Mobile learning: Definition, uses and challenges

Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue PARTD, 2013, Pages 47-82

  Ferreira, Jorge Brantes ^a   Klein, Amarolinda Zanela ^a   Freitas, Angilberto ^a   Schlemmer, Eliane ^a  

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EID: 84886823617     PISSN: 20449968     EISSN: 20449976     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2044-9968(2013)000006D005     Document Type: Article

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