• DocumentCode
    836052
  • Title

    Rethinking the digital divide

  • Author

    Briggs, Laura ; McBride, Kari Boyd

  • Author_Institution
    Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    In our search for transgressive models of distance education, we found inspiration in the "Web-back" performance pieces of Guillermo Gomez-Penia (1997), the production of virtual favelas in Brazil, and rural education models from the Philippines and Malaysia. As we thought in particular about our desire to reach Native American reservations and Mexican-American border towns in the US Southwest, we asked how these various Third World projects profile and recruit their students and what models of virtual education and empowerment they create.
  • Keywords
    Internet; distance learning; prejudicial factors; Mexican-American border towns; Native American reservations; Third World projects; distance education; empowerment; rural education models; transgressive models; virtual education; virtual favelas; Cities and towns; Computer science education; Continuing education; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Employment; Internet; Telecommunication computing; World Wide Web;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2002.1039527
  • Filename
    1039527