Do tangible interfaces enhance learning?

TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-170

  Marshall, Paul ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frameworks; Learning; Tangible interface; TUI

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

CONCEPTUAL WORK; DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORKS; GROUNDED RESEARCH; TANGIBLE INTERFACES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34748829714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1227004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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