Developing locally relevant software applications for rural areas: a South African example
Developing locally relevant software applications for rural areas: a South African example
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为农村地区开发与当地相关的软件应用程序：南非的例子
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2004
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E. Blake
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M. Chetty;W. Tucker;E. Blake
发展中国家的农村和城市地区之间存在巨大的数字鸿沟。我们研究如何通过将信息和通信技术（ICT）引入偏远农村地区来解决这一鸿沟。我们的目标是发现如何创建本地相关的软件应用程序与这些领域的适当内容。我们使用以用户为中心的设计方法和修改后的软件开发生命周期，这是参与式的，迭代的和循环的。这一过程是基于原则，从设计和行动研究。本文介绍了我们的初步经验，开发远程医疗应用的农村在南非东开普省使用这个过程。我们提出了一个概述的方法，描述了我们已经开发的软件应用程序，并列举了我们面临的几个挑战。最后，我们得出结论，需要一个跨组织和跨学科的方法来开发软件，为偏远地区。
The digital divide between rural and urban areas within developing countries is vast. We investigate how to address this divide by introducing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into remote rural areas. Our aim is to discover how to create locally relevant software applications with appropriate content for these areas. We use a user centred design approach and a modified software development lifecyle that is participatory, iterative and cyclical. This process is based on principles from Participatory Design and Action Research. This paper presents our initial experience of developing a telemedicine application for a rural village in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa using this process. We present an overview of the methodology, describe the software application we have developed and cite several challenges we have faced. Finally we conclude that an inter-organisational and inter-disciplinary approach is needed to develop software for remote areas.