Mobile devices in health education: Current use and practice

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Ducut, Erick ^a   Fontelo, Paul ^a  

^a National Library of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

e Learning; Handheld devices; Health education; Medical informatics; Mobile technology; Social networking; Web 2.0 technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651072363     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12528-008-9003-2     Document Type: Article

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