A look at research on mobile learning in K-12 education from 2007 to the present

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-372

  Liu, Min ^a   Scordino, Robert ^a   Geurtz, Renata ^a   Navarrete, Cesar ^a   Ko, Yujung ^a   Lim, Mihyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12 education; M learning; Mobile devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928995238     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2014.925681     Document Type: Review

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