Facilitating Place-Based Learning in Outdoor Informal Environments with Mobile Computers

TechTrends

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-83

  Zimmerman, Heather Toomey ^a   Land, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

informal learning; learning environments; mobile computers; outdoor education; place based education; theory to practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890331033     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-013-0724-3     Document Type: Article

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