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Handoff delay reduction model for heterogeneous wireless networks 异构无线网络切换时延降低模型

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530593

Topside E. Mathonsi, Okuthe P. Kogeda

引用次数: 15

Sustainability of ICT4D projects: Case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa ict - 4d项目的可持续性:南非农村移动电影院的案例研究

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530640

H. Manara, H. Gelderblom

引用次数: 1

mHealth implementation in South Africa 移动医疗在南非的实施

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530667

A. Botha, Vathiswa M. Booi

引用次数: 20

The effects of a corpus on isiZulu spellcheckers based on N-grams 语料库对基于n -gram的isiZulu拼写检查器的影响

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530643

Balone Ndaba, H. Suleman, C. Keet, Langa Khumalo

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引用次数: 29

Teleweaver: An architectural overview of a customised application server for rurality Teleweaver:对农村定制应用服务器的体系结构概述

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530616

Mosiuoa Tsietsi, A. Terzoli, Sibukele Gumbo

引用次数: 2

Critical success factors for eLearning adoption in the public health care sector in South Africa 南非公共卫生保健部门采用电子学习的关键成功因素

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530600

N. Gcora, L. Cilliers

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引用次数: 4

Hacking for Southern Africa: Collaborative development of hyperlocal services for marginalised communities 南部非洲的黑客:为边缘社区合作开发超本地化服务

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530656

Aaron Ciaghi, Tatenda Chatikobo, L. Dalvit, Darsha Indrajith, M. Miya, Pietro Benedetto Molini, Adolfo Villafiorita

引用次数: 11

Ubiquitous traffic management with fuzzy logic — Case study of Maseru, Lesotho 利用模糊逻辑进行无所不在的交通管理--莱索托马塞卢案例研究

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530680

Tumisang Sechocha Liphoto, M. Masinde

引用次数: 2

Using Mobile Moodle to enhance Moodle LMS accessibility and usage at the University of Dar es Salaam 在达累斯萨拉姆大学使用移动Moodle增强Moodle LMS的可访问性和使用情况

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530649

J. Mtebe, Aron Kondoro

{"title":"Using Mobile Moodle to enhance Moodle LMS accessibility and usage at the University of Dar es Salaam","authors":"J. Mtebe, Aron Kondoro","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530649","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last decade, there has been a remarkable increase in the adoption and use of learning management systems (LMS) in sub-Saharan Africa in a bid to improve the quality of on-campus delivery as well as increasing access to education through blended and distance learning. Despite the increased adoption of LMS in the region, their potential has not been fully exploited as relatively few users tend to use them, thereby not justifying the high infrastructure investment costs. The continued penetration and adoption of mobile phones amongst users in the region presents an opportunity to find ways of making LMS accessible to users via mobile phones. However, there are relatively few attempts to enhance accessibility and usage of LMS into users' mobile phones especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This article aims at sharing experiences of configuring and using Mobile Moodle to enhance Moodle LMS usage and accessibility via mobile phones at the University of Dar es Salaam. Through analyzing log of two selected courses, it was revealed that the majority of students used Course View and User List features to read course notes and to check for their fellow students respectively. In addition, students indicated that the Mobile Moodle was easy to use and enable them to accomplish learning activities more quickly through a questionnaire that was distributed to elicit their opinions about the Mobile Moodle. The findings from this study will enable those who are involved in LMS implementation especially in sub-Saharan Africa to widen access of LMS via mobile phones and therefore increase LMS usage.","PeriodicalId":326074,"journal":{"name":"2016 IST-Africa Week Conference","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130279426","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}

引用次数: 36

Smart under-five health care system 智能五岁以下儿童医疗保健系统

2016 IST-Africa Week Conference Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530674

Tawachi Nyasulu

引用次数: 7