ICT4RED 12 — Component implementation framework: A conceptual framework for integrating mobile technology into resource-constrained rural schools

ICT for Rural Education Development (ICT4RED) is a large-scale pilot that is testing the use of tablets in 26 deep rural schools in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The aim is to develop a replicable framework that will enable evidence-based learning and replication on a national basis. This purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the evolution of an initial high-level ICT4RED 6-Component implementation model that was used to guide planning, into the current iteration of an ICT4RED 12-Component Implementation Framework. This framework attempts to identify all the components for an initiative of this nature. It packages together and provides guidelines to support similar rollouts, in order to maximise the potential for success — in terms of implementation, sustainability and impact. This is a unique framework which has not been implemented before in this specific manner and the evolution of this framework through the application of design science methodology has never been done before.