Game Changing Content through Offline SolutionsTangible and intangible solutions to why local ICT4D projects succeed and fail
WORLD POSSIBLEINFRASTRUCTURE
Global Internet Activity› 4.2 billion people are offline in current Internet ecosystem
Why? – Tangible vs. Intangible
Barriers to Internet Accessibility
Infrastructure
(30%)Incentives
(36%)
Incomes
(19%)
Ability
(15%)
INFRASTRUCTURE
INCOMES
INCENTIVES
ABILITY
Tangible
Intangible
Why? – Tangible.INFRASTRUCTURE
RACHEL - InfrastructureINFRASTRUCTURE
A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION:RACHEL-PLUS
Connect to Wi-Fi Signal:
RACHEL_##iPhone users may need to go into Airplane mode
Navigate Web Browser:
my.content
RACHELINFRASTRUCTURE
1
• Open Content and the Creative Commons
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• Proliferation of Low Cost Computing Hardware
3
• Web Browser Technology and HTML5 Standards
RACHEL – Why Now? - Affordability
› Introduced in 2008 though Cisco Systems volunteer task force– Lacked scalability
– Difficult to maintain
– Power hungry devices
– Limited distribution here and abroad
MARKET DISRUPTION
INCOMES
RACHEL - InfrastructureINCOMES
RACHEL - InfrastructureINCOMES
Intangibles (Incentives & Ability)The World Possible Chapter Model
World Possible Chapters andThe Social Entrepreneur Program
Regional Chapters Creating and Curating Local Content
› 2.5 year Social Entrepreneur incubation program – Total Local Ownership (NO U.S. or ‘foreign’ staff)
– Day-to-day monitoring and through Regional Manager volunteer (on the ground or through WhatsApp) and Facebook
– Ability and freedom to identify content for specific country use-case (What do people care about?)› Technical support from World Possible HQ and volunteers
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› First – Hardware Support from World Possible HQ
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› Second – Recruit Local Peers to Contribute to Project
INCENTIVES
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› Second – Recruit Local Peers to Contribute to Project
INCENTIVES
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› Third – Localize the Content
– What incentivizes local people to use the technology?› Kenya (ICT Training and Exams), Guatemala (Agriculture and Language Learning), Mexico (SATs and Language Learning)
› Curriculum and Pacing Guides
› Local Content in Local Language
› Preservation of Cultural Histories
› Health, Religion, Music, Games, and more…
– What content already exists we can add?
– What content can we get created as a partnership?
– How can we align existing content in a more useful way?
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› Third – Localize the Content
Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain
› Third – Localize the Content
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› Fourth – Distribute with a Purpose or Intent to Engage
– Documentation of Learning Methodologies with Example Exercises› SOLE’s – Self Organized Learning Environments,
› Vocational Training
› Directed Learning (Math Lab, Literacy Training, Math Exams, ICT Class)
› Inquiry Based Learning, Blended Learning
– Narrow Focus to Management Set of Deployments
– What content can we get created as a partnership?
– How can we align existing content in a more useful way?
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› Fourth – Distribute with an Intent to Engage (SOLEs)
Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain
› Fourth – Distribute with an Intent to Engage (SOLEs)
Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain
› Distribute with an Intent to Engage (Vocational Training)
WOLD POSSIBLE SIERRA LEONE:SEPT 2ND 2015
› Directed Learning
“Kids in Sinkunia extend their sincere thanks to
Cause Canada and World Possible…
through the use of the RACHEL Content in subject area, we are proud to announce to
you guys that SinkuniaSchool came second in
the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for the whole North meaning all the kids passed with flying
colors.”
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› Blended Learning
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› Pass-it-forward, successful local fundraising by original entrepreneurs to fund a next generation and extend work
› Ongoing projects to advocate for ICT inclusion at the highest levels of government
› Create self-sustaining funding through hardware sales and fee based trainings
› Add to World Possible’s leading library of offline content
Presented by: Jeremy Schwartz
For more information: www.worldpossible.org
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