School-Centered Diffusion of Learning Media and Technologies in Rural Bangladesh
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School-Centered Diffusion of Learning Media and Technologies in Rural Bangladesh Md. Saifuddin Khalid khalid @ hum.aau.dk Human Centered Communication and Informatics 27-03-2012
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BranMatch Conference PhD pitch. Duration 10 minutes including question and answer. Ph.D. solving the problem of learning media and technology resistance by the community and educational institutes in the disadvantaged rural Bangladesh.
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School-Centered Diffusion of Learning Media and Technologies in
Rural Bangladesh
Md. Saifuddin [email protected]
Human Centered Communication and
Informatics
27-03-2012
Summary
• Ph.D. solving the problem of learning media and technology resistance by the community and educational institutes in the disadvantaged rural Bangladesh.
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What’s in it for Business Entities?
•Corporate Social Responsibility BUNESCO ’Education for All’ by 2015 goals
•Promote learning and life skills for young people and adults
•Improve the quality of educationB After BRICs, Bangladesh is one the ‘Next 11’
countries, identified by Goldman Sachs investment bank and economist Jim O’Neill
BBangladeshi community prefers ‘Bidesh’/Foreign..
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What’s unique about my work?
• I am a change agent and a designer of learning media and technologies.
• I play different roles in organizations and communities to improve skills on livelihood and citizenship.
• Based on strong rapport, I make participatory learning design and take up domestication or diffusion strategies and actions.
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Significance of the problem• Vision 2021 ’Digital Bangladesh’• Population of Bangladesh is about
160 million.• About 78% live in rural areas.• More than 90% schools are in
rural areas.• Rural disadvantaged conditions
resist learning media and teachnology adoption.
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The barriers to change
• Lack ofBElectricityBSkilled teachersBAffordabilityBAwareness and skill of
communityBSecurityB Incentives for teachersBTrust
• Effect of• Communication
infrastructure• Social hierarchy• Weather
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Innovation-1BLow-Cost Multimedia classroom for K-12 with
affordable power backup (15000 DKK per school)
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Innovation-2BMobile-Internet training & contest for e-learning
and e-services (3500 DKK per school)
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Innovation-3BLaptop-Internet skills for livelihood and citizen
services (4000 DKK per school)
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Innovation-4B Interest free instalment for purchasing learning
media and technologies (3000 DKK × 6)
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Thank you!
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Questions?
