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Peer reviewedMitra, Sugata – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2003
It has been observed that children are able to learn to use computers and the Internet on their own, irrespective of their social, cultural or economic backgrounds (Mitra and Rana, 2001). This article describes subsequent experiments, conducted in five regions in India, results obtained, and possible conclusions. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Use
Direct linkMitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu; Chatterjee, Shiffon; Jha, Swati; Bisht, Ravinder S.; Kapur, Preeti – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Earlier work, often referred to as the "hole in the wall" experiments, has shown that groups of children can learn to use public computers on their own. This paper presents the method and results of an experiment conducted to investigate whether such unsupervised group learning in shared public spaces is universal. The experiment was…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Internet
