A comparison between mobile and ubiquitous learning from the perspective of human-computer interaction

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 218-231

  Aljohani, Naif Radi ^a,b   Davis, Hugh C ^b   Loke, Seng W ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EHCI; IHCI; M learning; Mobile learning; P learning; Pervasive learning; U learning; Ubiquitous computing; Ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868226976     PISSN: 1746725X     EISSN: 17467268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2012.050046     Document Type: Article

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