Mobiles for literacy in developing countries: An effectiveness framework

In recent years,the advent of low-cost digital and mobile devices has led to a strong expansion of social interventions,including those that try to improve student learning and literacy outcomes. many of these are focused on improving reading in low-income countries,and particularly among the most disadvantaged. some of these early efforts have been called successful,but little credible evidence exists for those claims. drawing on a robust sample of projects in the domain of mobiles for literacy,this article introduces a design solution framework that combines intervention purposes with devices,end users,and local contexts. in combination with a suggested set of purpose-driven methods for monitoring and evaluation,this new framework provides useful parameters for measuring effectiveness in the domain of mobiles for literacy. © 2014 unesco ibe.