iSTEP: Technology Field Research in Developing Communities 15-302
Offered in Spring 2010 (1st mini)
Monday and Wednesday
8:00 - 9:20 a.m. Pittsburgh time/ 4:00 - 5:20 p.m. Doha time
*Instructor permission required for course enrollment

Instructor: M. Bernardine Dias, Robotics Institute
Units: 6

The ultimate goal of this course is to teach students practical skills necessary to conduct field research in the area of ICTD (information and communication technologies for development) and to show them that computing technology can have a positive impact on the lives of people in developing communities. A secondary practical goal of this course is to prepare iSTEP internship participants for their upcoming summer internship experience. The course will focus on Bangladesh this year, the selected community for iSTEP 2010. Students will be given an overview of the field of ICTD, introduced to real partners in Bangladesh, work within a multidisciplinary team to understand specific challenges in that community and design relevant technology solutions to those challenges. The outcomes of this course will be deployed in Bangladesh this summer through the iSTEP internship.

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