Innovation in mobile learning

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Immaculada Arnedillo-Sànchez
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Marcelo Milrad
Mike Sharples
Giasemi Vavoula

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Description, from a European perspective, innovation in the field of mobile learning usability 'of mobile learning in educational contexts. Discusses the main European m-learning projects and examines the pedagogical and theoretical perspectives to the field.

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