Cross-cultural analysis of users' attitudes toward the use of mobile devices in second and foreign language learning in higher education: A case from Sweden and China

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-180

  Viberg, Olga ^a   Grönlund, Åke ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Cross Cultural projects; Distributed learning environments; Teaching Learning strategies; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT LEARNING; CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING; HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; MOBILEASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL); PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MOBILE DEVICES; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84881292662     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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