engage with such enterprises to expand Internet access and engage with local communities.
The social network service field offers various ways to communicate collections and engage with communities through text, photographs, video and location-based technologies. Various notable local and international initiatives were discussed in this study. For example the Kulturpool which allows visitors to create cyber collections from digitised museum objects and contribute to the knowledge of such objects by allowing them to submit and share information for others to read. SAHRIS, the digital database offered by the South African Heritage Resources Agency, holds the key to similar ventures that museums could pursue.
The regulative framework involves privacy, copyright and ethical issues which museums should abide by. Because of the pervasiveness of ICTs museums should take note of these regulations even if they decide not to pursue social network initiatives. ICT skills in museums are insufficient and should be improved upon. Social network services offer training and guidelines on how to use them, which could be a great help provided the reader has a good command of the English language.
Cognisance must be taken of an overview social network services and their uses, and of the ethical and regulative framework for museums to benefit from using social network services to engage with communities. This way, communities may benefit from having access to the museum online.Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Books on the topic "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Rural Empowerment"
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Information and communication technology (ICT): Access by rural households and use by individuals report, 2010. Harare, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, 2010.
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Ratsamīthēt, Bō̜din. Thēknōlōyī sārasonthēt læ kānsư̄sān phư̄a kānphatthanā chonnabot yāng yangyư̄n: Information and communication technology (ICT) for sustainable rural development. Krung Thēp: Samnakphim Sǣngdāo, 2012.
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Garai, Atanu. Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges : a collection of four papers. New Delhi: OneWorld South Asia, 2006.
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Bourgeois, R. H. A preliminary assessment of the potential role of information and communication technology in support of poverty alleviation policies for rural populations: AGRI-ICT project report. Bogor, Indonesia: UNESCAP-CAPSA, Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2004.
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Nielinger, Olaf. Information and Communication Technologies (Ict) for Development in Africa: An Assessment of Ict Strategies and Ict Utilisation in Tanzania (European University Studies: Series 31, Political Science). Peter Lang Publishing, 2006.
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Information and Communication Technologies (Ict) for Development in Africa: An Assessment of Ict Strategies and Ict Utilisation in Tanzania (European University Studies: Series 31, Political Science). Peter Lang Publishing, 2006.
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Ict Development For Social And Rural Connectedness. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2013.
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Parks, Lisa. Water, Energy, Access. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039362.003.0005.
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This chapter describes a particular rural configuration of Internet infrastructure in Zambia. It shows that access in this location is contingent on water resources, which not only generate hydroelectricity for the Zambian power grid but are also necessary for prospective Internet users' everyday survival in the community of Macha. Understanding the materialization of Internet infrastructure in rural Zambia works to destabilize dominant discourses that posit ICT (information and communication technology) diffusion and adoption in rural Africa as a straightforward path to “modernization,” “development,” and “global integration,” and instead points to local political, economic, and cultural challenges to the Internet's globalization. The chapter then foregrounds the struggles and contestations that are part of infrastructure development; the energy and biopower that infrastructures rely on; the relationality of water, transportation, and information systems; and the alternate ways that people imagine, use, or respond to infrastructure.
Book chapters on the topic "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Rural Empowerment"
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Hepp, Pedro, and Ernesto Laval. "ICT for rural education." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 115–26. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35668-6_12.
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Stahl, Bernd Carsten. "Empowerment through ICT: A critical discourse analysis of the Egyptian ICT policy." In Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy, 161–77. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_11.
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Rahman, Mizanur. "ICT Governance versus Community Empowerment: Grassroots Evidence from Bangladesh." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 33–50. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_4.
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Dawadi, Babu Ram, and Subarna Shakya. "ICT Implementation and Infrastructure Deployment Approach for Rural Nepal." In Recent Advances in Information and Communication Technology 2016, 319–31. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40415-8_31.
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Sharma, Manisha, and Sujeet K. Sharma. "Theoretical Framework for Digital Payments in Rural India: Integrating UTAUT and Empowerment Theory." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 212–23. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20671-0_15.
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Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo, Roberta Bernardi, and Niki Panteli. "A Framework for Understanding the Empowerment Effects of Telecentres on Rural Communities in Developing Countries." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 104–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_9.
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Mashinini, Mpostol Jeremia. "Challenges of ICT policy for rural communities: A case study from South Africa." In Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy, 125–37. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_9.
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Smith, Ronel, Marita Turpin, and Marlien Herselman. "Co-creating an ICT Artefact with Elderly Rural Women in Mafarafara: A Social Structuration Account." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 556–67. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_46.
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Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo, Roberta Bernardi, and Niki Panteli. "Correction to: A Framework for Understanding the Empowerment Effects of Telecentres on Rural Communities in Developing Countries." In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, C1. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18400-1_64.
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Kah, Jainaba M. L., and Muhammadou M. O. Kah. "ICT and socio-economic development: A university's engagement in a rural community in Yola, Nigeria." In Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy, 223–39. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_15.
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Islam, Mazharul, A. K. M. Sadrul Islam, and M. Ruhul Amin. "Small-Scale Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems for the Remote Communities of the Developing Countries." In ASME 2005 Power Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pwr2005-50068.
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About 2 billion people of the world, mostly in rural areas of the developing countries, do not have access to grid-based electricity. The most critical factor affecting their livelihoods is access to clean, affordable and reliable energy services for household and productive uses. Under this backdrop, renewable and readily available energy from the nature can be incorporated in several proven renewable energy technology (RET) systems and can play a significant role in meeting crucial energy needs in these remote far flung areas. RETs are ideal as distributed energy source and they can be incorporated in packages of energy services and thus offer unique opportunities to provide improved lighting, health care, drinking water, education, communication, and irrigation. Energy is also vital for most of the income-generating activities, both at the household or commercial levels. Access to energy is strongly connected to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set targets for poverty reduction, improved health, and gender equality as well as environmental sustainability. Environmentally benign renewable energy systems can contribute significantly in the above-mentioned unserved or underserved areas in the developing countries to achieve both local and global environmental benefits. This is important in the context of sustainable development in: (i) poverty alleviation, (ii) education, (iii) gender equity and empowerment, (iv) health including other benefits like improved information access through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centers, (v) better security, and (vi) increase in social or recreational opportunities. It is evident that proliferation of renewable energy resources through implementing their applications for meeting energy demand will promote all the three dimensions namely, social, economic and environmental of sustainable development in the developing countries. Several small scale enabling RET systems have been suggested in this paper in the light of above-mentioned issues of energy sustainability and they can significantly contribute to the improvement of the livelihood of the remote impoverished rural communities of the developing countries. With the current state of technology development, several RET systems (such as wind, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, biomass and microhydro) have become successful in different parts of the world. In this paper, an exhaustive literature survey has been conducted and several successful and financially viable small-scale RET systems were analyzed. These systems have relevance to the economies of the developing countries that can be utilized for electrification of domestic houses, micro enterprises, health clinics, educational establishments and rural development centers.
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Joseph, Meera K., and Theo N. Andrew. "Information and Communication Technology policy imperatives for rural women empowerment: focus on South Africa." In AFRICON 2009 (AFRICON). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/afrcon.2009.5308397.
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"Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) In Career Planning of Rural Youth of India." In Annual International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Computer Science and Information Systems. International Academy of Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iae.iae0416002.
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Armstrong, L. J., N. Gandhi, and K. Lanjekar. "Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Tools by Rural Farmers in Ratnagiri District of Maharastra, India." In 2012 International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/csnt.2012.202.
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Angowski, Marek, Aneta JAROSZ-ANGOWSKA, and Marcin LIPOWSKI. "COMPARISON OF COMPUTERISATION AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANIES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.097.
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Over the last years, the economic and social structure of enterprises has undergone some important changes, especially because of the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). ICT is one of the fundamental elements driving the innovation and competitiveness of business activities which greatly influences the development of rural areas, both in economic and social terms. This publication focuses on the analysis and evaluation of the use of ICTs by enterprises in the Lubelskie Voivodeship with particular emphasis on rural areas. In the publication the authors use statistical analyses based on information from surveys conducted among entrepreneurs by the Marshal Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The paper evaluates the following issues: the degree of computerisation of the company, the use of information technology in the company, the activity of the company on the Internet. The main objective of this study is to identify the relationship between the degree of computerisation and the company's innovation-oriented activities and to identify differences between companies located in urban and rural areas. The studies carried out have demonstrated that the differences in the computerisation of enterprises located in rural and urban areas are negligible and that there is a close relationship between the degree of computerisation and innovation in enterprises located in rural areas.
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Salober, Polona, Nastja Cotič, and Darjo Žuljan. "Studentsʼ Views on the Use of Information and Communication Technology and Experiential Learning in Science Lessons." In Nauka, nastava, učenje u izmenjenom društvenom kontekstu. University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Education in Uzice, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/nnu21.545s.
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In science classes, experiential work with concrete material is very important. Lessons may be enriched by integrating information and communication technology (ICT) which contributes to increased motivation, as well as better knowledge and satisfaction of students. The aim of the study was to find whether students in these times prefer science lessons in the classroom with practical activities or by using the computer, and to find possible differences in opinions of children from rural versus urban environment. The research included 125 Slovenian primary school students (90 years old), who answered a questionnaire. The results showed that students still prefer experiential learning, performing experiments, science days and operating with real objects in comparison to using the computers (film, games, etc.). An important finding is that students prefer learning in the classroom with their classmates rather than distance learning with the help of a computer.
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Alhabeeb, Naseer abdulkarim jaber, and Sarmad monadel sabree Algayar. "E-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON SATELLITE IMT-ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY." In eLSE 2019. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-19-062.
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The Education and the Training became growingly important for people of all nations during the past century, and that model will be no less true, during the 21st Century. Modern Distance Education, became strong by networks depending on the ICT and the tools of the Internet, provides large benefits that are leveling the domain of global playing, on one hand of supplying the access and the chances for the training and education. Using satellite technology especially the satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology in Distance Education may be pressing to evolve nations, where a lot of their populations are dispersed in the rural and remote areas. A system of E-School Management is the comprehensive web-based Software for Management of School. It is a powerful tool based on ICT and the tools of Internet resource planning platform for enterprise that collects the core functions of different systems into the single overall package, included System of Student Information (SIS), System of the Learning Management (LMS), Attendance, Accounting, Examination, Library, Video conference and VoIP. The Satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology can supply trustworthy and ubiquitous communication services anywhere on a universal basis. In this article, we present research that is concerned with building a System of E-School Management depending on the Satellite IMT-Advanced Systems based on SAT-OFDM technology for Iraq environment, where a proportion of its population are scattered in rural and remote areas. It is designing for best interaction amongst the students, the teachers, the parents and administration of the school. This software of management very safely processes all requirements for simple school management
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Manzar, Osama, and Saurabh Srivastava. "Presenting START, GOAL, Digital Sarthak, SkillBot and Maker’s Space: Inspiring Innovations for an Empowering, Democratic and Inclusive Technological Society." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.9404.
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Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) has been making use of many innovative methods and technologies to democratize innovation, upskill, build resilience and foster lifelong learning in rural India with a special focus on marginalized communities. We would like to showcase some of our innovations here. // START: A digital learning and Media & Information Literacy (MIL) toolkit, designed exclusively for first-generation technology users to promote digital inclusion and fight information poverty. It is a 45-hour digital learning curriculum that covers 30 topics ranging from basics of computers, use of applications, MIL and online security and safety, among others. The pedagogy for START focuses on hands-on training and workshops in rural and tribal communities through activities and gamification of topics. // GOAL (Going Online as Leaders): A program to connect urban volunteers with rural women online to provide them guidance and support in digital skills to bridge the information gap. This technology-enabled mentorship program was adopted by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and is now being replicated in several states. The data comparing baseline and endline show that beneficiaries of GOAL show higher interest in pursuing higher education, greater self-confidence, improved communication skills and aspiration to become changemakers. // Digital Sarthak: This program demonstrates how digital literacy through the community network model can be an important strategy to achieve a replicable model of local economic development. 100 rural women were trained to further train 500 women-led Community Development Organizations (CDOs) and 10000 rural women entrepreneurs in the first stage. The program placed women in active roles in the information eco-system that further improved their confidence and capacity. // SkillBot: A self-learning chatbot built on the free and open-source Telegram platform. Telegram provides free backend technical support and chatbot feature. SkillBot was developed by DEF and Commonwealth of Learning to teach digital literacy, financial literacy, citizen services and data management to rural youth and artisans. SkillBot is multilingual and employs tutorial lessons, audio graphics, infographics, flashcards, interactive quizzes and activities for teaching. Skil Bot thus provides an accessible, easy to understand platform for skilling. // Maker's Space is an initiative where physical centres equipped with STEM learning and digital skilling tools are created in DEF’s community information centres at the remotest locations. Maker's Space facilitates an unstructured learning space supported by digital/STEM tools that allow children and youth, especially persons with disabilities, to take ownership of their learning and create innovative solutions for their communities.
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Alhabeeb, Naseer abdulkarim jaber, Nicolae Goga, Constantin viorel Marian, and Haider abdullah Ali. "IMPROVED M-SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON IMT-ADVANCED- SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY AND FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION STUDENT ATTENDANCE SYSTEM." In eLSE 2020. University Publishing House, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-20-173.
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The technological progressions have affected the society so as to take a leap towards success. Every technological reform is the small step towards advancement and progress of mankind. Developments in information technologies also have been impact upon educational organizations. The Education became growingly important for people of all nations during the past century, and that model will be no less true, during the 21st Century. Modern Distance Education became strong by networks depending on the ICT and the tools of internet, supplies large benefits that are leveling the domain of global playing, on one hand of supplying the access and the chances for the education. Using Mobile technology integrated with satellite technology especially the satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology in Distance Education may be pressing to evolve nations, where a lot of their populations are dispersed in the rural and remote areas. A system of M-School Management is the comprehensive web-based Software for Management of School. It is a powerful tool based on Mobile technology and the tools of internet resource planning platform for enterprise that collects the core functions of different systems into the single overall package, included System of Student Information (SIS), System of the Course Management (CMS), Fingerprint Recognition Student Attendance system, Examination, Library, Video conference and VoIP. The Satellite IMT-Advanced systems based on SAT-OFDM technology can supply trustworthy and ubiquitous communication services anywhere on a universal basis. In this article, we present research that is concerned with building a System of M-School Management depending on Mobile technology integrated with the Satellite IMT-Advanced Systems based on SAT-OFDM technology for Iraq environment, where a proportion of its population are scattered in rural and remote areas. It is designing for best interaction amongst the students, the tutors, the parents and administration of the school. This software of management very safely processes all requirements for simple school management.
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Sultana, Sadia. "ICT Enabled Education to Empower Girls: Potentials for the Vulnerable Groups." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.5310.
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Financial constraints, coupled with socio-cultural construct induce vulnerability among girls in Bangladesh. This leads to them entering the labor market without skills; thus, their career becomes constricted while their potential remains unexplored. For a worthwhile life they should be empowered, which can best be done by educating them without hindering their work life. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) with the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can provide such a flexible learning arrangement to working women and girls. A wide range of electronic devices at different purchasing levels can provide flexibility in the use of ICT. A retrospection of COL’s Gender initiative’s virtual workshop, ‘Upskilling Girls in ICT through Mobile Application Development’, facilitated by the author in 2020 evoked ideas and generated interest for following up with the participants regarding their use of ICT. This endeavor helped conceptualize the idea that girls of the vulnerable groups can potentially be empowered by engaging them with ICT-enabled education which can transform their lives. This study has been conducted based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Secondary sources are research materials, scholarly articles, statistics from governmental websites and official publications. Primary data were collected in two stages. Firstly, data were collected from 74 girls through structured questionnaires and focus group discussions (FGDs), who represented nine rural areas of Bangladesh. Secondly, in light of the experience and findings of these data, a follow up study of the author’s previously conducted research among girl workers of six garment factories in Dhaka Metropolitan City was carried out through questionnaire survey and FGDs. The findings of this research can lead towards further educational explorations and help develop actionable plans to significantly empower girls of the vulnerable groups.