Vocabulary learning by mobile-assisted authentic content creation and social meaning-making: Two case studies

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-433

  Wong, L H ^a   Looi, C K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Authentic learning; Learner created content; Mobile assisted language learning; Seamless learning; Vocabulary learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956770210     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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