iSTEP: Technology Field Research in Developing Communities (15-302)
Course Details
| Semester: | Spring 2011 (1st mini) |
| Venue: | Baker Hall A53 | CMU-Q Room 2052 |
| Day/Time: | Mondays and Wednesdays 8:00AM - 9:20AM Pittsburgh time | 4:00PM - 5:20PM Doha time |
| Units: | 6 |
Course Description
The ultimate goal of this course is to teach students practical skills necessary to conduct field research in the area of ICTD (information and communication technologies for development) and to show them that computing technology can have a positive impact on the lives of people in developing communities. A secondary practical goal of this course is to prepare iSTEP internship (http://www.techbridgeworld.org/istep) participants for their upcoming summer internship experience. The course will focus on Uruguay this year, the selected community for iSTEP 2011. Students will be given an overview of the field of ICTD, introduced to real partners in Uruguay, work within a multidisciplinary team to understand specific challenges in that community and design relevant technology solutions to those challenges. The outcomes of this course will be deployed in Uruguay this summer through the iSTEP internship.
