Developer's Guide to Building E-Learning Solutions in Resource-Constrained Environments

Knowledge and skills are the power. One can be self-reliant and seize a brighter future with the right capacity, even without status and wealth. Yet, its foundation — education — is extremely fragile and a prime example of today's global inequality. Too many students over teachers. Low relevance of the content to learners' reality. Limited choices due to financial and geographical hurdles. Receiving quality education is still a privilege in many parts of the world. To fill the gap, many development organizations see hope in ICT for its scalability and cost-effectiveness. And some come up with the idea of mobile learning applications: the use of portable digital devices to deliver training programs remotely. However, I've witnessed common problems in project sustainability in the field, especially in rural communities where there's a greater need for development support; that is, mobile learning solutions do not penetrate to remote users as efficiently as developers hoped, or can even…