The Impact of a Computer-based Adult Literacy Program on Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from India

Deshpande, Ashwini; Desrochers, Alain; Ksoll, Christopher; Shonchoy, Abu

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.029

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“…1 shows that mobile Internet use can decrease the likelihood of falling into asset poverty via acquiring financial knowledge and efficiently allocating assets. This potential mechanism is consistent with previous studies showing that ICT use will help adults facilitate their literacy and numeracy (Deshpande et al, 2017 ); higher financial literacy has a positive effect on financial outcome (Chu et al, 2017 ). With regard to the dimension of public service, governments can use mobile Internet to offer e-government applications and decrease service costs, enabling convenient access to public services in rural households.…”

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Mobile Internet Use and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from A Household Survey in Rural China

Yang

Wang

et al. 2021

Soc Indic Res

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Although reducing poverty has become an important issue for rural development in China, few studies have analyzed the role of mobile Internet use in multidimensional poverty. To fill this gap, this study investigated the impact of mobile Internet use on multidimensional poverty, using data collected from a household survey in rural China. Because households generally decide whether to use mobile Internet by themselves, an endogenous switching regression model was employed to control for potential selection bias. In total, 9.63% of the households were identified as multidimensionally poor and the adjusted multidimensional poverty incidence was 5.47%. The results also showed that mobile Internet use has a significant negative impact on multidimensional poverty. Further, we provide evidence of heterogeneity in the effect of mobile Internet use across regions. These findings highlight the importance of mobile Internet use in multidimensional poverty reduction strategies for rural households.

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Mobile Internet Use and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from A Household Survey in Rural China

Yang

Wang

et al. 2021

Soc Indic Res

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“…The search in four databases and a reference aggregator yielded 6,230 results. After elimination of duplicates, screening and full text evaluation, 48 articles fulfilled inclusion criteria (Borman et al, 2008 ; Given et al, 2008 ; Jiménez and Rojas, 2008 ; Macaruso and Walker, 2008 ; Watson and Hempenstall, 2008 ; Deault et al, 2009 ; Ecalle et al, 2009 ; Macaruso and Rodman, 2009 , 2011 ; Pindiprolu and Forbush, 2009 ; Shelley-Tremblay and Eyer, 2009 ; Wild, 2009 ; Arvans, 2010 ; Huffstetter et al, 2010 ; Jimenez and Muneton, 2010 ; Rasinski et al, 2011 ; Rogowsky, 2011 ; Saine et al, 2011 ; Soboleski, 2011 ; Tijms, 2011 ; Wolgemuth et al, 2011 , 2013 ; Di Stasio et al, 2012 ; Falke, 2012 ; Ponce et al, 2012 , 2013 ; Williams, 2012 ; Franceschini et al, 2013 ; Heikkilä et al, 2013 ; Hill-Stephens, 2013 ; Mcmurray, 2013 ; Reed, 2013 ; Savage et al, 2013 ; Kamykowska et al, 2014 ; Plony, 2014 ; Rello et al, 2015 ; Shannon et al, 2015 ; Beaudry, 2016 ; De Primo, 2016 ; Jackson, 2016 ; O'Callaghan et al, 2016 ; Deshpande et al, 2017 ; Messer and Nash, 2017 ; Moser et al, 2017 ; Nee Chee et al, 2017 ; Rosas et al, 2017 ; Daleen et al, 2018 ; Flis, 2018 ). Since some of the articles included more than one study, 55 studies were finally analyzed.…”

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“…Studies were mainly carried out in two different kinds of population: children/adolescents either with (54%) or without (44%) reading difficulties. Only one study (Deshpande et al, 2017 ) included illiterate adults (2%). Consequently, the median age of the participants was 8.6 years old.…”

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Improving Reading Through Videogames and Digital Apps: A Systematic Review

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Background: The use of electronic interventions to improve reading is becoming a common resource. This systematic review aims to describe the main characteristics of randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies that have used these tools to improve first-language reading, in order to highlight the features of the most reliable studies and guide future research.Methods: The whole procedure followed the PRISMA guidelines, and the protocol was registered before starting the process (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/CKM4N). Searches in Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science and an institutional reference aggregator (Unika) yielded 6,230 candidate articles. After duplicate removal, screening, and compliance of eligibility criteria, 55 studies were finally included.Results: They were research studies on improving first-language reading, both in children and adults, and including a control group. Thirty-three different electronic tools were employed, most of them in English, and studies were very diverse in sample size, length of intervention, and control tasks. Risk of bias was analyzed with the PEDro scale, and all studies had a medium or low risk. However, risk of bias due to conflicts of interest could not be evaluated in most studies, since they did not include a statement on this issue.Conclusion: Future research on this topic should include randomized intervention and control groups, with sample sizes over 65 per group, interventions longer than 15 h, and a proper disclosure of possible conflicts of interest.Systematic Review Registration: The whole procedure followed the PRISMA guidelines, and the protocol was registered before starting the process in the Open Science Framework (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/CKM4N).

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“…On the other hand, huge scarcity of qualified teachers and the need to address large scale and variety of contexts has led to use of a wide range of technologies for adult literacy in India (Chimalakonda & Nori, 2013;CSR, TCS, 2016;Deshpande, Desrochers, Ksoll, & Shonchoy, 2017;Patel, 2002).…”

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An ontology based modeling framework for design of educational technologies

Chimalakonda

Nori

2020

Smart Learn. Environ.

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Despite rapid progress, most of the educational technologies today lack a strong instructional design knowledge basis leading to questionable quality of instruction. In addition, a major challenge is to customize these educational technologies for a wide range of customizable instructional designs. Ontologies are one of the pertinent mechanisms to represent instructional design in the literature. However, existing approaches do not support modeling of flexible instructional designs. To address this problem, in this paper, we propose an ontology based framework for systematic modeling of different aspects of instructional design knowledge based on domain patterns. As part of the framework, we present ontologies for modeling goals, instructional processes and instructional material. We demonstrate the ontology framework by presenting instances of the ontology for the large scale case study of adult literacy in India (287 million learners spread across 22 Indian Languages), which requires creation of hundreds of similar but varied eLearning Systems based on flexible instructional designs. The implemented framework is available at http://rice.iiit.ac.in and is transferred to National Literacy Mission Authority of Government of India. The proposed framework could be potentially used for modeling instructional design knowledge for school education, vocational skills and beyond.

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The Impact of a Computer-based Adult Literacy Program on Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from India

Abstract: With over 700 million illiterate adults in the world, many governments have implemented adult literacy programs across the world, although typically with low rates of success partly because the quality of teaching is low. One solution may lie in the standardization of

Cited by 12 publications

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Mobile Internet Use and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from A Household Survey in Rural China

Mobile Internet Use and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from A Household Survey in Rural China

Improving Reading Through Videogames and Digital Apps: A Systematic Review

An ontology based modeling framework for design of educational technologies

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