Exploring the Challenges of Supporting Collaborative Mobile Learning

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 54-69

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

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaborative Learning; Design; Evaluation; Mobile Learning; Orchestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001833317     PISSN: 19418647     EISSN: 19418655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2011100104     Document Type: Article

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