Short Messaging Service use among college students in USA and its potential as an educational tool: an exploratory study

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-374

  Ozok, Ant ^a   Wei, June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell phone; college education; college students; content delivery tool; distance education; service adoption; Short Messaging Service; survey study; usability; user preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957588755     PISSN: 1746725X     EISSN: 17467268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2007.016176     Document Type: Article

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