Comparing the effects of mobile computers and traditional approaches in environmental education

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1054-1067

  Ruchter, Markus ^a   Klar, Bernhard ^a   Geiger, Werner ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental awareness; Evaluation of CAL systems; m Learning; Media in education; Mobile guides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; M-LEARNING; MOBILE COMPUTERS; MOBILE GUIDES;

MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77249112160     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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