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Presented at the CRIDALA 2000 conference, Hong Kong, 21-25 June, 2000 Minimally Invasive Education for mass calculating machine literacy Sugata Mitra Centre for Research in Cognitive Systems NIIT Limited synergy Building IIT Campus Haus Khas rising Delhi 110 016 India Sugatam@niit.com Abstract In deuce experiments conducted in India, PCs connected to the internet were provided on the roadside and glowering on without any instructions or announcement. In some(prenominal) instances it was seen that the acquisition of basic computing skills by groups of children was achieved through nonessential learning and some minimal (human) guidance. This deal card reports the observations and compares the devil experiments, suggests steps to further the experiment and discusses the new pedagogy. It as swell suggests a methodology for replicating the experiment. Introduction Use of the mesh is spreading rapidly in India, as it is in the rest of the world. b andage the intakers in India are, about enti swan, restricted to the affluent in metropolitan areas, it is more than in all probability that demand for the Internet will eventually arise passim the entire country.

In this context, in that respect are many apprehensions from academicians and others that the ability to come at and the quality of training provided will hinder the tradition of Internet in the subcontinent. We think this may not be true and report the results of an experiment in Internet and computer usage use a minimally invasive (we seize on the term from surgery!) approach to learnin g. Background The ability to gravel the I! nternet is one of the around important factors in the use of computers today. In many forums held on the subject in the Indian Subcontinental neighbourhood, We have found deal questioning the utility of schemes that rely on the Internet. The argument proposed is that there are too some people in the region who have access. In my effect this argument is not a good one for decision making on whether or not to start activities in this...If you lack to get a just essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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