Improving Educational

Outcomes for Children in Rural

Areas...

Using new technologies … or not?

A roadmap to start together !

What, Why ?

• Basic digital literacies for children in their 1st

years of formal education?

• What kind of approach to penetrate

communities without basic digital skills and

without knowing about mobile education ?

Creating indigenous content that promotes:

● Functional Skills

● Collaboration

● Creativity

● Critical thinking

● E-Safety

● Cultural & Social Understanding

● Find and select Information

Creating Content

Animators

● Student

• Age ranges: 3 - 5, 6 - 9, 10 – 12, 13 – 15, 16 - 17

• Teacher

• School Educators, Young Instructors Leader program

• Parent

• Mentorship Framework

• Organisation

• NGOs, Community Leaders, Donors/Big Corporations

Guidelines

Problems

In rural contexts :

● Lack of Electricity

● Internet Access

● Mentalities

● Access to digital literacy

● Mobility (Roads)

● Social/Cultural interactions

Solutions

The solution for digital education in rural areas in Africa will involve the

establishment of dedicated educational kits with the following characteristics:

● Mobile and easy to carry

● Playful and promotes collaborative work

● Autonomous solar source to provide electricity during training

● High capacity storage with educational content using micro components.

● Empowerment Programmes for Soft-skill development

This solution can be implemented by Africans through various innovation hubs

like FabLab, Co-Creation Hub, Andela which develop innovative educational

Solutions

Our project in rural areas would be implemented using

existing technologies:

• IDEAS BOX

• BRCK – Kio Kit

• One Laptop One Child (OLOC)

Project Needs:

• Tool Kits: Curriculum, Furniture, Storage, Mobile

Devices, Media Resources

• Power: Solar wafers, BRCK

• Internet Connectivity

• Mobility: Vehicle - Van, Bikes

• Learning Space

examples

IDEAS BOX

One Child One Computer, OLOC

BRCK

Ecosystem and Interconnections

In what educational ecosystem are you ?

Transformation -> Adaptation -> Creativity

Spaces of independent or joined learnings ?

→ communities / civil society / local decision-

makers / parents / teachers / care homes (health) /

educational communities / innovators

Let’s Go for it

together :-)