Mobile Devices as Support Rather than Distraction for Mobile Learners: Evaluating Guidelines for Design

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Eliasson, Johan ^a   Pargman, Teresa Cerratto ^a   Nouri, Jalal ^a   Spikol, Daniel ^b   Ramberg, Robert ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity Theory; Human Computer Interaction; Interaction Analysis; Interaction Design; Mobile Learning; Situated Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001785616     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2011040101     Document Type: Article

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