Mobile learning in museums: How mobile supports for learning influence student behavior

Proceedings of IDC 2011 - 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-28

  Cahill, Clara ^a   Kuhn, Alex ^b   Schmoll, Shannon ^a   Lo, Wan Tzu ^a   McNally, Brenna ^c   Quintana, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

informal learning; learner centered design; mobile devices; mobile learning; museums; nomadic inquiry; scaffolding

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL LEARNING; LEARNER-CENTERED; MOBILE LEARNING; NOMADIC INQUIRY; SCAFFOLDING;

BRIDGES; DESIGN; MOBILE DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCAFFOLDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79960255989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999030.1999033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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