Location based services for outdoor ecological learning system: Design and implementation

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 98-111

  Hsiao, Hsien Sheng ^a   Lin, Chih Cheng ^a   Feng, Ruei Ting ^a   Li, Kun Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecological learning; Location based services; Ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650262732     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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