Get the bees away from the hive: Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning

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Get the bees away from the hive : Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning. / Eliasson, Johan; Spikol, Daniel; Pargman, Teresa Cerratto; Ramberg, Robert.

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010. 2010. p. 77-84 (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Eliasson, J, Spikol, D, Pargman, TC & Ramberg, R 2010, Get the bees away from the hive: Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning. in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010, pp. 77-84, IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010, Porto, Portugal, 19/03/2010.

APA

Eliasson, J., Spikol, D., Pargman, T. C., & Ramberg, R. (2010). Get the bees away from the hive: Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning. In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010 (pp. 77-84). Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010

Vancouver

Eliasson J, Spikol D, Pargman TC, Ramberg R. Get the bees away from the hive: Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning. In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010. 2010. p. 77-84. (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010).

Author

Eliasson, Johan ; Spikol, Daniel ; Pargman, Teresa Cerratto ; Ramberg, Robert. / Get the bees away from the hive : Balancing visual focus on devices in mobile learning. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010. 2010. pp. 77-84 (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2010).

Bibtex

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