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= = toc =Group name: The Winning Team (Group 3)=

=Group members: Bongiwe, Jerran, Joel, Katyusha=

=1. Definition of the problem or opportunity which the educational technology intervention or innovation will address = The South African Draft Paper on e-Education conceives of e-Education as the use of ICTs to accelerate the achievement of national education goals (Department of Education 2003: 15). Among other things, the paper conceives of e-Education as connecting learners to other learners and providing a platform for learning. South African high school learners are reported to routinely perform below expected levels of competency, particularly in subjects such as mathematics. While there are other factors that influence learners' academic performance, large teacher-to-learners ratios have also been identified as compounding the problem because teachers are unable to pay individual attention to each learner in the classroom. We are a group of young entrepreneurs (e-Learning Tutorial Centre) who seek to address this problem by devising an educational technology intervention. We seek to create a platform where learners can obtain academic support from a tutor as well as collaborate with their peers on mathematics problems. The tutor will work with a small numbers of learners in order to provide individual attention and to monitor and track each learners' progress. We will have scheduled sessions where the tutor and a group of learners will meet in the virtual space. We will also have open sessions where learners can schedule times to meet with their peers (without the tutor) to collaborate on problems.

References: Department of Education (2003) Draft White Paper on e-Education. [Online] Viewed on 12 June 2012. URL: @http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=68777 = = =2. Human and technological resources and constraints = We found the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to be the most useful theoretical lens in identifying the Actants and possible constraints that may be encountered in the implementation of the intervention.
 * || **Resources** || **Constraint** ||
 * **Human** || 1. Mathematics Teachers || Parents ||
 * || 2. Web Programmer & Systems Administrator || Students ||
 * || 3. Centre Secretary || Students' Full-Time Teachers ||
 * || 4. Prospective students ||  ||
 * || 5. Centre MD ||  ||
 * || 6. e-Learning Manager ||  ||
 * **Technological** || Cell Phones || Telecoms Downtime ||
 * || Servers for hosting the application || Bandwidth limitation ||
 * || Laptops for Centre's staff || Application compatibility with mobiles ||
 * || Bandwidth for the Centre ||  ||
 * || WAN Connection and Internet Access ||  ||
 * || LAN Connection ||  ||
 * **Others** || Bulk SMS || Funding cost ||
 * ||  || Airtime cost for students ||
 * **Others** || Bulk SMS || Funding cost ||
 * ||  || Airtime cost for students ||

=3. Definition of the key actors =
 * 1) **Mrs Siyabonga: Teacher of Mathematics (Passionate & Competitive – Perspective)**
 * 2) [[image:Mrs Siyabonga the Maths Teacher.jpg width="150" height="95"]]
 * She is a confident and passionate teacher of Mathematics who graduated with a BSc Ed degree from the University of Cape Town.
 * She teaches in a public High School and is a firm believer in the principles of TPCK (Technology, Pedagogy & Content Knowledge).
 * She is a committed and reliable teacher who has a maximum teaching load in her school.
 * Her teaching periods end at 1400 hours, but she has different extra-curricular activities that run up to 1600 hours.
 * Her home is some 10km away from the school. It takes her about half an hour to drive between school and home.
 * 1) **Angela (Humanistic Pesrpective)**


 * Angela is a 16 year old girl doing her grade 12 in a public High School.
 * She is generally a well behaved student who strives to be at peace with everyone in school. She is a sensitive but sociable person. She can be withdrawn at times.
 * His school day ends at 1600 hours on most days in the week.
 * She possesses a mobile phone and a computer at home.
 * She possesses a mobile phone and a computer at home.

3. **Dumisani (Competitive Perspective)**
 * Dumisani is a 17 year old boy who is in grade 12 in private High School.
 * He is very ambitious and outgoing. He enjoys doing sports and other co-curricular activities.
 * He also enjoys to be heard in class and ensures that he participates in class activities.
 * However, he has a number of challenges in Mathematics. He has a weak knowledge base of basic mathematical concepts.
 * In spite of the challenges in mathematics, he desires to improve in the subject through extra-help or tuition.
 * His school day ends at 1600 hours on most days in the week.
 * He has a mobile phone and he is good at using a number of its functionalities.

=4. Processes that will be followed as people interact =

Flow Chart of the process

=5. Mobile mock-up =