Designing PDA mediated educational activities for a museum visit

IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-10

  Papadimitriou, Ioanna ^a   Komis, Vassilis ^a   Tselios, Nikolaos ^a   Avouris, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity based design; Collaborative learning; Handheld computers; Museum visit

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY THEORY; ACTIVITY-BASED; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL-HISTORICAL; DESIGN DECISIONS; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; INTERACTION MODEL; PEDAGOGICAL GOALS;

DESIGN; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; MOBILE DEVICES; MUSEUMS; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84882944963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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