Language and literacy learning in developing communities via cellphones
Matthew Kam · International Conference of Learning Sciences · 2010
This final abstract builds on the earlier four by studying mobile learning across multiple cultural contexts in the developing world. Now in its 6th year, the Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE, http://www.millee.org) research project aims to leverage the increasing ubiquity of the cellphone - the fastest growing technology in developing regions such as South Asia and Africa - to make language and literacy learning more accessible to children in rural areas and the urban slums. The educational intervention involves the design of educational game software that runs on the cellphone. The e-learning games target global languages such as English as a Second Language and Mandarin, so as to empower low-income children from minority-language backgrounds to integrate into the mainstream, global economy.