Predicting college students' acceptance of podcasting as a learning tool

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-183

  Zacharis, Nick Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Audiovisual media; Digital technology; Education; Greece; Higher education; Learning; Podcasting technology; Predicting acceptance; Students; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993019247     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415651211258281     Document Type: Article

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