ICT learning systems have the potential to strengthen organizational skills, improve access to information and social services, and promote economic opportunities and political participation. Having said this, it’s essential to investigate and understand the communities you’re trying to help. This
Computer skills educators working in free or cheap computer learning systems act out of a deep conviction that better access to information and ICT skills, just like improved reading and writing skills, can enhance poor peoples’ abilities to make strategic
The current discourse around the “digital divide” is often focused on technology rather than the human impact of the gap. However, the poverty problem isn’t due to a lack of technology, but a lack of resources, among other factors like
In India, learning systems like the Project SITA computer skill training program enable the disadvantaged to create a better life. One of SITA’s tenets, increasingly understood among nonprofit social learning systems and organizations worldwide, is that the disadvantaged do not
The saying goes: “Educating a man is educating an individual. Educating a woman is educating a family.” Social projects offering computer skills learning systems to disadvantaged women foster the empowerment of impoverished people worldwide. One such organization is Project Rising
Many people go through their lives wondering why they experience great difficulty in school, without having ever learned basis study strategies. Though anyone can learn how to study, engaging in courseware systems or face-to-face workshops, study skills aren’t developed overnight.
