Computer skills development by children using 'hole in the wall' facilities in rural India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19514713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Parimala Inamdar (NIIT (India), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1449-3098 • E-ISSN: 1449-5554 |
| Publisher | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (PUBLISHER • NZ) |
| DOI | 10.14742/ajet.1351 |
| OpenAlex | W1822899815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 1 |
Earlier work often referred to as the "hole in the wall" experiments has shown that groups of children can learn to use public computers on their own. This paper presents the method and results of an experiment conducted to investigate whether such unsupervised group learning in shared public spaces can improve children's performance in school examinations. The experiment was conducted with "hole in the wall" (minimally invasive education, or MIE) kiosks in the rural Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra State, India. 103 children of the Grade 8 level, across 3 villages, were administered the curricular examination for 'Computer Science' for that grade. The results show that children who had learned at MIE kiosks were able to complete this curricular examination without being taught the subject. They scored only marginally lower than children who had been taught the 'Computers' curriculum in school throughout the school year. The results of this study throw new light on pedagogy for bridging the digital divide. It poses the question that similar learning may well be observed in whole or part in other subjects of the school curriculum
Curriculum · Digital divide · Information and Communications Technology · Interactive kiosk · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · World Wide Web · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · ICT Impact and Policies · ICT in Developing Communities · Medicine · Psychology
Effects of remoteness on the quality of education
Improving Learning in Primary Schools of Developing Countries
Evolution of the “hole-in-the-wall”
Hole-in-the-Wall learning stations and academic performance among rural children in India
The relationship between environmental factors and usage behaviors at ‘Hole-in-the-wall’ computers
Impact of use of technology on student learning outcomes
Children's learning processes using unsupervised "hole in the wall" computers in shared public spaces
Acquisition of computing literacy on shared public computers
A Model of How Children Acquire Computing Skills from Hole-in-the-Wall Computers in Public Places
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |