Investigating the determinants and age and gender differences in the acceptance of mobile learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-118

  Wang, Yi Shun ^a   Wu, Ming Cheng ^a   Wang, Hsiu Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; E-LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AGE DIFFERENCES; ELECTRONIC LEARNINGS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USES; M LEARNINGS; MOBILE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILE LEARNINGS; PERCEIVED PLAYFULNESSES; RESEARCH MODELS; SELF MANAGEMENTS; SOCIAL INFLUENCES; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGIES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 58049168103     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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