Teacher perceptions of using mobile phones in the classroom: Age matters!

Computers and Education

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-25

  O'Bannon, Blanche W ^a   Thomas, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

21st Century skills; Digital immigrants; Digital natives; Mobile learning; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894065229     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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