monthly progres reports sent to JICA for the * NmInTheSouthPacific project.

MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT: July 2003

Title of the research

Maximising the Benefits of ICT/Multimedia in the South Pacific: Cultural Pedagogy and Usability Factors ()

Date

31st July 2003

Progress of activities

Basically as planned

Planned activities of this month from 1st July to end of July

Set up meetings with Suva academics, students and multimedia industry. Conduct online and library research on Usability Studies in USP region and Pacific Pedagogy Theory and Practice. Begin to contact remote centres.

Actual achievement ofthis month from 1st July to end of July

Met with Suva academics, students and members of multimedia industry, as planned. Conducted online and library research on Pacific Pedagogy Theory and Practice. I have also begun to contact the remote centres, as planned.

Any delay or change of schedule

The project was not authorized until over a month after the official start of project, so I have had to try to squeeze two months of work into one month.

Reasons if planned targets were not satisfied

I have been unable to find research on Usability studies in the USP region. It is my belief that none exist, as no academics nor industry members have been able to point me towards any, and my internet searches have proved fruitless.

Necessary

countermeasures

Any comments

Generally everything is off to a good start.