Add to ORKGRural areas in South Africa have unique conditions such as remoteness and scarcity of reliable public facilities. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) introduced into these areas must be suitable for these conditions. Using a user-centred design approach based on Participatory Design and Action Research, we have developed a telemedicine application for a rural village in the Eastern Cape. This paper describes how we determined the requirements and design for the application and why we chose Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) combined with a store and forward approach to achieve our telemedicine goals. We present an overview of the methodology we are using, describe the software application we have developed and mention several...
After more than a decade since South Africa realized the importance of Information and Communication...
Several statutory restrictions have recently been lifted on the use of Voice over Internet Protocol ...
Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems. Kut...
Rural areas in South Africa have unique conditions such as remoteness and scarcity of reliable publi...
Abstract — Rural areas in South Africa have unique conditions such as remoteness and scarcity of rel...
The digital divide between rural and urban areas within developing countries is vast. We investigate...
Within developing countries, there is a digital divide between rural and urban areas. In order to ov...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-182).Within developing countries, there is a digital...
Access to information and communication technologies re- mains una ordable for many in rural areas d...
There is a great difference that exists between people who have access to Information and Communicat...
This paper reports on three years of research and fieldwork with a rural wireless Internet Protocol ...
This paper describes work in progress towards developing a business case and preliminary design for ...
This paper describes the role participatory design can play in developing and implementing an inform...
Abstract—This paper reports on three years of research and fieldwork with a rural wireless Internet ...
There is a great disparity between those who have access to Information and Communication Technologi...
After more than a decade since South Africa realized the importance of Information and Communication...
Several statutory restrictions have recently been lifted on the use of Voice over Internet Protocol ...
Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems. Kut...
Rural areas in South Africa have unique conditions such as remoteness and scarcity of reliable publi...
Abstract — Rural areas in South Africa have unique conditions such as remoteness and scarcity of rel...
The digital divide between rural and urban areas within developing countries is vast. We investigate...
Within developing countries, there is a digital divide between rural and urban areas. In order to ov...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-182).Within developing countries, there is a digital...
Access to information and communication technologies re- mains una ordable for many in rural areas d...
There is a great difference that exists between people who have access to Information and Communicat...
This paper reports on three years of research and fieldwork with a rural wireless Internet Protocol ...
This paper describes work in progress towards developing a business case and preliminary design for ...
This paper describes the role participatory design can play in developing and implementing an inform...
Abstract—This paper reports on three years of research and fieldwork with a rural wireless Internet ...
There is a great disparity between those who have access to Information and Communication Technologi...
After more than a decade since South Africa realized the importance of Information and Communication...
Several statutory restrictions have recently been lifted on the use of Voice over Internet Protocol ...
Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems. Kut...