1. 290-DRCA: Designing Rural Computing Applications Professor: Tapan Parikh (parikh@berkeley.edu)parikh@berkeley.edu September 2nd, 2008

2. Today’s Outline 1) Overview 2) Introductions 3) Expectations 4) Neal Lesh

3. Overview This seminar is about the practice of designing, implementing and evaluating IT projects in the rural developing world Grounded in real applications and real experiences (including insights from several guest speakers)

4. Introductions

5. Application Areas Public Health Agriculture Microfinance, Education, other topics based on student interest

6. Structure Guest Speakers Student-led Discussions Student Blogs In-class Group Exercises

7. Expectations As a seminar class, your performance will be judged based on participation –Do the readings –Ask questions –Post to your blog –Lead a discussion –Be an active participant

8. Student Blogs Registered students will be expected to blog about each lecture before the next class –Doesn’t need to be detailed, just insightful :-) Set up a blog by emailing help@ischool.berkeley.edu (non-iSchoolers: please first visit http://ischool.berkeley.edu/arf/ to request account)help@ischool.berkeley.edu http://ischool.berkeley.edu/arf/ Email the professor (parikh@berkeley.edu) with a link to your blog before the next class meetingparikh@berkeley.edu

9. Student-led Discussions Students who want to present topics of their own interest, please e-mail me or come to office hours (Wed 2-4 PM, South Hall 303B) Can be a general topic (ICT and Microfinance, Community Health Workers, etc.); or related to your own research and/or experiences

10. Outcomes Learn how it really is to work in this space Build a community of interested I-School and external researchers Brainstorm about how we can build a full Berkeley course on this topic, while staying grounded in context and real applications (could include extended field work)

11. For Next Time Set up your blog Subscribe to the mailing list –E-mail majordomo@ischool, w/ ‘subscribe drca’ Blog about Neal’s lecture Do the reading for next week –“Establishing Relationships for Designing Rural Information Systems” –See website for link

12. Neal Lesh Ph.D. in Computer Science (UW), Master in Public Health (Harvard) Working at the intersection of Information Technology and Global Health for the last four years Leader in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Mobile Health communities If you have unanswered questions, stick around after the lecture