Towards ubiquitous communication support for distance education with alert management

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Chiu, Dickson K W ^a   Choi, Samuel P M ^b   Wang, Minhong ^c   Kafeza, Eleanna ^d  

^a Dickson Computer System   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alert management; Conceptual modeling; Distance education; System design architecture; Ubiquitous communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149092944     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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