Students' Acceptance of Tablet PCs in the Classroom

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 306-321

  Ifenthaler, Dirk ^a   Schweinbenz, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

K 12; tablet PC; technology acceptance; technology integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983359402     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2016.1215172     Document Type: Article

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