Cell-phone ready educational videos, translated into local languages, are a recent phenomenon in developing nations. One of the reasons for the emergence of this approach is due to the scarcity of other forms of educational materials with appropriate content for low literate learners. Additionally, the World Wide Web (WWW) has very little to offer in regards to audio-visual training materials that could be used to educate people in their own local languages without the need for literacy. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) creates and works with local groups to deploy educational videos in local languages facilitating access to information and knowledge to individuals in the developing world. This paper is based on a survey conducted with 83 individuals on the perception of three SAWBO educational animations - neem extracts for insect control, cholera and malaria prevention; and their potential as training tools for health and agricultural extension in Benin. These animations provide information and knowledge in a simple way, on complex ideas and techniques that could improve livelihoods. The results obtained in this study suggest that animated videos are a well-received approach as a training tool in agriculture and prevention of diseases amongst populations with diverse literacy levels.

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The prospect of animated videos in agriculture and health: A case study in Benin

Julia Bello-Bravo1* and Barry Robert Pittendrigh2 describe an emerging, information and communication technology for development (ICTD) high-throughput library system of scientifically accurate animated videos – localized in several languages and both highly accessible and deployable in the field via a freely accessible Android-based app – that makes possible a continual creation and deployment of existing and novel IPM techniques virtually anywhere in the world; 1Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 2Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; *Corresponding Author: bellobra@msu.edu

Scientific animations without borders (SAWBO): Animating IPM information and education everywhere

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 ...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02681102.2018.1485004

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

Postharvest Extension and Capacity Building for the Developing World

Securing the adoption of scalable agro-educational information and communication technology (ICT) solutions by farmers remains one of the international development community’s most elusive ...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02681102.2019.1697632

An 89% solution adoption rate at a two-year follow-up: evaluating the effectiveness of an animated agricultural video approach

Ensuring the success of deployment initiatives of specific programs in developing countries comes with the commitment of local, public and private institutions. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) creates educational content for low literate learners, in their own local languages that can be deployed on video capable devices by in country groups. In other words, SAWBO creates content, for local communities of practice to use in their educational programs. Although SAWBO creates and deploys this content virtually, it is the domain of local groups to develop strategies and approaches for local and meaningful impact. Establishing partnership between local stakeholders, public and private institutions bring new opportunities to the deployment of educational materials in developing nations. In regards to this statement, the consultative group on a project entitled “Promotion and Pilot Deployment of Educational Materials for Low Literate Learners around Adama” offers a case study in commitment between participants. This paper explains the opportunities for, and challenges to, creating a community of practice and making decisions between public and private institutions leading to the deployment of educational materials in a form of animated videos around Adama City in the region of Oromia, Ethiopia. This paper presents the willingness of local, public and private institutions to enter into partnership to participate in a specific deployment of a project perceived to be beneficial for low literate learners in their communities. The report of the consultative meeting suggests that while initiatives and perceptions may differ among the different groups involved in the deployment, common goals facilitate the decision making to move forward. This paper is part of an ongoing effort to develop community of practice models, for deployment of cross-culturally adaptable educational animations, with the intent of reproducing similar approaches in other regions of the world.

Scientific animations without borders and communities of practice: promotion and pilot deployment of educational materials for low-literate learners around adama (ethiopia) by

Scientific Animations without Borders and Communities of Practice: Promotion and Pilot Deployment of Educational Materials for Low Literate Learners around Adama (Ethiopia) by Adama Science and Technology University

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Scientific animations without borders and communities of practice: promotion and pilot deployment of educational materials for low-literate learners around adama (ethiopia) by

Scientific Animations without Borders and Communities of Practice: Promotion and Pilot Deployment of Educational Materials for Low Literate Learners around Adama (Ethiopia) by Adama Science and Technology University