Investigating acceptance toward mobile learning to assist individual knowledge management: Based on activity theory approach

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 446-454

  Liaw, Shu Sheng ^a   Hatala, Marek ^b   Huang, Hsiu Mei ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distance education and telelearning; Evaluation of CAL systems; Interactive learning environments; Lifelong learning; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LIFE LONG LEARNING; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTANCE EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; TEACHING;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS;

EID: 71549118542     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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