TY - GEN
T1 - A model for teaching mobile application development for social changes
T2 - International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
AU - Scharff, Christelle
AU - Wasilewska, Anita
AU - Wong, Jennifer
AU - Bousso, Mamadou
AU - Ndiaye, Ibrahima
PY - 2009/12/9
Y1 - 2009/12/9
N2 - Africa is the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. The portfolio of available mobile phone applications that impact the populations of the continent is however limited in number and scope. Future African graduates will be the main vectors for the development of mobile applications. In this paper we present a model of teaching mobile application development for social changes emphasizing software engineering practices. The innovation is that students develop and deploy applications for people of their local communities. This model has been used successfully in Senegal. Applications for craft workers and young children have been developed. Findings, lessons learned and guidelines for instructors interested in similar initiatives are presented.
AB - Africa is the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world. The portfolio of available mobile phone applications that impact the populations of the continent is however limited in number and scope. Future African graduates will be the main vectors for the development of mobile applications. In this paper we present a model of teaching mobile application development for social changes emphasizing software engineering practices. The innovation is that students develop and deploy applications for people of their local communities. This model has been used successfully in Senegal. Applications for craft workers and young children have been developed. Findings, lessons learned and guidelines for instructors interested in similar initiatives are presented.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78649742937
U2 - 10.1109/IMCSIT.2009.5352697
DO - 10.1109/IMCSIT.2009.5352697
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781424453146
T3 - Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
SP - 383
EP - 389
BT - Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
Y2 - 12 October 2009 through 14 October 2009
ER -