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Low Cost Wireless Technology and Digital Board for Education in Rural Kenya

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e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 171))

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The application of wireless technologies in education is having a big development, but contrary to what we think the tools are not overly expensive. Thanks to the spread of wireless coverage, it’s possible to reach the most remote corners and rural areas with simple mobile phone connected to a central system of information dissemination. This paper explores the use of wireless technology in combination with low-cost tools that have enabled access to education in rural areas of Kenya: this is a work in progress that will surely give you amazing results in the coming years.

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  1. Via Vignolese 905/b, 41125, Modena, Italy

    F. Bertarelli, S. Padoa, G. Guaraldi, E. Genovese & M. Corradini

  2. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 190, 50100, Kakamega, Kenya

    B. Mayeku & J. Kilwake

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  1. The Institute of Finance and Management, P.O. Box 3918, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Jim James Yonazi

  2. Faculty of Computing, Information Systems, and Mathematics, The Institute of Finance and Management, P.O. Box 3918, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Eliamani Sedoyeka

  3. London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan Business University, Eden grove - EG4.06, N7 8EA, London, UK

    Ezendu Ariwa

  4. Information Systems Department, King Saud University, 11543, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Eyas El-Qawasmeh

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Bertarelli, F. et al. (2011). Low Cost Wireless Technology and Digital Board for Education in Rural Kenya. In: Yonazi, J.J., Sedoyeka, E., Ariwa, E., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) e-Technologies and Networks for Development. ICeND 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 171. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22729-5_5

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