Developing locally relevant applications for rural areas: a South African example

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dc.contributor.authorChetty, Marshini
dc.contributor.authorTucker, William David
dc.contributor.authorBlake, Edwin H.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-11T12:30:45Z
dc.date.available2013-02-11T12:30:45Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe digital divide between rural and urban areas within developing countries is vast. We investigate how to address this divide by introducing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into remote rural areas. Our aim is to discover how to create locally relevant software applications with appropriate content for these areas. We use a user centred design approach and a modified software development lifecycle that is participatory, iterative and cyclical. This process is based on principles from Participatory Design and Action Research. This paper presents our initial experience of developing a telemedicine application for a rural village in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa using this process. We present an overview of the methodology, describe the software application we have developed and cite several challenges we have faced. Finally we conclude that an inter-organisational and inter-disciplinary approach is needed to develop software for remote areas.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTelkom, Siemens, THRIP, IDRC, SANPADen_US
dc.identifier.citationChetty, M.; Tucker, W. D. & Blake, E. H. (2004). Developing locally relevant applications for rural areas: a South African example. In G. Marsden, P. Kotzé, & A. Adesina-Ojo (eds.), Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT), pp. 234–239, Stellenbosch, South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.isbn1-58113-982
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/532
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSAICSIT, in assocation with ACMen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Telkom. This file may be freely used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Acknowledgement of the authors and the source is required
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectUser-centred designen_US
dc.subjectAsynchronous interactionen_US
dc.subjectSynchronous interactionen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.titleDeveloping locally relevant applications for rural areas: a South African exampleen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US

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