Invisibility considered harmful: Revisiting traditional principles of ubiquitous computing in the context of education

Proceedings - Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education, WMUTE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 103-110

  Eisenberg, Michael ^a   Eisenberg, Ann ^a   Buechley, Leah ^a   Elumeze, Nwanua ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Transparency; Ubiquitous computing and education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE DEVICES;

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING ARTIFACTS;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 38949115908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WMTE.2006.261355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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