The Hole in the Wall An Experiment in Learning and Technology /

When Indian researcher Sugata Mitra embedded a touch-screen computer in a wall separating his IT firm's New Delhi offices from an adjacent slum, he discovered that street children quickly taught themselves how to surf the net, read the news, and download games in what he calls "a spiral of...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Globalvision (Firm).
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2003.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (59 min.) : sd., col.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hole in the Wall Experiment (4:43)
  • Children Teaching Children (2:10)
  • Learning by Accidental Discoveries (4:28)
  • Windows on the World (4:43)
  • Education in New Delhi (2:21)
  • Computer Experience: Gender Equality (3:55)
  • Computers and Generational Change (2:25)
  • Children's Ease with Computers (3:12)
  • Team of Organizers (2:19)
  • Portable Computer Station (2:19)
  • Hole in the Wall: Journey of the Mind (4:33)
  • Visit with Arthur C. Clarke (6:28)
  • Expanding Horizons (4:07)
  • Changes in Education (4:47)
  • Impact of the Hole in the Wall (3:47)
  • Credits: The Hole in the Wall: An Experiment in Learning and Technology (1:17)