iSTEP: Technology Field Research in Developing Communities 15-302
Offered in Spring 2012 (1st mini)
Mondays and Wednesdays
8:00 - 9:20 a.m. Pittsburgh time/ 4:00 - 5:20 p.m. Doha time
Baker Hall A53 / CMU-Q Room 1006
*Instructor permission required for course enrollment

Instructors: M. Bernardine Dias, Robotics Institute and Yonina S. Cooper, Computer Science
Units: 6

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 participants for their upcoming summer internship experience. The course will focus on Ghana this year, the selected community for iSTEP 2012. Students will be given an overview of the field of ICTD, introduced to real partners in Ghana, 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 Ghana this summer through the iSTEP internship.

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