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Designing for a Rural Online Learning Community

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As mobile technologies and internet connectivity fast penetrate rural, low-resource settings, there is tremendous potential for them to enable accessible and large-scale learning environments. We present findings from a needs assessment exercise conducted at after-school classrooms in three villages in Tamil Nadu (India). Using a tablet application as a design probe and iterating on its design through a six-week qualitative study, along with interviews with different stakeholders, led us to an enriched understanding of how the application of mobile technologies could contribute towards the design for a rural, online learning community. We conclude with our plan for future work to this end.

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    DEV '15: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
    December 2015
    186 pages
    ISBN:9781450334907
    DOI:10.1145/2830629
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    1. hci
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    3. india
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