Project Title:
Wireless Teacher Training & e-Learning Platform

Recipient Institution:
Robotic Strategy Vending Pte Ltd

Project Leader:
David Stone

Amount and Duration: US$ 29,775.25 / 15 months

Abstract of Project
The objective of the project is to create a complete platform for delivering e-learning technologies to teachers and other educators in remote and rural schools and village community centers.

This platform will comprise of a central software repository based on freely available sources and utilizing the Linux operating system. In addition using our newly developed, free and open "Mesh" networking software we are able to offer a substantially new architecture that can both address the issues of scale as well as those of future funding and project sustainability. These issues are the most difficult to deal with in the context of delivering ICT solutions in developing regions.

A focus on training teachers in needy environments has a more immediate impact on quality education for children than offering simple Internet access. The goals are to improve the quality of teaching materials through collaborative technologies.

The project is geared toward teacher training. We will implement a platform for developing localized e-learning curriculums for both teachers and students alike. A highly valuable yet low-cost spin off is its enabling factor of the wider Internet for anyone withinour "mesh" network range.

The project will deploy 50 "mesh" nodes connected via secure, self-adjusting, self-authenticating 802.11-based wireless radio technology into remote and rural schools in Bali, Indonesia. This will create an island wide "mesh" network that can scale to include all schools as well as be joined by anyone seeking Internet access such as those from the tourism industry.