Author:Wilken, Ilana; Marais, LauretteDate:Nov 2023South Africa is facing a literacy crisis, with the latest PIRLS results showing that 8 out of 10 learners cannot read for basic comprehension by the time they leave the foundation phase. In this climate, the development of strategies to assist ...Read more
Author:Marsden, G; Ladeira, I; Reitmaier, T; Bidwell, NJ; Blake, EDate:Sep 2010In this paper the authors examine how digital technology can be used to inspire, record and present oral stories in an African context. In particular they explore how to create technologies that are sympathetic to the cultures of the storytellers, ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Barnard, EDate:Apr 2011The authors present the design, development and pilot process of the Lwazi Community Communication Service (LCCS), a multilingual automated telephone-based information service. The service acts as a communication and dissemination tool that ...Read more