Musex: A system for supporting children's collaborative learning in a museum with PDAs

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 54-63

  Yatani, Koji ^a   Onuma, Mayumi ^b   Sugimoto, Masanori ^a   Kusunoki, Fusako ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMA ART UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Edutainment; Handheld device; Museum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EDUCATION; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MUSEUMS;

COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EDUTAINMENT; HANDHELD DEVICE; INTEGRATED COURSES;

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

EID: 9744250866     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.10696     Document Type: Article

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