The case for multi-user design for computer aided learning in developing regions

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on World Wide Web

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 781-789

  Pal, Joyojeet ^a   Pawar, Udai Singh ^a   Brewer, Eric A ^b   Toyama, Kentaro ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing regions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; COMPUTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GAINING TRACTION; IMPLEMENTATION REALITIES; MULTI-USER DESIGN; MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS; SUPPLEMENTING; TEACHER SHORTAGES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSROOM ACTIVITY; CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING; COMPUTER RESOURCES; DEVELOPING REGIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING MODULES; MULTI-USER; MULTIUSER ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS;

EID: 34250647906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1135777.1135896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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