Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools

Masonta, Moshe TRamoroka, TMLysko, Albert A2015-11-162015-11-162015-05Masonta, M.T., Ramoroka, T.M. and Lysko, A.A. 2015. Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools. In: IST-Africa 2015 Conference Proceedings, Lilongwe, Malawi, 6-8 May 2015978-1-905824-51-9http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2015/default.asp?page=schedule-print&schedule.id=4554&schedule.expanded=yeshttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8292IST-Africa 2015 Conference Proceedings, Lilongwe, Malawi, 6-8 May 2015This paper uses the example of the television white space (TVWS) project in Limpopo Province of South Africa to consider benefits of TVWS technology to enable e-Learning environment and introduce pupils and teachers previously unfamiliar with Internet to information and communication technologies (ICT) including Internet. The Limpopo TVWS project uses TVWS to provide broadband Internet to five schools which are up to 10 km away around the University of Limpopo (UL) in the rural Mankweng Township. Each one of the participating five schools was donated 31 tablets, an overhead projector and smart phone to enable e-Learning delivery. The paper presents preliminary results on a socio-economic study conducted at the five participating schools, and also discusses various benefits of availability of connectivity and of e-Learning.enBroadbande-LearningRural broadbandTelevision white spaceLimpopoTVWSUsing TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schoolsConference PresentationMasonta, M. T., Ramoroka, T., & Lysko, A. A. (2015). Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8292Masonta, Moshe T, TM Ramoroka, and Albert A Lysko. "Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8292Masonta MT, Ramoroka T, Lysko AA, Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools; IEEE; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8292 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Masonta, Moshe T AU - Ramoroka, TM AU - Lysko, Albert A AB - This paper uses the example of the television white space (TVWS) project in Limpopo Province of South Africa to consider benefits of TVWS technology to enable e-Learning environment and introduce pupils and teachers previously unfamiliar with Internet to information and communication technologies (ICT) including Internet. The Limpopo TVWS project uses TVWS to provide broadband Internet to five schools which are up to 10 km away around the University of Limpopo (UL) in the rural Mankweng Township. Each one of the participating five schools was donated 31 tablets, an overhead projector and smart phone to enable e-Learning delivery. The paper presents preliminary results on a socio-economic study conducted at the five participating schools, and also discusses various benefits of availability of connectivity and of e-Learning. DA - 2015-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Broadband KW - e-Learning KW - Rural broadband KW - Television white space KW - Limpopo KW - TVWS LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-1-905824-51-9 T1 - Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools TI - Using TV white spaces and e-learning in South African rural schools UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8292 ER -