Finding opportunities to use SMS in the classroom

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-52

  Santos, Ieda M ^a  

^a EMIRATES COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Classroom instruction; Mobile phone; SMS; Student learning

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; MIXED METHOD; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES; SMS; STUDENT LEARNING; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

MOBILE PHONES; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84856548242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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