Design and Formative Evaluation of an Information Kiosk on Cattle Health for Landless Cattle Owners
| Autor: | S. V. N. Rao, Claire Heffernan, S. Ramkumar, Chris Garforth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Multimedia business.industry Service delivery framework Geography Planning and Development Information Dissemination Information technology Interactive kiosk Cattle Diseases computer.software_genre Education Formative assessment Information and Communications Technology Facilitator Marketing General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business computer health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. 13:7-22 |
| ISSN: | 1750-8622 1389-224X |
| Popis: | This paper describes and analyses the experience of designing, installing and evaluating a farmer-usable touch screen information kiosk on cattle health in a veterinary institution in Pondicherry. The contents of the kiosk were prepared based on identified demands for information on cattle health, arrived at through various stakeholders meetings. Information on these cattle diseases and conditions affecting the livelihoods of the poor was provided through graphics, text and audio back-up, keeping in mind the needs of landless and illiterate poor cattle owners. A methodology for kiosk evaluation based on the feedback obtained from kiosk facilitator, critical group reflection and individual users was formulated. The formative evaluation reveals the potential strength this ICT has in transferring information to the cattle owners in a service delivery centre. Such information is vital in preventing diseases and helps cattle owners to present and treat their animals at an early stage of disease condit... |
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