Mobile guide system using problem-solving strategy for museum learning: A sequential learning behavioural pattern analysis

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Sung, Y T ^a   Hou, H T ^b   Liu, C K ^a   Chang, K E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Behavioural pattern; Informal learning; Learning process; Mobile learning; Museum learning; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954363039     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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