Mobile learning and student retention

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Fozdar, Bharat Inder ^a   Kumar, Lalita S ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ICTs; Information and communication technologies; Interventions; m Learning; Micro learning; Mobile learning; ODL; Open distance learning; Retention; Student support system; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250683789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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