{"title":"Technological speculations for african oral storytelling: implication of creating expressive embodied conversational agents","authors":"M. Allela","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283510","url":null,"abstract":"Works of African orature, owing to their performative and participatory nature, are challenging to reproduce in written text, or as linear media in audio or video formats (animation or live action). This has created a research gap in virtual heritage research where emphasis has been placed on digitalization of tangible culture. In my dissertation, I examine the implication of bodily, expressive non-verbal characteristics of performance in traditional African oral storytelling to position their mediation in digital media formats using Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). Using the iconic Song of Lawino [2] as a research example for reenactment using ECAs, I illustrate that applying these performance elements and techniques can result in a new digitally embodied oral narrative that mimics the unique relationship in traditional African orature between a storyteller, the space in which the story is told and the audience.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"90 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128660412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasmeen Abdrabou, Omar Sherif, Rana Mohamed Eisa, Amr Elmougy
{"title":"Human-based fraudulent attempts on gait based profiles","authors":"Yasmeen Abdrabou, Omar Sherif, Rana Mohamed Eisa, Amr Elmougy","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283488","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research involves biometrics in authentication as they establish a natural way of communication. Accordingly, in this paper, we describe the implementation of an Android-based authentication application and we focus on human factor impostor attacks on gait based systems. We used the smartphone's built-in accelerometer to record gait cycles while walking. Results proved that imitating other's gait cycles is possible and can be a huge threat.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125429612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solo or peers: technology mediated learning of programming","authors":"Maria N. Ntinda, N. Bidwell","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283473","url":null,"abstract":"We explored how teaching and learning programming can be made at home in Namibian university students' existing practices with their phones. We analysed practices that emerged in using WhatsApp group chat amongst 219 students registered for a first-year programming course. We also analysed responses by a small sample of 22 students to a questionnaire about social media and SoloLearn Learn C#, an online learning application that some students began to use during the module. We found that students supported each other by sharing learning resources and helped each other with theoretical and practical problems through WhatsApp. We suggest that developing functionality on a focused mobile social media resources, with different settings for supporting each other might provide valuable pedagogical tools to engage different students.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121050564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formalizing social media marketing strategies: a case study of Namibian SMEs","authors":"Mohammed Shehu","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283485","url":null,"abstract":"While Namibian SMEs are actively involved in social media marketing, there is a lack of deeper knowledge in audience analysis, campaign analytics and proper strategy planning to fully extract its benefits. Within the scope of the wider study, our main objective was to design and test the application of a formalised social media analytics framework, in order to improve business intelligence and brand building for Namibian SMEs. In this particular paper, we explore the role analytics plays in informing brand storytelling, visual communication and content creation when it comes to establishing a social media presence in Namibia's marketing landscape.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128073805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bayor, Cliff Schmidt, Fidelis Dauri, N. Wilson, C. Drovandi, M. Brereton
{"title":"The talking book: participatory design of an icon-based user interface for rural people with low literacy","authors":"A. Bayor, Cliff Schmidt, Fidelis Dauri, N. Wilson, C. Drovandi, M. Brereton","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283462","url":null,"abstract":"The Talking Book is an audio technology for sharing knowledge about health and agriculture among oral cultures in rural settings. As a technology, without a display or mouse; navigation is through audio instructions and buttons labelled with icons. This paper presents the iterative Participatory Design (PD) approach employed in redesigning the iconography of the User Interface (UI). We found that the PD process created a feeling among users of ownership and acceptance of the technology as their own creation. For users, the most suitable icons are not those that denote any function, but those that are simply recognizable, which led to replacing international icons such as arrows, with icons representing local objects such as bowls, trees, and hands. An extensive evaluation showed that the new UI was more user-friendly and better liked. This work contributes a novel interface and highlights the value and the challenges of including users who are less familiar with technology in design.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"1149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128288123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Mburu, Chelsea-Joy Wardle, Y. Joolay, Melissa Densmore
{"title":"Co-designing with mothers and neonatal unit staff: use of technology to support mothers of preterm infants","authors":"C. Mburu, Chelsea-Joy Wardle, Y. Joolay, Melissa Densmore","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283487","url":null,"abstract":"There are several digital technologies which have been designed and successfully used to support mothers of preterm infants. However, none have been designed for application in the developing world context. For the existing interventions, none have involved mothers (who are the intended beneficiaries of these technologies) in the design process. This paper reports on a process that involved Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff and mothers in the design of technological interventions that focus on enhancing communication between mothers and staff in the NICU context. We used the co-design approach, focusing on identifying methods that ensure participants fully participate in the design process despite facing co-design dynamics such as power imbalances and conflict. Our results demonstrate the benefits of choosing an approach that focuses on building trust with stakeholders before delving into co-design process and empowering participants thus enabling them to fully participate in a design process. We argue that while working with multiple stakeholders, co-design readiness is dependent on methodological choice, stakeholders' relationship with the researcher and stakeholders' cohesion.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127372753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niina Arvila, A. Fischer, P. Keskinen, M. Nieminen
{"title":"Mobile weather services for Maasai farmers: socio-cultural factors influencing the adoption of technology","authors":"Niina Arvila, A. Fischer, P. Keskinen, M. Nieminen","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283466","url":null,"abstract":"Affordable technological solutions are viewed as crucial means to eradicate poverty, which is particularly relevant for the agricultural sector in SSA. Despite the vast potential that is seen in agricultural innovations, smallholder farmers in SSA only slowly adopt new technologies that could improve livelihoods. We conducted a qualitative study about how socio-cultural factors affect the adoption of technology among Maasai farmers in rural Tanzania. Overall, our results indicate that the social networks shape the way technology is perceived among Maasai. Furthermore, the hierarchical social structures impact the adoption process. Lastly, the factors of tribal affiliation and language demonstrate the strongly rooted value system that influences decision making processes as well as the willingness or resistance to adopt to new technologies. These findings suggest the importance of cultural and social implications to unfold the potential of ICT for human development, particularly for the agricultural sector in SSA. We argue that the socio-cultural factors within a certain social setting require careful consideration before a newly introduced technology has the potential to successfully deliver benefits to the users.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133592474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It's organic if you look close enough: a sonicated macro feedback from an OLED monitor, 2017","authors":"W. Spahn","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283528","url":null,"abstract":"The Audio-Video-Installation It's Organic If You Look Close Enough by Austrian artist Wolfgang Spahn aims at deconstructing the so-called perfect surface that is created within the virtual sphere by contemporary digital technology.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130976803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. D. Ndibwile, E. Luhanga, Doudou Fall, Daisuke Miyamoto, Y. Kadobayashi
{"title":"A comparative study of smartphone-user security perception and preference towards redesigned security notifications","authors":"J. D. Ndibwile, E. Luhanga, Doudou Fall, Daisuke Miyamoto, Y. Kadobayashi","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283486","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we conducted a survey of 206 smartphone users of different demographics in Japan and Tanzania, two countries with different security and privacy expectations, to analyse users' cybersecurity knowledge and attitudes. We studied password choices, smartphone lock behaviour, phishing awareness and attitudes towards public Wi-Fi. We also assessed the acceptability of our novel notification alert for smartphone OS security updates. We found that data privacy is equally important to the majority of participants, 70%, in both countries. However, most participants did not know the characteristics of a strong password for web applications despite being highly conscious of physical access security which was characterised by smartphone locking (78% of participants). We also found that phishing awareness in Tanzania is not satisfactory, with the majority of the participants, 78%, likely to open a link from an unknown email source, whereas in Japan only 32% are likely to do so. Participants in Japan were also slightly more likely to read terms and conditions when connecting to public Wi-Fi (36% vs. 27%). Our novel notification design which integrated security updates with other free information services seemed promising for increasing security awareness and update compliance. Participants were more willing to accept update notices that provided guidance on how-to to perform a required task than plain notices.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122434512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asnath Paula Kambunga, H. Winschiers-Theophilus, Naska Winschiers-Goagoses
{"title":"Re-conceptualizing technology adoption in informal settlements based on a Namibian application","authors":"Asnath Paula Kambunga, H. Winschiers-Theophilus, Naska Winschiers-Goagoses","doi":"10.1145/3283458.3283468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3283458.3283468","url":null,"abstract":"Technology Adoption in underserved communities still presents a set of challenges, which despite adapting established technology adoption models and considering infrastructures has not been resolved. In a quest to address this issue, we engaged a group of inhabitants of an informal settlement in Windhoek to develop a localized technology adoption strategy. Over three cycles of action research, we have refined and validated the strategy, applied to a newly developed technology, which was successfully adopted. Our empirical work reveals the inadequacy of technology adoption models based on the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior. Supported by psychological theories, we propose a novel technology adoption model, which includes enablers, social influence, and capabilities directly leading to system use.","PeriodicalId":186364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Second African Conference for Human Computer Interaction: Thriving Communities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123421103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}