Ask and you will receive: Training novice adults to use a PDA in an active learning environment

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-47

  Arning, Katrin ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active learning; Adults; Mental model; Novices; PDA; Questioning; Repeated practice

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MOBILE DEVICES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ACTIVE LEARNING; ADULTS; MENTAL MODEL; NOVICES; QUESTIONING; REPEATED PRACTICE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649930058     PISSN: 1942390X     EISSN: 19423918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmhci.2010100602     Document Type: Article

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