A mobile device and online system with contextual familiarity and its effects on english learning on campus

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 93-109

  Cheng, Shu Chen ^a   Hwang, Wu Yuin ^b   Wu, Sheng Yi ^b   Shadiev, Rustam ^b   Xie, Ching Hwa ^b  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

English learning; GPS; Language learning; Mobile learning; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958106414     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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