Computers on wheels: An alternative to 'each one has one'

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1017-1034

  Grant, Michael M ^a   Ross, Steven M ^a   Wang, Weiping ^a   Potter, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEDAGOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS LAPTOP CARTS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745203679     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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