Students' experiences with PDAs for reading course materials

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-43

  Waycott, J ^a   Kukulska Hulme, A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Handheld computer; Learning; Palmtop; PDA; Reading

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SURVEYS;

EVALUATION; LEARNING; PALMTOP; PDA; READING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 3042690453     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-002-0211-x     Document Type: Article

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