Adopting mobile learning in tertiary environments: Instructional, curricular and organizational matters

Education Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-374

  Handal, Boris ^a   Macnish, Jean ^a   Petocz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academics; Adoption; Curriculum; Mobile learning; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939887782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22277102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/educsci3040359     Document Type: Article

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