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
fDate :
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2012.141
