Mobile usability in educational contexts: What have we learnt?

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kukulska Hulme, Agnes ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Flexible learning; Mobile devices; PDAs; Scenario based design; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250688362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v8i2.356     Document Type: Article

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