Title :
Rethinking the digital divide
Author :
Briggs, Laura ; McBride, Kari Boyd
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
fDate :
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2002.1039527
