More heads around a screen: Pilot findings from a study on the use of tablet PCs to support collaborative learning

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2068-2079

  George, Donald T ^a   Passerini, Katia ^a   Hiltz, Roxanne ^a   Jones, Quentin ^a   Manikopoulos, Constantine N ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Collaborative learning; Tablet PCs; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; LEARNING OUTCOME; PILOT STUDIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STUDENT TEAMS; TABLET PCS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TIME MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84870215446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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