학술논문

Improving the Quality of Education on the Galapagos Islands through a Community Intranet
Document Type
Conference
Source
2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2019 IEEE. :1-8 Oct, 2019
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Transportation
Education
Sustainable development
Internet
Servers
Economics
Sociology
Statistics
Language
Abstract
The widespread use of mobile devices has increased the impact of Information and Communication technologies influencing various sectors including Education. Research into community networks and wireless communications show great promise in providing offline educational servers to communities without access to the Internet. This paper presents the implementation of a Community Intranet initiative to share sustainable education resources among schools on the island of San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands. The implementation of the system comprises a combination of a fiber optic network infrastructure and WiFi routers to enable access to mobile devices and computers at each school. The paper also describes the delivery of workshops to the teachers and students of the schools focusing on an introduction to communications, introduction to web design, and the operation of the intranet system.