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SU Magazine Story Featuring Mobile Assistive Technology Work in Kenya

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Joanna Masingila

The Fall/Winter 2014 issue of SU Magazine has a story about the work we’ve done in mobile assistive technology with students with visual impairment in Kenya.

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Working with Students and Teachers at Thika School for the Blind

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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On June 20, 2014, Alan Foley, Katie Nichiporuk and Joanna Masingila worked with six Form 1 (9th grade) and Form 3 (11th grade) students and eight teachers at Thika School for the Blind in Thika, Kenya. Some of us had … Continue reading →

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Monitoring and Evaluation Visit, Part 2

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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As part of Teshome Alemneh and Amy Reagan’s Monitoring and Evaluation Visit for the Kenyatta University-Syracuse University partnership project, Teshome and Amy visited one of our outreach sites, Thika School for the Blind, where SU team members Alan Foley and … Continue reading →

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Visually Impaired Students Find Independence Through Mobile Devices

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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One way of disseminating information about this project is through the success stories that Higher Education for Development (HED) and USAID ask us to develop. Here is one of our success stories related to Kenyatta University students with visual impairments finding independence through the … Continue reading →

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Working with Students and Teachers at Thika School for the Blind

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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On Friday, January 10th a research group comprised of researchers from Syracuse University and the National ICT Innovation and Integration Centre worked with six students and three teachers at Thika School for the Blind. The research group is examining (a) … Continue reading →

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Providing More Kenyatta University Students with Visual Impairments Access to Text

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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This week we worked with six more Kenyatta University students who have visual impairments to teach them how to use iPad minis and wireless keyboards to be able to read and create documents, read and send email messages, navigate the … Continue reading →

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Working with the NI3C on Assistive Technology

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Joanna Masingila

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Some members of the Syracuse University team are partnering with the National ICT Innovation and Integration Centre in Kenya (part of the Ministry of Education) to  support secondary students with visual impairments to have access to text materials by using … Continue reading →

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Presentation at the mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, DC

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Joanna Masingila

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Profs. Alan Foley and Joanna Masingila attended and presented at the Mobile Education Alliance Symposium and Commit Fair in Washington, DC on October 15-16, 2013 on their work with supporting students with visual impairments through the use of mobile devices … Continue reading →

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Colloquium on “Using Mobile Devices to Support Learning for Students with Visual Impairments in Kenya”

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Joanna Masingila

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Professors Alan Foley and Joanna Masingila, from Syracuse University, gave a colloquium at Syracuse University through the Africa Initiative on Thursday, October 10, 2013. The talk was titled, “Using Mobile Devices to Support Learning for Students with Visual Impairments in … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Kibos School for the Visually Impaired to Introduce iOS Technology

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Joanna Masingila

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On July 15th, Alan Foley, Joanna Masingila and Yufei Wu visited Kibos School for the Visually Impaired near Kisumu, Kenya. Sammy Luvonga, a Kenyatta University student who is blind and had started using iOS technology in June 2012 through the … Continue reading →

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