world possible (rachel) offline technology community presentation

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

2

• 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

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› First – Hardware Support from World Possible HQ

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› Second – Recruit Local Peers to Contribute to Project

INCENTIVES

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› Second – Recruit Local Peers to Contribute to Project

INCENTIVES

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› 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?

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› Third – Localize the Content

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› Third – Localize the Content

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› 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?

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› 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.”

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› Blended Learning

Distribute Recruit Localize Distribute Sustain

› 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

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