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ACMIDC
2009
13 years 9 months ago
Voices beyond walls: the role of digital storytelling for empowering marginalized youth in refugee camps
In this paper we consider the role of digital storytelling for creative empowerment of marginalized youth, through a threeyear program of workshops conducted in the context of Pal...
Nitin "Nick" Sawhney
HUC
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Infrastructures and Their Discontents: Implications for Ubicomp
Abstract. Infrastructures (persistent socio-technical systems over which services are delivered) are normally taken for granted by their users, but are powerful forces of constrain...
Scott D. Mainwaring, Michele F. Chang, Ken Anderso...
ETS
2000
IEEE
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13 years 5 months ago
Conferencing in communities of learners: examples from social history and science communication
A commonly encountered view of computer conferencing focuses on peer interaction, student empowerment and a shift in both teacher and student roles. This paper argues that this vi...
Ann C. Jones, Eileen Scanlon, Canan Tosunoglu Blak...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Localized iterative design for language learning in underdeveloped regions: the PACE framework
Poor literacy remains a decisive barrier to the economic empowerment of many people in the developing world. Of particular importance is literacy in a widely spoken "world la...
Matthew Kam, Divya Ramachandran, Varun Devanathan,...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 4 days ago
Let's play chinese characters: mobile learning approaches via culturally inspired group games
In many developing countries such as India and China, low educational levels often hinder economic empowerment. In this paper, we argue that mobile learning games can play an impo...
Feng Tian, Fei Lv, Jingtao Wang, Hongan Wang, Wenc...