Using Mobile Phones to Promote Lifelong Learning among Rural Women in Southern India

Autor/inn/en	Balasubramanian, K.; Thamizoli, P.; Umar, Abdurrahman; Kanwar, Asha
Titel	Using Mobile Phones to Promote Lifelong Learning among Rural Women in Southern India
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 31 (2010) 2, S.193-209 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
Schlagwörter	Females; Distance Education; Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Social Capital; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Rural Areas; Poverty; Educational Technology; Gender Differences; Empowerment; Illiteracy; Family Structure; Social Class; Educational Attainment; Socioeconomic Status; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Sozialkapital; Telekommunikationstechnik; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Armut; Unterrichtsmedien; Geschlechterkonflikt; Analphabetismus; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Indien
Abstract	This article is an attempt to study the role of mobile phones in the non-formal and informal context among rural women from resource poor communities. In particular, it focuses on the women's control over the mobile phone as a learning tool through the domestication of technologies. The distance learning, gender dimensions, and use of technologies have been analysed vis-a-vis the concept of social capital. The article demonstrates that the transition from powerlessness to empowerment is possible in non-formal learning settings and low-cost technologies offer means to accelerate this process in the context of social capital. (Contains 13 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10