Is SMS still alive for education: Analysis of educational potentials of SMS technology?

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1439-1445

  Yengin, Ilker ^a   Karahoca, Adem ^b   Karahoca, Dilek ^b   Uzunboylu, Hüseyin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distance lerning; Learning; Mobile phones; SMS

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE LERNING; EDUCATIONAL AREA; EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL USE; LEARNING; POLICY MAKERS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SMS; SMS TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952531254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.01.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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