Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies
It is often argued that there is a great tendency for communities to be deprived of the benefits that ICT offers particularly due to geographical locations, socioeconomic status, gender and age. This paper describes an initiative to provide greater opportunities to the children of a remote rura...
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| author | Fitri Suraya, Mohamad Alvin Wee, Yeo Norazila, Abdul Aziz Rethinasamy, Soubakeavathi |
| author_facet | Fitri Suraya, Mohamad Alvin Wee, Yeo Norazila, Abdul Aziz Rethinasamy, Soubakeavathi |
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| description | It is often argued that there is a great tendency for
communities to be deprived of the benefits that ICT offers
particularly due to geographical locations, socioeconomic
status, gender and age. This paper describes an initiative
to provide greater opportunities to the children of a
remote rural community in Bario on the island of Borneo
which had been previously equipped with basic ICT
facilities. Twenty children, aged between seven to fifteen
years, were invited to participate in an international
digital playground called the Pangaea programme. The
programme is designed to enable children to develop
friendships and intercultural awareness with other
children from Japan, South Korea, Kenya, and Austria.
The paper highlights the initial perception and views of
the Bario children during the early stage of the Pangaea
programme. |
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| spelling | unimas-11262015-07-24T02:01:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1126/ Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies Fitri Suraya, Mohamad Alvin Wee, Yeo Norazila, Abdul Aziz Rethinasamy, Soubakeavathi H Social Sciences (General) It is often argued that there is a great tendency for communities to be deprived of the benefits that ICT offers particularly due to geographical locations, socioeconomic status, gender and age. This paper describes an initiative to provide greater opportunities to the children of a remote rural community in Bario on the island of Borneo which had been previously equipped with basic ICT facilities. Twenty children, aged between seven to fifteen years, were invited to participate in an international digital playground called the Pangaea programme. The programme is designed to enable children to develop friendships and intercultural awareness with other children from Japan, South Korea, Kenya, and Austria. The paper highlights the initial perception and views of the Bario children during the early stage of the Pangaea programme. Centre for Academic Information Services, UNIMAS 2010 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1126/1/Borneo%2BChildren%2Bin%2Ban%2BInternational%2BDigital%2BPlayground%2B%2528abstract%2529.pdf Fitri Suraya, Mohamad and Alvin Wee, Yeo and Norazila, Abdul Aziz and Rethinasamy, Soubakeavathi (2010) Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies. In: ICIC’10, August 19-20, 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark.. (Unpublished) http://www.researchgate.net/publication/234807985_Borneo_children_in_an_international_digital_playground_intercultural_issues_and_idiosyncrasies |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Fitri Suraya, Mohamad Alvin Wee, Yeo Norazila, Abdul Aziz Rethinasamy, Soubakeavathi Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title | Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title_full | Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title_fullStr | Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title_short | Borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| title_sort | borneo children in an international digital playground: intercultural issues and idiosyncrasies |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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