Identifying the Potential of Mobile Phone Cameras in Science Teaching and Learning: A Case Study Undertaken in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 16-30

  Ekanayake, Sakunthala ^a   Wishart, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameras; Collaborative Learning; Mobile Phones; Science Learning; Science Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001754676     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2011040102     Document Type: Article

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