Mobile phones, developing countries and learning

Mobile Technologies and Handheld Devices for Ubiquitous Learning: Research and Pedagogy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 120-137

  Bahamóndez, Elba del Carmen Valderrama ^a   Schmidt, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84899349912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-849-0.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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