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Adaptability of assistive mobility devices and the role of the internet of medical things: Comprehensive review

Author: Oladele, DA ; Markus, ED ; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI Date: Nov 2021 Background: With the projected upsurge in the percentage of people with some form of disability, there has been a significant increase in the need for assistive mobility devices. However, for mobility aids to be effective, such devices should ... Read more
C³TO: an architecture for implementing a chat based call centre and tutoring online

Author: Butgereit, L ; Botha, RA Date: May 2010 The mobile phone is quickly becoming the personal computer of Africa. In Africa the cell phone is widely used, for example, in banking, crime prevention, tracking applications for identification documents, and education. C³TO is an architecture ... Read more
Design criteria for mobile phones: a teenagers perspective.

Author: Batchelor, J ; Botha, Adèle Date: Sep 2009 This study reports on design criteria for mobile phones as developed and implemented by students during a school research project, tasking them to create resources for their disadvantaged peers who have with no access to educational resources ... Read more
Development of a logistics brokering system for South Africa's displaced rural residents

Author: Maritz, Johan Date: Jun 2009 A key challenge in rural environments is to overcome constraints such as high transport cost, irregular or unpredictable transport services, transport of low passenger and freight volumes, low logistics service demand and supply, limited local ... Read more
“Digital Life Skills” for the young and mobile “Digital Citizens”

Author: Botha, Adèle ; Ford, M Date: Oct 2008 Technology has changed the world we live in and has come to be both villified and acclaimed, often for the same reasons. Whilst mobile phones in particular, have tremendous potential as knowledge exchange devices in the developing world due ... Read more
Evaluating mobile centric information access and interaction compatibility for learning websites

Author: Chipangura, B ; Van Biljon, J ; Botha, Adèle Date: Nov 2013 Against the background of the global drive towards equal access to learning opportunities Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions are challenged to optimize the use of technologies that provide usable, scalable and sustainable access. The ... Read more
Exploring the success, failure and factors influencing M-government implementation in developing countries

Author: Ogunleye, OS ; Van Belle, JP Date: May 2014 The proliferation of mobile technologies and mobile phones has presented an opportunity for Government in the developing countries to utilize Mobile Information and Communication Technologies (M-ICT) to help facilitate daily administration ... Read more
Explosion of mobile and wireless technologies – An opportunities for mobile government to speed up service deliveries: A South African perspective

Author: Ogunleye, OS Date: Oct 2010 In this paper, the author investigates the rapid surge in mobile and wireless technologies, and mobile phone in particulars. He also outlines four emerging application areas where mobile technologies hold great potential for mobile government ... Read more
From zero to hero – is the mobile phone a viable learning tool for Africa?

Author: Ford, M ; Batchelor, J Date: Jul 2007 In many countries mobile phones are being banned from schools amidst growing concerns regarding their inappropriate use during school hours. However, the mobile phone is the de-facto most important networked knowledge exchange technology used ... Read more
The future of mobile learning in the Nigerian education system

Author: Adedoja, G ; Botha, Adèle ; Ogunleye, OS Date: May 2012 Mobile phones have the potential to improve education for the millions of underprivileged users in the developing world. However, the subjects of mobile learning in the developing countries have not been largely studied. This article presents ... Read more
Hadeda: the noisy way to practice spelling vocabulary using a cell phone

Author: Butgereit, LL ; Botha, Adèle Date: May 2009 With the push to better school results in mathematics, science, and technology related subjects, often language education is moved into the background. In Africa, however, education is often not in the mother tongue of the learners. Pupils ... Read more
How Dr Math reaches pupils with competitions and computer games by using MXit

Author: Butgereit, L Date: May 2009 In a world where school books, pencils and paper have to compete with cell phones, IPODs, and MP3 players for pupils' attention, Dr Math entices pupils to practice basic mathematics skills by providing games and competitions using Mxit over ... Read more
Intrusion Detection in Bluetooth Enabled Mobile Phones

Author: Nair, Kishor K ; Helberg, Albert ; Van der Merwe, Johannes J Date: 23 Nov 2015 Bluetooth plays a major role in expanding global spread of wireless technology. This predominantly happens through Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, which cover almost 60% of the Bluetooth market. Although Bluetooth mobile phones are equipped ... Read more
M-health adoption and sustainability prognosis from a care givers’ and patients’ perspective

Author: Hwabamungu, B ; Williams, Q Date: Oct 2010 The penetration of mobile phones and mobile technologies in developing countries has led to innovative developments of various m-Health applications. These applications have proven the potential of mobile technologies for improving the quality ... Read more
Menu-based service access and delivery pattern: Towards achieving equatable access to digital services

Author: Makitla, I Date: Nov 2014 The proliferation of mobile phones in developing countries such as South Africa has been revolutionary. This might have sufficed to address the issues of digital divide but not the digital difference. The latter means that not all these mobile ... Read more
MobilED – a mobile tools and services platform for formal and informal learning

Author: Ford, M ; Leinonen, T Date: Oct 2006 The MobilED initiative is aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The MobilED deliverables are to develop a set of scenarios and guidelines of how mobile ... Read more
MobilED – an accessible mobile learning platform for Africa

Author: Ford, M ; Botha, Adèle Date: May 2007 MobilED is a 3-year international collaborative project aimed at creating meaningful learning environments using mobile phone technologies and services. The outputs were a set of learning scenarios that were successfully tested in schools and ... Read more
MobilED: a mobile tools and services platform for formal and informal learning

Author: Ford, M ; Leinonen, T Date: Mar 2009 MobilED is a South African initiative aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The deliverables are the development of a set of scenarios and guidelines on how ... Read more
The provision of mobile centric services in Higher Educational Institutions: A case of lecturer readiness

Author: Chipangura, B ; Van Biljon, J ; Botha, Adèle Date: Oct 2014 In South Africa, the potential of mobile phones as tools that facilitates inclusive information access and interaction at Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)has not been fully realized. A number of factors could be attributed to the slow ... Read more
A study of mobile botnets: analysis of attack strategies

Author: Pieterse, Heloise Date: Oct 2012 Until recently, mobile phones remained free of the threat of botnets due to the isolation between mobile networks and the internet. The situation has changed significantly with the fast-growing popularity of smartphones such as ... Read more

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