Mobile learning - challenges and potentials

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-139

  Denk, Michaela ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Belfin, Roland ^b  

^a E Commerce Competence Center   (Austria)

^b RTR Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Author keywords

definitions; e learning; m learning applications; m learning initiatives; mobile education; mobile learning; problems and challenges of m learning; ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954467103     PISSN: 1746725X     EISSN: 17467268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2007.012674     Document Type: Article

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