Blogging in the bush: using social computing to enhance adult literacy in remote Western Australia

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Blogging in the bush: using social computing to enhance adult literacy in remote Western Australia

The aim of this project was to investigate how the use of social computingmight enhance the effectiveness of learning for Aboriginal students living in ageographically isolated region. The case study site is a small town in the vastKimberley region of WA. As with many other outback towns, education...

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Main Authors:	Smith, Melanie, Trinidad, Sue, Biemmi Beurteaux, E.
Other Authors:	Assoc Prof Kathryn Moyle
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	Australian Council for Computers in Education 2008
Online Access:	http://acce.edu.au/conferences/2008/papers/blogging-bush-using-social-computing-enhance-adult-literacy-remote-western-a http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20446

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