Advancing mobile learning in formal and informal settings via mobile app technology: Where to from here, and how?

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 16-26

  Khaddage, Ferial ^a   Müller, Wolfgang ^b   Flintoff, Kim ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Education Weingarten   (Germany)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Informal learning; Mobile apps; Mobile learning; Mobile solutions; STEAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000352353     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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