What seams do we remove in mobile-assisted seamless learning? A critical review of the literature

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2364-2381

  Wong, Lung Hsiang ^a   Looi, Chee Kit ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distributed learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; TEACHING;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DIMENSIONAL SPACES; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMAL LEARNING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 79960656455     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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