Towards Work-Based Mobile Learning: What We Can Learn from the Fields of Work-Based Learning and Mobile Learning

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Pimmer, Christoph ^a   Pachler, Norbert ^b   Attwell, Graham ^c  

^a School of Business   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature Review; Mobile Learning; Theoretical Approaches; Work Based Learning; Workplace Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001819609     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2010100101     Document Type: Article

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