Learning object design considerations for small-screen handheld devices

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 881-893

  Churchill, Daniel ^a   Hedberg, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handheld devices; Learning objects; Mobile learning; Small screen design

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LEARNING OBJECTS; MOBILE LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38649134504     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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