A decision-tree-oriented guidance mechanism for conducting nature science observation activities in a context-aware ubiquitous learning environment

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-64

  Hwang, Gwo Jen ^a   Chu, Hui Chun ^a   Shih, Ju Ling ^a   Huang, Shu Hsien ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Decision tree; Mobile learning; Ubiquitous computing; Ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954263266     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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