Mobile inquiry learning in Sweden: Development insights on interoperability, extensibility and sustainability of the LETS GO software system

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 43-57

  Vogel, Bahtijar ^a   Kurti, Arianit ^a   Milrad, Marcelo ^a   Johansson, Emil ^a   Müller, Maximilian ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extensibility; Inquiry based learning; Interoperability; Mobile learning; Software lifecycle; Sustainability; User centered development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901228440     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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