The Role of Mobile Learning in Promoting Literacy and Human Rights for Women and Girls

Authors

Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
Helen Crompton, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch099

Publication Title

Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Pages

2047-2076

Abstract

In this chapter the authors review the fairly recent advances in combating illiteracy around the globe through the use of e-readers and mobile phones most recently in the Worldreader program and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) mobile phone reading initiatives. Situated in human rights and utilizing the lens of transnational feminist discourse which addresses globalization and the hegemonic, monolithic portrayals of “third world” women as passive and in need of the global North’s intervention, the authors explore the ways in which the use of digital media provides increased access to books, and other texts and applications in both English and native languages for people in developing countries. However, while advances in combating illiteracy through the use of e-readers, mobile phones and other mobile learning initiatives are promising, the tensions and power imbalances of digital literacies, which resources are available by whom, for whom and why, must also be examined.

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ORCID

0000-0002-7603-6021 (Dunkerly-Bean), 0000-0002-1775-8219 (Crompton)

Original Publication Citation

Dunkerly-Bean, J. M., & Crompton, H. (2017). The role of mobile learning in promoting literacy and human rights for women and girls. In Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2047-2076). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0783-3.ch099

Repository Citation

Dunkerly-Bean, Judith and Crompton, Helen, "The Role of Mobile Learning in Promoting Literacy and Human Rights for Women and Girls" (2017). Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications. 203.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_fac_pubs/203