Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Diversity challenges in online learning / Cecilia Stanton -- Chapter 2. Empowerment of marginal communities through information-driven learning / Hakikur Rahman -- Chapter 3. ICTs, empowerment, and development: articulating grassroots analysis through participatory approaches / Hannah Beardon -- Chapter 4. Affecting change from the grassroots: making a difference without power, prestige, or money / Timlynn T. Babitsky, James F. Salmons -- Chapter 5. Social structures for access, use, and development / Sarah Parkinson -- Chapter 6. Enacting and interpreting technology: from usage to well-being: experiences of indigenous peoples with ICTs / Björn-Sören Gigler -- Chapter 7. Helping close the digital divide for financially disadvantaged seniors / Al P. Mizell -- Chapter 8. Community-based information technology interventions for persons with mental illness / Rosanna Tarsiero -- Chapter 9. Connecting the first mile: a best practice framework for ICT-based knowledge sharing initiatives / Surmaya Talyarkhan, David J. Grimshaw, Lucky Lowe -- Chapter 10. The Internet as a fundraising tool for marginal communities in South Africa / Fazila Farouk, David Barnard -- Chapter 11. Building virtual communities through a de-marginalized view of knowledge networking / Kam Hou Vat -- Chapter 12. Sustaining Internet accessibility / Robert Jordan, Worachat Buranapunsri, Zane Berge -- Chapter 13. Capacity development initiatives for marginal communities: a few case studies / M. Aminul Islam, Elena Murelli, Frederick Noronha, Hakikur Rahman -- About the authors -- Index.