In 1999, the ‘hole-in-the wall’ experiment in New Delhi, India, moved the computer out of schools and homes into playgrounds. A computer was connected to the Internet and embedded into a brick wall around an informal playground next to a residential slum. Slum children were able to use the computer to browse, play games, create documents and paint pictures within a few days (Frontline World 2002, Education Guardian 2000, Businessweek Online 2000, Mitra 2000, Mitra 2003 and Wullenweber 2001). Children aged 8-14 worked together in groups at the computer, making exploratory discoveries, generalizing their learning, describing it in a local context and teaching each other. The press called the experiment “hole-in-the-wall”. Researchers called it “Minimally Invasive Education” (MIE). Research showed that groups of children could learn how to use public computers on their own, without adult intervention (e.g. Mitra and Rana 2001; Mitra 2003; Inamdar 2004).
Find the original article here; Inamdar, P., & Kulkarni, A. (2007). ‘Hole-In-The-Wall’ Computer Kiosks Foster Mathematics Achievement – A comparative study. Educational Technology & Society, 10 (2), 170-179
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