October 2012
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Honourable Mention Award winner for four children books Namibian Children’s Book Forum Awards
November 2018
Helvi Itenge > Other Awards
Honourable Mention Award winner for two children books Namibian Children’s Book Forum Awards
February 2004
Helvi Itenge > Other Awards
Columbus State Community College Women Leaders Award
January 2004
Helvi Itenge > Other Awards
Awarded a Scholarship from National Science Foundation through Columbus State Community College Academic Year (2004-2005) .
November 2022
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Awarded a certificate of Achievement.
The Institutional Research Week showcases research done by the University’s academic staff during the year.
November 2022
Helvi Itenge > Other Awards
Awarded a certificate of Achievement.
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Ms Helvi Itenge
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2019
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Queensland University of Technology
Degrees:
2011
Master
Computing and Information Technology
2007
Undergraduate
Computing and Information Technology
2024
Doctorate
Computing and Information Technology
Publications resulting from Research
Co-creating an enabling reading environment for and with Namibian children
Namibian children's appreciation of literature is falling behind. While children develop functional literacy, enough to search the web and read for information finding, their skills plateau due to their limited forms of reading. Thus this paper draws on a participatory approach with different stakeholders aiming to co-create a stimulating and enabling reading environment for Namibian children.
Four different participatory workshops were designed to discover ways to deepen the reading culture, in particular by exploring contexts in which children would read and also author books. Acknowledging the different roles of stakeholders in an ongoing national agenda of enhancing the Namibian reading culture, it becomes clear that the various aspirations of children as expressed in their designs need to be accounted for, interpreted and translated into a feasible plan of action. The paper outlines a way of using participatory …
Namibian children's appreciation of literature is falling behind. While children develop functional literacy, enough to search the web and read for information finding, their skills plateau due to their limited forms of reading. Thus this paper draws on a participatory approach with different stakeholders aiming to co-create a stimulating and enabling reading environment for Namibian children.
Four different participatory workshops were designed to discover ways to deepen the reading culture, in particular by exploring contexts in which children would read and also author books. Acknowledging the different roles of stakeholders in an ongoing national agenda of enhancing the Namibian reading culture, it becomes clear that the various aspirations of children as expressed in their designs need to be accounted for, interpreted and translated into a feasible plan of action. The paper outlines a way of using participatory …
17th Interaction Design and Children Conference
2025
Trondheim, Norway
Child Designers Creating Personas to Diversify Design Perspectives and Concepts for their own Technology Enhanced Library
14th Participatory Design Conference
2025
Aarhus, Denmark
Co-creating an Enabling Reading Environment for and with Namibian Children
17th Interaction Design and Children Conference
2025
Trondheim, Norway
The 2nd African Conference for Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
2025
Windhoek, Namibia
14th Participatory Design Conference
2025
Aarhus, Denmark