Integrating mobile, web and sensory technologies to support inquiry-based science learning

6th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education, WMUTE 2010: Mobile Social Media for Learning and Education in Formal and Informal Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-72

  Vogel, Bahtijar ^a   Spikol, Daniel ^a   Kurti, Arianit ^a   Milrad, Marcelo ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Context; Inquiry based science learning; Mobile learning; Sensor technologies; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE; LEARNING ACTIVITY; MOBILE LEARNING; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROTOTYPE EXPERIMENT; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SENSORY DATA; SENSORY TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNICAL EFFORTS; WEB APPLICATION;

SENSORS; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77954512285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WMUTE.2010.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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