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Glove Based Sign Interpreter for Medical Emergencies 基于手套的医疗紧急情况手语翻译

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-08 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764816

Sheila Mugala, Paulus Jjagwe, Joshua Asiimwe

引用次数: 4

Smart-bot Technology: Conversational Agents Role in Maternal Healthcare Support 智能机器人技术:会话代理在孕产妇保健支持中的作用

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-08 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764817

K. Mugoye, H. Okoyo, Sylvester Mcoyowo

引用次数: 17

Television White Space Opportunities and Challenges: What Next for the Developing Countries? 电视白色空间的机遇与挑战:发展中国家的下一步是什么?

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764834

Moses Ismail, M. Kissaka, Prosper Mafole

引用次数: 7

An Overview of the Eastern Cape eSkills Colab Training and Awareness Programmes 东开普省技能合作培训和意识项目概述

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764825

Mnoneleli Nogwina, Sibukele Gumbo, Ndiyakholwa Ngqulu

{"title":"An Overview of the Eastern Cape eSkills Colab Training and Awareness Programmes","authors":"Mnoneleli Nogwina, Sibukele Gumbo, Ndiyakholwa Ngqulu","doi":"10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764825","url":null,"abstract":"This paper covers an overview of Information Communication Technology (ICT) training drives currently being undertaken in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. ICT is both a driver and enabler of changing people’s lives. For example, it changes the way people communicate, study and do business. Mobile phones and internet are becoming more available even in the most under developed regions and the hardest to reach communities. While the use of these ICTs is creating a wealth of new opportunities, it may include risks created by other users who use ICTs in an unethical manner. Therefore there is a need to make people aware of the opportunities and dangers or risks that comes with the use of ICTs. This paper seeks to unveil the path that the Eastern Cape e-Skills CoLab (EC e-Skills CoLab) has taken to provide training, aligned towards the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), around the province. The CoLab has embarked on a number of training and awareness campaigns ranging from basic Computer Literacy, Cyber Security, Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotics. Training is provided for basic computer users (e.g. learners, teachers), sector users, ICT practitioners, and e-Leaders. Each of these user groups has its own training model that has targeted a specific focus. For example, learners are given training and workshops on both Cyber Awareness and Robotics, whereas ICT practitioners are provided with training ranging from Cyber Security to IoT. The aim of the paper is to present and share the overview of e-skills experiences on number of ICT training that the EC e-Skills CoLab has rolled out.","PeriodicalId":420572,"journal":{"name":"2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131387976","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: 1

Towards a Personalized Adaptive Remedial e-Learning Model 迈向个性化自适应补习电子学习模式

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764848

G. Musumba, R. Wario

引用次数: 2

A Learner Model for Adaptive e-Leaning Based on Learning Theories 基于学习理论的适应性网络学习学习者模型

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764826

S. A. Ochukut, Robert O. Oboko

{"title":"A Learner Model for Adaptive e-Leaning Based on Learning Theories","authors":"S. A. Ochukut, Robert O. Oboko","doi":"10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764826","url":null,"abstract":"Adaptive e-learning promises to deal with the problems of not considering learner characteristics experienced in e-learning systems. Research has shown that adaptive e-learning improves the effectiveness of e-learning systems and removes the loneliness experienced by learners when they are online. Though this is the case, adaptive e-learning systems face the challenge of not only utilizing one learner characteristic to provide adaptation but also the problem of deciding which learner characteristic to model. This study was carried out in order to develop a learner model based on learning theories since learning theories do spell out on how learning occurs and therefore useful in determining which learner characteristic to model. Systematic literature review on articles dealing with adaptive e-learning was carried out. Articles were extracted from various databases and were selected using a three step process. 16 articles were selected for the final analysis. The results of the analysis indicate that, there is evidence of basing adaptive e-learning systems on learning theories and the most utilized theory is cognitivism. The learner characteristic that is majorly modelled is learning style. In order to capture different learner characteristics we propose a learner model based on the three major learning theories; constructivism, cognitivism and behaviriousim.","PeriodicalId":420572,"journal":{"name":"2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131136139","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: 2

An Enquiry into Digital Inequality Implications for Central Bank Digital Currency 数字不平等对央行数字货币的影响研究

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764838

T. Gopane

引用次数: 4

mHealth Apps and Services for Maternal Healthcare in Developing Countries 发展中国家孕产妇保健的移动医疗应用和服务

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764878

G. Iyawa, Suama Hamunyela

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引用次数: 11

Investigating Software Development Methodologies and Practices in Software Industry in Tanzania 调查坦桑尼亚软件行业的软件开发方法和实践

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764884

Edwin T. Mushashu, J. Mtebe

{"title":"Investigating Software Development Methodologies and Practices in Software Industry in Tanzania","authors":"Edwin T. Mushashu, J. Mtebe","doi":"10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764884","url":null,"abstract":"The last few years have seen a growing development of software industry in East Africa and Tanzania in particular. The software industry has contributed up to 40% of the economic growth in the past 10 years with the number of registered firms increasing yearly. Despite these developments, few studies have investigated the software development methodologies and practices that have been applied in the software industry and how they affect the success or failure of the software projects. This study investigated software development activities in 18 firms to determine to what extent the software development methods are being adopted and the factors influencing the selection of such methodologies. The study used questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, and documentary review involving 54 developers and project managers from 18 software firms in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study found that the majority of software firms have been adopting traditional software development methodologies accounting to 72% of 79 studied software products. Specifically, amongst 51 software products developed using traditional software methodology, nearly half of the software products adopted waterfall model. Moreover, agile methodologies and other iterative methods are rarely adopted in the software industry. The implications of the results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":420572,"journal":{"name":"2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121481967","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: 8

The Role of Leadership in Building the Foundations for Data Analytics, Visualization and Business Intelligence 领导力在构建数据分析、可视化和商业智能基础中的作用

2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764827

Mwirigi Kiula, E. Waiganjo, J. Kihoro

{"title":"The Role of Leadership in Building the Foundations for Data Analytics, Visualization and Business Intelligence","authors":"Mwirigi Kiula, E. Waiganjo, J. Kihoro","doi":"10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2019.8764827","url":null,"abstract":"A study on the influence of leadership orchestration on e-readiness accession in higher education in the Republic of Kenya concluded in 2018 showed that there is a correlation between the leadership performance on selected leadership indices and the institution’s digital age readiness. Does this correlation also apply to adoption of evidence-based decision-making and, thus, application of data analytics, visualization and business intelligence? Cross-sectional survey design was employed. Quantitative data was collected through simple random sampling using an online questionnaire in nine purposively selected universities. Seven key questions formulated around process and data were posed to the participants. Qualitative data was obtained using focus group discussion and interviews. Pearson Moment Co-efficient of Correlation and bivariate regression were done. Content analysis was applied on the qualitative data. Significant correlation was observed with six out of seven items. It is concluded that institutional perspective on process performance and evidence-based decision-making is correlated with leadership orchestration. Effective adoption and application of data analytics, visualization and business intelligence in the digital age is dependent on institutional leadership. Recommendation is made to re-orient leadership in higher education to evidence-based decision-making and data-driven culture in order to harness the power of data analytics, visualization and business intelligence to improve the quality and productivity of higher education in Kenya.","PeriodicalId":420572,"journal":{"name":"2019 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124982892","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: 2