Basic elements and characteristics of mobile learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 937-942

  Ozdamli, Fezile ^a   Cavus, Nadire ^a  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basic elements of m learning; Characteristics of m learning; M learning; Mobile learning; Mobile technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055178040     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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