Mature Students Using Mobile Devices in Life and Learning

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-52

  Kukulska Hulme, Agnes ^a   Pettit, John ^a   Bradley, Linda ^b   Carvalho, Ana A ^c   Herrington, Anthony ^d   Kennedy, David ^e   Walker, Aisha ^f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Higher Education; Informal Learning; Learner Driven Innovation; Mature Students; Online Survey; Work Life Boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001799545     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2011010102     Document Type: Article

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