Title : 
Computer Literacy Programs in Rural Communities: Understanding Social Motivators
         
        
            Author : 
Kantamneni, Raj Gopal P. ; Chintalapati, Ramanjaneyaraju
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Technol. Incubation Program, Bhagavatula Charitable Trust Haripuram, Haripuram, India
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A successful computer literacy program designed for rural communities would need to work in a diverse set of conditions such as the lack of electricity, diverse student educational backgrounds, motivation levels, different levels of community engagement, community politics, and beliefs. This paper shares our experience with running computer literacy training camps in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, and how changing elements of the program can change the outcome of a program.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer literacy; training; community beliefs; community engagement; community politics; computer literacy programs; computer literacy training camps; diverse student educational backgrounds; motivation levels; rural Andhra Pradesh, India; rural communities; social motivators; Communities; Computers; Electricity; Keyboards; Mice; Training; Computer literacy; Design; Rural development; Social Motivators;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Technology for Education (T4E), 2013 IEEE Fifth International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Kharagpur
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/T4E.2013.21