Viability of mobile devices integration in higher education: Faculty perceptions and perspective

NGMAST 2007 - The 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-62

  Ktoridou, Despo ^a   Gregoriou, George ^b   Eteokleous, Nikleia ^c  

^a Amrita University   (India)

^b School of Sciences and Engineering

^c FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus higher education; Faculty perceptions; m learning; Mobile integration

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES; CLASSROOM PRACTICES; CURRENT LEVELS; CYPRUS HIGHER EDUCATION; DEVICES INTEGRATIONS; EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; FACULTY MEMBERS; FACULTY PERCEPTIONS; GENERAL KNOWLEDGES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; M-LEARNING; MIXED METHODS; MOBILE INTEGRATION; MOBILE LEARNINGS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE TOOLS; QUALITATIVE DATUMS; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESEARCH WORKS; SUPPORT LEARNINGS; TEACHING AND LEARNINGS;

INTEGRATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RESEARCH; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 47849122498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NGMAST.2007.4343401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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