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Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education
Dissertation (MEd (Computer Assisted Education))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26180 Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education Cronje, Johannes Christoffel efurstenburg@telkomsa.net Furstenburg, Elizabeth Agnes Minimally invasive education Computer literacy Information and communication technology (ICT) Computer training Digital divide “hole-in-the-wall” experiment Computers kills Digital doorway UCTD Dissertation (MEd (Computer Assisted Education))--University of Pretoria, 2007. Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have brought many opportunities to South Africa and also challenges, such as narrowing the gap, known as the digital divide, between those who have (the “haves”) and those who do not have (the “have-nots”) access to ICTs. The majority of South Africans living in developing areas throughout South Africa do not have access to computers and are mostly computer illiterate. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched their Digital Doorway project across South Africa to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative computer training method following a minimally invasive educational approach. Within the scope of the CSIR’s project, this research study endeavoured to explore to what extent and how the children had obtained computer skills, without the guidance of a facilitator, during the Digital Doorway project launched in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. A qualitative research methodology was adopted for the study. During the course of this research project, it was not possible to determine whether the children obtained any initial or additional computer skills, since the children were mostly unable to use the computers due to the malfunctioning thereof. The findings of this study coincide with authoritative literature on the topic which points out that real ICT access entails more than merely installing hardware and software. Curriculum Studies unrestricted 2013-09-07T03:41:36Z 2006-02-01 2013-09-07T03:41:36Z 2005-08-01 2007-02-01 2006-01-31 Dissertation Furstenburg, E 2005, Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26180 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26180 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01312006-122408/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Minimally invasive education Computer literacy Information and communication technology (ICT) Computer training Digital divide “hole-in-the-wall” experiment Computers kills Digital doorway UCTD Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title | Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title_full | Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title_fullStr | Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title_short | Bridging the digital divide : a South African perspective on minimally invasive education |
| title_sort | bridging the digital divide a south african perspective on minimally invasive education |
| topic | Minimally invasive education Computer literacy Information and communication technology (ICT) Computer training Digital divide “hole-in-the-wall” experiment Computers kills Digital doorway UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26180 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01312006-122408/ |