ALEX©: a mobile adult literacy experiential learning application

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-191

  Lumsden, Joanna ^a   Leung, Rock ^b   D’Amours, Danny ^c   McDonald, Daniel ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

assistive technology; experiential learning; functional illiteracy; MLL; mobile language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054834324     PISSN: 1746725X     EISSN: 17467268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2010.032635     Document Type: Article

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