What affect lower grade learner’s perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of mobile digital textbook learning system? An empirical factor analyses investigation in China

International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-46

  Shen, Haijiao ^a   Luo, Liming ^a   Sun, Zhong ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital textbook; Mobile learning; Perceived ease of use; Perceived usefulness; Primary school students

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TEXTBOOKS;

DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS; MOBILE LEARNING; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84923031263     PISSN: 19750080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14257/ijmue.2015.10.1.4     Document Type: Article

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