Can a lean medium enhance large-group communication? Examining the impact of interactive mobile learning

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2122-2137

  Du, Helen ^a   Hao, Jin Xing ^b,c   Kwok, Ron ^c   Wagner, Christian ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; CONTROL GROUPS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUP COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; MOBILE INFORMATION; MOBILE LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING; TEXT-BASED MESSAGES; WIRELESS PDA;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MOBILE DEVICES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957198471     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21376     Document Type: Article

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