A pedagogical framework for mobile learning: Categorizing educational applications of mobile technologies into four types

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-102

  Park, Yeonjeong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural historical activity theory; Distance education; E learning; M learning; Mobile technology; Transactional distance theory; U learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952203585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i2.791     Document Type: Article

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