Researchers Use Cell Phone Videos to Educate in Developing World

Most aid-based initiatives in the developing world have traditionally involved substantial amounts of money and manpower. But a team of researchers from the University of Illinois have come up with a more efficient and cost-effective way to deliver instructional materials to poor countries: animated cell-phone videos.

As part of a new project called Scientific Animations Without Borders, the team collaborated via e-mail with aid workers, farmers and entrepreneurs in developing countries to produce instructional content on various subjects. Once finalized, the scripts for each video were then sent to an animator, who translated the content into animated clips that can be distributed through the Web or a cell phone -- a commodity that's become commonplace even among the world's poorest populations.

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