Title :
Online After-School Learning for Bridging the Digital Divide
Author :
Lih-Juan ChanLin ; Hong-Yen Lin ; Tze-Han Lu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Fu-Jen Catholic Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
To bridge the digital divide and learning gap among children in remote areas, the Ministry of Education, Taiwan has initiated a program called “Digital Opportunity” to remote schools since 2006. College students have been recruited for the role of teaching and supporting remote children through online tutoring. In 2011, twenty eight colleges and university were financially supported in the project, “Online Tutoring for After-School Learning”. From this project, students are provided with multicultural service-learning experiences. They also learn about both caring and communication through teaching and learning in a culturally diverse setting.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; teaching; Ministry of Education; college students; cultural diverse setting; digital divide; digital opportunity; learning gap; multicultural service-learning experiences; online after-school learning; online tutoring; remote children; remote schools; teaching; Cities and towns; Communities; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Government; Problem-solving; civic engagement; digital divide; distant learning; service learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1642-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2012.34
