"Showing off" your mobile device: Adult literacy learning in the classroom and beyond

Mobile HCI 2011 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 95-104

  Munteanu, Cosmin ^a   Molyneaux, Heather ^a   McDonald, Daniel ^a   Lumsden, Joanna ^b   Leung, Rock ^c   Fournier, Hélène ^a   Maitland, Julie ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

assistive technology; educational interfaces; interface design; mobile computing; mobile learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNERS; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; EDUCATIONAL INTERFACES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INTERFACE DESIGN; LITERACY LEARNING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE LEARNING; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TEACHING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 80054842979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2037373.2037390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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