Development of E – Slate System for Enhancing Reading and Learning

Abstract

The need for increasing reading and learning ability in the developing countries as necessitated the introduction of methods such as Universal Basic Education (UBE) Scheme. Despite the success of the introduced scheme shortage of manpower seems to hinder the progress of the scheme. This shortage has greatly affected the reading and learning ability of many. Thus, this work presents the development of a device for improving the basic reading ability of the rural communities in Nigeria. Review of note taking techniques in Nigeria higher institutions have been presented in this work. Also, the design and fabrication of an E-slate for aiding learning and reading has been developed in this work. The design of the handheld version incorporate the use of microcontroller based system and logic circuitry with memory system in determining correct answers to a particular question. The developed system has been tested and was found appropriate for rural communities in the developing nations taking Nigeria communities as case studies.