Role Preference: Are Handheld Computers An Educational Or Personal Technology?

From: Journal of Information Systems Education | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Bentley, Jan; Johnson, David W; Jones, Christopher G | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

As an educational delivery platform, current handheld computer technology provides a low-cost, networked, small-form factor appliance with sufficient machine resources to support instruction, learning, assessment, and collaboration. Yet, except in the fields of medicine and law, handheld adoption for collegiate classroom use has been minimal. This study presents the results of an empirical investigation of users and non-users of handheld technology in higher education. Faculty...

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