This document provides an overview of the topics covered in the i190 Spring 2014 course on Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) at UC Berkeley. The course covers conceptual frameworks for understanding development and the ICTD landscape over the first four weeks. The following weeks cover the applications of e-health, e-education, infrastructure, agriculture, microfinance and other sectors. Other topics include project management, monitoring and evaluation, and the overarching issues relating to ICT applications. The last class discussed debates in ICT research in agriculture and the importance of considering local context, relationships, and user needs rather than just the technology when designing ICTD projects. The document also outlines upcoming classes on theories

1. i190 Spring 2014: Information and Communications Technology
for Development (ICTD) in Practice
University of California Berkeley, School of Information
LECTURE 12: 10 Mar 2014
Instructor: San Ng (www.sanng.com)
Class Website: i190spring2014.sanng.com

2. i190 Framework
Conceptual
Week1: Introduction to Course
W2: What is Development?
W3: What is ICTD
W4: Who Does What in Practice?
Mapping the ICTD
Landscape
i190
ICTD in
Practice:
Core Skills
Technical
(eApplications)
W5: Overarching Issues of
eApplications
W6: Infrastructure,
Telecenters,
Agriculture,
W7: Revisiting Agriculture,,
W8 : e-Health, Education
W9: Governance and Law
Microfinance
Management
W10: Break
W11: Intro to Project Management
Planning and Assessment
W12: Budgeting, Scheduling,
Fundraising
W13: Implementation
W14: Monitoring and Evaluation/
Next Cycle
W15: Final Projects &
Wrap Up

3. Last Class: ICT in Agriculture (continued)
•Skew of disciplinary research
(econ, ethnographic, ENR, energy, geog…etc)
•Jensen work: - neat econ study:
•People:=only 2
•Tech: = 1 function
•Welfare= income
•Burrell et al. – making a mess:
•Other players:/relationships auctioneer, fish
waste vendor, gender etc
•Tech: lots of other usage
•Context: n/s, types of terrain, boards
•Welfare= WAY more than income
•Can it be generalized then?
•What to do in practice?
•Be cognizant of debates
•Local context
•Don’t start with tech
•Same old foundational factors in design and
implementation
•Usually dynamic, changing, needs based,
messy, ‘it’s complicated’

4. ICTD and Education Theories

5. ICTD and Education: Theories continued
Traditional Dev Theories
(loosely: market, growth, top down)
Alternative Dev Theories
(loosely: state, rights, bottom up

6. Trends in i-, e-, m-, blended-. etc-Education
“leap frog e-learning through m-learning”.
•Differences within the field: ICT for education,
distance learning, elearning, m-learning, blended
learning
•A new fad? But a new fad that can make a
difference?

7. E-Health
•What is it?
•eHealth solutions &
strategic coordination
•What are some trends, in
developed, transitioning
and developing countries?
• Forever-pilot pattern and
lessons learned?