Mobile computing devices in higher education: Student perspectives on learning with cellphones, smartphones & social media

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-26

  Gikas, Joanne ^a   Grant, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile learning; Mobile learning in higher education; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES; MOBILE LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT PERSPECTIVES; TEACHING AND LEARNING; WEB 2.0;

MOBILE COMPUTING; SMARTPHONES; TEACHING; TELEPHONE SETS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84879658201     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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