Developing a mobile learning solution for health and social care practice

Distance Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-192

  Taylor, J D ^a   Dearnley, C A ^b   Laxton, J C ^c   Coates, C A ^a   Treasure Jones, T ^c   Campbell, R ^d   Hall, I ^e  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Ecommnet Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e MyKnowledgeMap   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common competencies; Health and social care students; Mobile assessment; Mobile learning; Practice placement learning; Shared services; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955139079     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2010.503343     Document Type: Article

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