Understanding the Values of Mobile Technology in Education: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-44

  Sheng, Hong ^a   Siau, Keng ^b   Fui Hoon, Fiona Nah ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Means ends network; Mobile technology; Value focused thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953078707     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1795377.1795380     Document Type: Article

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