A progressive prompting approach to conducting context-aware learning activities for natural science courses

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 348-359

  Chen, Chih Hung ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^a   Tsai, Chin Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

empirical studies in ubiquitous and mobile learning; location based services; tablet computers; ubiquitous and mobile computing systems and tools; ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; MOBILE COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

CONTEXT-AWARE LEARNING; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; TABLET COMPUTER; UBIQUITOUS AND MOBILE LEARNING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901422927     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iwu004     Document Type: Article

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