Developing digital fluency through ubiquitous mobile devices: Findings from a small-scale study

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 570-578

  Wang, Ruolan ^a   Wiesemes, Rolf ^a   Gibbons, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Applications in subject areas; Distributed learning environment; Evaluation methodologies

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNING; APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; EXIT INTERVIEW; GRADUATE SCHOOLS; HIGHER EDUCATION; LIFE STAGES; MOBILE LEARNING; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SEMI-STRUCTURED; UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM; VISUAL LEARNING;

DIGITAL DEVICES; MOBILE DEVICES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 80053364725     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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