Enhancing health and social care placement learning through mobile technology

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-145

  Lea, Susan ^a   Callaghan, Lynne ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile learning; Pedagogy; Placement; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952833740     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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