scientific animations without borders and crowd-sourced emergency relief knowledge in local...
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Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-based program focused on the development and deployment of educational content that can be rapidly translated and voice overlaid into new languages and deployed through cell phones and other video-capable devices. SAWBO relies on volunteers for translation and deployment of content both online and offline. On August 11 of 2012, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck East Azerbaijan province of Iran. SAWBO was contacted by, and worked with, Iranian expatriates from Vancouver, Canada, interested in gaining knowledge, about how to treat water to prevent cholera, into the zone hardest hit by the earthquake. In this case study, we outlined the challenges of deployment of educational content into a country where the authorities restrict the flow of knowledge to their own populations (i.e. a minority language group). We also discuss certain ethical dilemmas related to tracking content and user activities.TRANSCRIPT
Scien&fic(Anima&ons(Without(Borders(and(Crowd7Sourced(Emergency(Relief(Knowledge(in(Local(
Languages:(A(Case(Study(of(the(Iranian(Earthquake((!!
Saber Miresmailli1, Julia Bello-Bravo2,3 and Barry Robert Pittendrigh2,3,4
1Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1 [email protected]
2Scientific Animations Without Borders, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 [email protected] 3Center for African Studies, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
4Department of Entomology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 [email protected]
How$can$we$do$this$in$a$cost.effec0ve,$efficient$and$coordinated$manner?$
How$can$we$share$knowledge$with$one$billion$low.literate$learners$in$their$own$languages?$
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !What is it?
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Why animations?
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !How it started?
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !an “Academic Factory”
New$Topic$• Experts/*collaborators*asking*for*new*anima7ons*
• Funding*for*topic/anima7on*
Generate$Script$• Experts*in*the*field*
• Our*team*
Create$anima2on$• 2D*• 2.5D*• 3D*• Mul7ple*languages*
Share$anima2on$• Facebook*• Web*Page*• YouTube*• And*more*
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Making materials available
ENGLISH(ANIMATION(
SAWBO&WEBPAGE&
SUSDEVIKI& FACEBOOK& YOUTUBE& TWITTER& GOOGLE+& SAWBO&APP&COMING&SOON&
OFF8LINE&SYSTEMS&
NEW(VOICE(OVERS(
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !What is our current status?
Website hits: 2, 761,546!Visitors: 54,509 !Downloads: 736!YouTube Views: 173,226 Video topics: 40!Different languages: 57!Total videos: 212 and growing
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !What is our current status?
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Technological advances as a driver
Increasing*access*to*
Internet*for*those*who*deploy*
informa5on*
Video*capable*
phones*with**Bluetooth*®*technology*
Knowledge*to*people*in*their*own*language*
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !The Iranian Story
August 11, 2012
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Earthquakes in Iran
Bam- 2003!Fatalities: at least 50,000
Manjil- 1990!Fatalities: at least 35,000
Tabriz, 2011!Zarand, 2005!Qazvin, 2002!Birjand, 1997!Ardabil, 1997!Hormozgan, 1981!
!Tabas- 1978!Fatalities: at least 15,000
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !The Green Movement
2009
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Azerbaijan Earthquake
August 11, 2012
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Government cover-up
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Government crack-down
August 11, 2012 a 6.4 magnitude
earthquake struck East Azerbaijan
province in Iran. hundareds of
people died and many more were
injured
August 14, 2012 The Iranian expat from Vancouver,
Canada, contacted SAWBO
regarding the Cholera
animation
August 16, 2012 SAWBO
released the Farsi version of the animation - more than 1000 YouTube® hits within 72 hours
August 21, 2012 SAWBO
released the Azeri version of the animation
August 25, 2012 The Azeri
animation was a great success
within Iran- Radio Koocheh interviewed the expat (aired on September 1,
2012)
Sept 2, 2012 The Iranian government censored the
YouTube® link. The animation
was uploaded on Iranian portal " Balatarin" and
was featured on the first page
Sept 6, 2012 The animation
was sent to Iran with travelers
cellphones who distributed it via Bluetooth® in
cities of Tehran, Tabriz and
Isfahan. A local portal in Tehran uploaded the animation for mass SMS downloads
Jan 1, 2013 More than
10,000 people downloaded the animation from the local portal.
The expat received several thankful emails and SMS from
Iran. The YouTube® link is
still censored
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Cholera Prevention
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Crowd-sourced distribution
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !Lessons learned
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !The dilemma of proving the impact
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !
Dr.$Julia$Bello$Bravo$
Dr.$Barry$Pi0endrigh$
sawbo.illinois.edu
Scientific Animations Without Boarders (SAWBO) !
This study was supported the Feed the Future Legume Innovation Lab (formerly known as the Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program) by the Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development under the terms of Grant No. EDH-A-00-07-00005-00 (to JBB and BRP). The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. government. Support has also come from the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana (to JBB and BP).