• DocumentCode
    1484479
  • Title

    Making Technology Invisible in the Developing World

  • Author

    Marsden, Gary ; Cutrell, Edward ; Jones, Matt ; Nanavati, Amit A. ; Rajput, Nitendra

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Lastpage
    85
  • Abstract
    To be a catalyst for social development, the ubiquitous cell phone must be able to access locally relevant and freely available data. The featured Web extra is a video of Computer´s Invisible Computing column editor Albrecht Schmidt discussing the lessons learned from his research project on using mobile phones for education in rural Panama.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; mobile computing; mobile handsets; developing world; education; mobile phones; social development; ubiquitous cell phone; Cellular phones; Mobile communication; Rural areas; Social factors; Telephone sets; Ubiquitous computing; Webinars; Big Board; ICT4D; Pragati; Spoken Web; human-computer interaction; invisible computing; mobile computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2012.141
  • Filename
    6178129
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1484479