Listening to an Educational Podcast While Walking or Jogging: Can Students Really Multitask?

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Coens, Joke ^a   Degryse, Ellen ^a   Senecaut, Marie Paul ^a   Cottyn, Jorge ^a   Clarebout, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational Podcasts; iPods; Mobile Learning; Multitasking; Podcasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001819562     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2011070102     Document Type: Article

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