Mobile G-Portal supporting collaborative sharing and learning in geography fieldwork: An empirical study

Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 462-471

  Theng, Yin Leng ^b   Tan, Kuah Li ^b   Lim, Ee Peng ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ^b   Chatterjea, Kalyani ^c   Chang, Chew Hung ^c   Sun, Aixin ^a   Yu, Han ^a   Dang, Nam Hai ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^c   Vo, Minh Chanh ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Geospatial digital libraries; Mobile learning; Personal digital assistant; Task technology fit model; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL LIBRARIES; MOBILE LEARNING; TASK-TECHNOLOGY FIT MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 36349023299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1255175.1255269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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