Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan
This study used observation and interviews with participants in “PunCar Action” to understand how participatory design methods can be applied to the education of rural individuals in information and communication technology (ICT). PunCar Action is a volunteer program in which ICT educators tour the...
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| description | This study used observation and interviews with participants in “PunCar Action” to understand how participatory design methods can be applied to the education of rural individuals in information and communication technology (ICT). PunCar Action is a volunteer program in which ICT educators tour the rural communities of Taiwan, offering courses on the use of digital technology. This paper makes three contributions: First, we found that participatory design is an excellent way to teach ICT and Web 2.0 skills, co-create community blogs, and sustain intrinsic motivation to use Web applications. Second, PunCar Action provides an innovative bottom-up intergenerational ICT education model with high penetrability capable of enhancing the confidence of rural residents in the use of ICT. Third, the content of basic courses was based on applications capable of making the lives of elderly individuals more convenient, and the advanced course was based on the co-creation of community blogs aimed at reviving the core functions of communities and expanding local industry. Our research was conducted with the use of a non-quantitative index to measure ICT learning performance of participants from a rural community. The results show that PunCar Action emphasizes interpersonal communication and informational applications and creates a collaborative process that encourages rural residents to take action to close the digital divide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f14d285ac7c4b34bde90ac222e092292022-12-22T02:58:18ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032015-03-0171506610.3390/fi7010050fi7010050Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural TaiwanYi-Ting Huang0Department of Commercial Design, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200, Chung Pei Rd., Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 32023, TaiwanThis study used observation and interviews with participants in “PunCar Action” to understand how participatory design methods can be applied to the education of rural individuals in information and communication technology (ICT). PunCar Action is a volunteer program in which ICT educators tour the rural communities of Taiwan, offering courses on the use of digital technology. This paper makes three contributions: First, we found that participatory design is an excellent way to teach ICT and Web 2.0 skills, co-create community blogs, and sustain intrinsic motivation to use Web applications. Second, PunCar Action provides an innovative bottom-up intergenerational ICT education model with high penetrability capable of enhancing the confidence of rural residents in the use of ICT. Third, the content of basic courses was based on applications capable of making the lives of elderly individuals more convenient, and the advanced course was based on the co-creation of community blogs aimed at reviving the core functions of communities and expanding local industry. Our research was conducted with the use of a non-quantitative index to measure ICT learning performance of participants from a rural community. The results show that PunCar Action emphasizes interpersonal communication and informational applications and creates a collaborative process that encourages rural residents to take action to close the digital divide.http://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/7/1/50collaborative learningcomputer-mediated communicationdigital dividedigital inequalityparticipatory designrural studiessocial class |
| spellingShingle | Yi-Ting Huang Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan Future Internet collaborative learning computer-mediated communication digital divide digital inequality participatory design rural studies social class |
| title | Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan |
| title_full | Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan |
| title_short | Participatory Design to Enhance ICT Learning and Community Attachment: A Case Study in Rural Taiwan |
| title_sort | participatory design to enhance ict learning and community attachment a case study in rural taiwan |
| topic | collaborative learning computer-mediated communication digital divide digital inequality participatory design rural studies social class |
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