Publications

LIVING LAB METHODOLOGY

  • BINDER T, MALMBORG L, HILLGREN P, MESSETER J, LEE Y, GUMBO S (2013) What Can Design Laboratories Do?, 14th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 4 - 6 September 2013, Cape Town
  • GUMBO S, TERZOLI A, THINYANE M (2013) Living Labs as South Africa's enabler for ICT service creation : The Siyakhula Living Lab Experience. Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2013), Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa;
  • GUMBO S, THINYANE H, HANSEN S, THINYANE M, TERZOLI A (2012) Living Lab Methodology as an Approach to Innovation in ICT4D: The Siyakhula Living Lab Experience. IST-Africa 2012 Conference and Exhibition. 09 - 12 May 2012. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
  • DALVIT L, SIEBÖRGER I, THINYANE H (2011) The expansion of the Siyakhula Living Lab: a holistic perspective. 3rd International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (Africomm 2011) November 2011. Zanzibar, Tanzania;
  • DALVIT L, SIEBÖRGER I, THINYANE H (2011) A tale of two ICTEd4D projects. Education in a technological world: Communicating current and emerging research and technological efforts. A. Mendez-Vilas (Ed). (Book Chapter);
  • PADE C, SIEBÖRGER I, THINYANE H & DALVIT L (2010) The Siyakhula living lab: a holistic approach to rural development through ICT in rural South Africa, ICTs for Development in Africa, Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide. Vol 3: Development Informatics and Regional Information Technologies: Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide series. (Book Chapter);
  • PADE C, PALMER R, KAVHAI M, GUMBO S (2009) Baseline study report : Siyakhula Living Lab;
  • PALMER R (2008) Addressing the 'Digital Divide' at Dwesa: The Anthropologist and the Living Lab. Anthropology Southern Africa 2008 Annual Conference. August 2008. University ot the Western Cape, Western Cape, South Africa;


eSERVICE PROVISIONING

Computer literacy training in marginalized communities
  • GUMBO S, TERZOLI A (2013) E-Skills Training on Communal, Fixed Infrastructure as an Activator of Personal Use of Mobile Internet, IST-Africa 2013 Conference and Exhibition. 29 - 31 May 2013. Nairobi, Kenya;
  • SAM M, DALVIT L (2010) The development and implementation of computer literacy terminology in isiXhosa, Masters Dissertation, Rhodes University;
  • SAM M, DALVIT L (2010) Rural students' attitudes toward the use of isiXhosa in the ICT Domains : An initial study, Southern African Journal for the Folklore Studies Vol 20 (1);
  • SAM M, DALVIT L, MASEKO P (2009) ICT terminology development for the intelllectualization of African Languages, 20th International Conference on the Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), 26 - 28 May 2009;
  • THINYANE M, DALVIT L, TERZOLI A, CLAYTON P (2007) The Internet in rural communities: unrestricted and contextualized. International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, Bangalore, INDIA;
  • ALFONSI R, DALVIT L (2006) Edubuntu Linux nelle scuole del Sudafrica, Scienza e Pace, University of Pisa, Pisa;
  • DALVIT L, ISABIRYE N, THINYANE M, TERZOLI A (2006) A case study on the teaching of computer literacy in a marginalized community. Comparative Education Society of Europe Conference, Granada, Spain, 3 - 6 July 2006;
  • SAM M, DALVIT L, THINYANE M (2006) Development and implementation of a web-based isiXhosa glossary of computer terms, Honours Thesis, Computer Science Department, Fort Hare University;
  • DALVIT L, ALFONSI R, TERZOLI A, THINYANE M (2006) Ubuntu in action: a new approach to teacher training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), EASA/Kenton International conference on Education, 28th October - 2nd December 2006;
  • MAPI T, DALVIT L, TERZOLI A (2006) Adoption of Information Communication Technologies and computer education in a rural area in South Africa. EASA/Kenton International conference on Education, 28th October - 2nd December 2006;
  • THINYANE M, SLAY H, TERZOLI A, CLAYTON P (2006) A preliminary investigation into the implementation of ICTs in marginalized communities.  Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2006), Spier Wine Estate, Western Cape, South Africa, ISBN: 0-620-37043-2.






















SUSTAINABILITY (Financial, Technical, Cultural)

 

 

 

 

 


NETWORKING

Monitoring Social Networks
  • MFENYANA S, MOOROSI N, THINYANE M (2014) Facebook Crawler Architecture for Opinion Monitoring and Trend Analysis Purposes, Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2014), 31 August - 3 September 2014, The BoardWalk Conference Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa


A Decentralized Multi-Agent Based Network Management System for ICTD Networks
  • MATEBESE S, THINYANE M (2013) Architecting a decentralized multi-agent based network management system for ICT4D networks, World Wide Web Applications (ZA-WWW 2013), 10 – 13 September 2013, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - Cape Town , South Africa
  • MATEBESE S (2013) Implementation of Monitoring Function for a MAS based Management System for Rural Broadband Networks, Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2013), 1 – 4 September 2013, The Spier Estate, South Africa.
  • MATEBESE S, THINYANE M (2012) A decentralized multi-agent based network management system for ICTD networks, World Wide Web Applications (ZA-WWW 2012), 7 – 9 November 2012, Mongosuthu University of Technology - Riverside Conference Centre, Durban , South Africa;







MONITORING AND EVALUATION

  • NYAMBI P (2013) Exploring user experience (UX) factors for ICTD services, Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2013), Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa;
  • MTHOKO H, PADE-KHENE C (2012) Towards a theoretical framework on ethical practice in ICT4D programmes, Information Development 0266666612449456, July 9, 2012;
  • PADE-KHENE C, SEWRY D (2012) The Rural ICT Comprehensive Evaluation Framework : Implementing the First Domain, The Baseline Study Process. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. Vol 51;
  • PALMER R (2010) ICT4D and the Siyakhula Living Lab : An anthropological contribution to Digital Development. Anthropology Southern Africa. 2010, 33 (1& 2) 19 (Journal);
  • KAVHAI MS, OSUNKUNLE OO, DALVIT L (2010) The impact of rural ICT Projects in South Africa – A Case Study of Dwesa, Transkei, Eastern Cape South Africa, Master of Social Science Thesis, Communication Department,  Fort Hare University;
  • WILHELM M, DALVIT L (2009) How the use of ICT impacts on teacher professionalism and performance : a case study on rural education in Dwesa. Kenton Conference. 5-8 November 2009. Stellenbosch, South Africa.


USER REQUIREMENT ELICITATION

  • PADE-KHENE C (2012) A needs assessment to identify the reality of two rural school cases in South Africa : Potential of ICT4D or Not? Internation Journal of Educationa nd Development using Informationa and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), Vol 8, 2. August 2012;
  • GUMBO S, JERE N, TERZOLI A (2012) A Qualitative Analysis to determine the Readiness of Rural Communities to Adopt ICTs: Siyakhula Living Lab Case Study. IST-Africa 2012 Conference and Exhibition. 09 - 12 May 2012. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
  • ISABIRYE N, FLOWERDAY S (2009) A model for user requirements elicitation specific to users in rural areas. Master of Commerce Thesis, Information Systems Department,  Fort Hare University;
  • ISABIRYE N, FLOWERDAY S (2008) A model for eliciting user requirements specific to South African rural areas. SAICSIT 2008, 6-8 October 2008, Wilderness Beach Hotel;
  • PADE C, MALLINSON B, SEWRY D (2008) Project Management Practice for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries. 2nd European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME). Royal Holloway, University of London. ISBN: 978-1-906638-13-9 CD;
  • PADE C, MALLINSON B, SEWRY D (2008) An Elaboration of Critical Success Factors for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries - Exploring the Dwesa Case. The Journal of Information Technology Case and Application (JITCAR), Vol. 10, no. 4;
  • PADE C, SEWRY D (2007) Development of a model for the Evaluation of the Impact of Rural ICT Projects on Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: An Exploration of Rural Communities in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, SAICSIT 2007, Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists;
  • PADE C, MALLINSON B, SEWRY D (2007) An Exploration of the Critical Success Factors for the Sustainability of Rural ICT Projects: The Dwesa Case Study. ISD 2007, 16th International Conference on Information Systems Development. Galway, Ireland, August 2007;
  • PADE C, MALLINSON B, SEWRY D (2006) An Exploration of the Categories Associated with ICT Project Sustainability in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Dwesa Project. SAICSIT 2006, Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, Gordon's Bay, Western Cape, October 2006;
  • PADE C (2006) An investigation of ICT Project Management Techniques for Sustainable ICT Projects in Rural Development. Master of Commerce Thesis, Information Systems Department, Rhodes University;
  • PADE C, MALLINSON B, SEWRY D (2006)  An Investigation of Sustainable ICT Projects in Rural Development. Sangonet 2nd Annual Conference and Exhibition. ICTs for Civil Society;
  • ISABIRYE  N, ROETS R,  MUYINGI H (2006) Eliciting user requirements for ecommerce applications for entrepreneurs in rural areas, Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2006), Spier Wine Estate, Western Cape, South Africa, ISBN: 0-620-37043-2.