The Daktari: An interactive, multi-media tool for knowledge transfer among poor livestock keepers in Kenya

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1241-1247

  Nielsen, Louise ^a   Heffernan, Claire ^a   Lin, Yibo ^a   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEARNING PROGRAMS; LIVESTOCK DISEASE; MULTI-MEDIA; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; TOUCH SCREEN;

DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; TEACHING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 77249090176     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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