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Learning with Mobiles. A Developing Country Perspective on Mobile Technologies use in Learning for Livelihood Support

Dianah Nampijja

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VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsvitenskap: 420

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Paper VI is excluded from the dissertation until it will be published. This doctoral thesis focuses on understanding the role of mobile technologies as tools to enhance learning for livelihood support. To date, the body of knowledge on the use of mobile technologies for development is growing, as mobiles avail a chance for many developing countries’ communities to improve their economic and social well-being. The current integration of mobile technologies for development has to a large extent focused on information dissemination, with less emphasis on how mobiles offer learning spaces to propel development. Yet, mobile technologies offer possibilities for access to learning for communities in resource constrained settings. Dedicated studies in pedagogical integration of mobile technologies in teaching and learning mainly focus on formal and informal learning classroom-related activities, neglecting the substantial majority like smallholder farmers who constitute the biggest percentage in many rural areas.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
10.4018/978-1-7998-2983-6.ch010https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2833009