Title :
Education Technology for the Developing World
Author :
Woolf, Beverly Park ; Arroyo, Ivon ; Zualkernan, Imran A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
This paper identifies constraints that shape the use of learning technologies in the developing world. It provides examples of existing hardware and software teaching environments, including some that personalize teaching material based on inferences about students´ knowledge, wearable learning materials that teach within more informal environments and systems that support student collaboration. The paper explores both potential rewards and obvious limitations of each education technology and identifies possible ways to move forward in light of these constraints.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; physics education; teaching; developing world; education technology; hardware teaching environment; informal environments; learning technologies; personalize teaching material; software teaching environment; student collaboration; student knowledge; wearable learning materials; Collaboration; Computers; Educational institutions; Games; Internet; Software; collaboration; education; personalization; technology; wearable learning;
Conference_Titel :
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-634-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4595-0
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2011.69