Scientific Animations Without Borders℠: An International Collaborative Approach for Building Scientific Educational Materials for Use on Cell Phones and the Internet in Developing Nations

Bello‐Bravo, Julia; Seufferheld, Francisco; Steele, Laura D.; Agunbiade, Tolulope A.; Guillot, D.; Cutz, German; Pittendrigh, Barry R.

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“…These videos are aesthetically appealing Bello-Bravo, Seufferheld, et al, 2013;Maredia et al, 2017;Miresmailli, Bello-Bravo, & Pittendrigh, 2015) and elicit reports of, or have demonstrated, participant buy-in around solutions depicted (Bello-Bravo, Nwakwasi, Bello-Bravo, Seufferheld, et al, 2013;Mazur et al, 2013;Mocumbe, Abbott, Mazur, Bello-Bravo, & Pittendrigh, 2016a). Moreover, they have shown greater knowledge transfer and learning gains over other knowledge transfer approaches (Bello-Bravo, 2017;Bello-Bravo, Tamò, Dannon, & Pittendrigh, 2018;Lutomia & Bello-Bravo, 2016;Maredia et al, 2017) and have proven cost-effective and deployable in resource-limited contexts (Bello-Bravo, 2017;, including settings with sociocultural limitations on print literacy and access by participants (Bello-Bravo et al, 2011;Bello-Bravo, Seufferheld, Agunbiade, & Pittendrigh, 2010;Miresmailli et al, 2015;. They also are potentially self-replicating as an approach .…”

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Facilitated discussions increase learning gains from dialectically localized animated educational videos in Niger

Bello‐Bravo

Zakari

Baoua

et al. 2018

Information Technology for Development

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This study measured the knowledge transfer and appeal of information and communication technologies (ICTs) used to deliver education for sustainable development (ESD) content to farmers in Niger experiencing major crop losses from the insect pest Maruca vitrata. ICT-ESD content consisted of two dialectically localized and animated videos that address food security problems of cowpea insect herbivory and the shortage of integrated pest management strategies in rural Niger. Comparing pre-test/post-test knowledge transfer for both animated videos when either (1) watched alone (AVO), or (2) in conjunction with a facilitated group discussion prior to post-testing (AVD), results from 90 farmers in 3 rural Nigerien villages showed statistically significant knowledge transfer in both AVO and AVD groups and still greater gains in the AVD group. Importantly, while a majority of participants expressed a preference for learning from such animated videos and a willingness to share their new knowledge and the videos with others, this finding did not statistically significantly associate with education level, supporting the idea that AVO/AVD is an inclusive strategy for low-literate learners within developing-nation contexts. Recommendations and theoretical implications for ICT-ESD implementations in resourcelimited areas are also discussed.

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Facilitated discussions increase learning gains from dialectically localized animated educational videos in Niger

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Zakari

Baoua

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“…Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a University of Illinois based program that creates educational content from experts in the form of short animated videos [59], the animations can be placed in any language, and all animations are given out freely to anyone wishing to use them in educational programs. Briefly, SAWBO takes recommendations for improved processes, animates these in a simple understandable manner, with as few cultural and religious connotations as possible, then develops appropriate scripts and translate these into voice overlays in whichever language is culturally appropriate for the given target groups.…”

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“…All videos can also be downloaded through both of SAWBO's websites, a full version and a mobile version (for people with low bandwidth) or through the online system known as the "Sustainable Development Knowledge Interface" (SusDeViKI) [59][60][61][62]. Thus, for development groups, that wish to use these videos in their educational programs, they can easily access the necessary content from the Internet for deployment into the field on cell phones.…”

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The Evolution of Shea Butter's "Paradox of paradoxa" and the Potential Opportunity for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Improve Quality, Market Access and Women's Livelihoods across Rural Africa

Bello‐Bravo

Lovett²,

Pittendrigh

2015

Sustainability

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Shea trees grow across 4 million km 2 of sub-Saharan Africa. Shea parklands provide a sustainable source of edible fat (shea butter) that, in terms of volume, is currently second only to cocoa butter as a vegetal source of stearic acid in the multi-billion dollar chocolate and cosmetic sectors. However, in terms of international trade, shea has been opaque to consumers of edible products (where the majority of shea exports end their global journey) and actually only well-known in western markets as a cosmetic ingredient. The millions of women collectors have been disconnected from global supply chains, as the majority of their sheanuts are factory processed, supplied by traders who, in many cases, do not understand quality issues nor share knowledge with their village-based collectors-this is the "Paradox of paradoxa". This review provides the background to this issue by contextualizing the industry and describing how weak post-harvest quality control impacts the shea supply chain. The paper then explains how this knowledge was incorporated into a 3D animation available for free transmission to rural African audiences and viewing on portable devices like video capable mobile phones. This tool offers the OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 5753 potential of low-cost multiple benefits to users, which we term here a win-cubed [win 3 ] opportunity, where women collectors can receive free knowledge of using less resources to produce higher quality shea kernels which in turn offer higher extraction yields, lowering production costs, of a better and more marketable product.

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“…In developing countries where many people living in rural areas are low-literate learners, mobile devices such as cell phones, iPads and tablets represent an important new way by which educational content can be effectively and easily delivered in different languages and conveyed in the form that is pictorial and spoken rather than written (Bello-Bravo et al, 2011). Two major options that currently exist for the development of materials for viewing on video-capable mobile devices include live action films and animations.…”

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Can mobile phone-based animated videos induce learning and technology adoption among low-literate farmers? A field experiment in Burkina Faso

Maredia

Reyes²,

Bâ³

et al. 2017

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This article explores an innovative approach to deliver information about new agricultural technology that combines a versatile and potentially lower cost method of developing animated videos with another low-cost method of sharing it on mobile devices (i.e. mobile phone). It describes a randomized controlled field experiment conducted in Burkina Faso to evaluate the effectiveness of animated videos shown on mobile phone compared with the traditional extension method (live demonstration) in inducing learning and adoption of two postharvest technologies among low-literate farmers. Results suggest that video-based training was as effective as the traditional method in inducing learning and understanding. For technologies that farmers were already aware of animated video shown on the mobile phone was also as effective as live demonstration in inducing adoption. However, in transferring new technologies, the traditional method was more effective in inducing adoption at p < .10, but not at p < .05. Potential role of mobile phone-based videos as part of the agricultural extension system is discussed.

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Scientific Animations Without Borders℠: An International Collaborative Approach for Building Scientific Educational Materials for Use on Cell Phones and the Internet in Developing Nations

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Facilitated discussions increase learning gains from dialectically localized animated educational videos in Niger

Facilitated discussions increase learning gains from dialectically localized animated educational videos in Niger

The Evolution of Shea Butter's "Paradox of paradoxa" and the Potential Opportunity for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Improve Quality, Market Access and Women's Livelihoods across Rural Africa

Can mobile phone-based animated videos induce learning and technology adoption among low-literate farmers? A field experiment in Burkina Faso

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