Exploring the affordance and acceptance of an e-reader device as a collaborative learning system

Electronic Library

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-542

  Seet, Boon Chong ^a   Goh, Tiong Thye ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Affordances; Collaborative learning; E books; E reader devices; Learning; Learning methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864723706     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471211252229     Document Type: Article

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