Journal Articles (Literacy.org)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
3-2014
Publication Source
Prospects
Volume
44
Issue
1
Start Page
119
Last Page
132
DOI
10.1007/s11125-014-9298-x
Abstract
In recent years, the advent of low-cost digital and mobile devices has led to a strong expansion of social interventions, including those that try to improve student learning and literacy outcomes. Many of these are focused on improving reading in low-income countries, and particularly among the most disadvantaged. Some of these early efforts have been called successful, but little credible evidence exists for those claims. Drawing on a robust sample of projects in the domain of mobiles for literacy, this article introduces a design solution framework that combines intervention purposes with devices, end users, and local contexts. In combination with a suggested set of purpose-driven methods for monitoring and evaluation, this new framework provides useful parameters for measuring effectiveness in the domain of mobiles for literacy.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This is a pre-publication version. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11125-014-9298-x
Keywords
literacy, mobiles, technology, developing countries, success, evidence, teachers, quality of education
Recommended Citation
Wagner, Daniel A.; Castillo, Nathan M.; Murphy, Katie M.; Crofton, Molly; and Zahra, Fatima T., "Mobiles for Literacy in Developing Countries: An Effectiveness Framework" (2014). Journal Articles (Literacy.org). 30.
https://repository.upenn.edu/literacyorg_articles/30
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Date Posted:03 July 2018
This document has been peer reviewed.