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Virtual learning environments for mobile learning: constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries?

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Virtual learning environments for mobile learning: constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries? / Crane, Laura; Benachour, Phillip; Coulton, Paul.
In: ITALICS, Vol. 10, No. 1, 02.2011, p. 12-21.

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Crane, L, Benachour, P & Coulton, P 2011, 'Virtual learning environments for mobile learning: constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries?', ITALICS, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 12-21. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2011.10010012

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Crane, L., Benachour, P., & Coulton, P. (2011). Virtual learning environments for mobile learning: constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries? ITALICS, 10(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2011.10010012

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Crane L, Benachour P, Coulton P. Virtual learning environments for mobile learning: constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries? ITALICS. 2011 Feb;10(1):12-21. doi: 10.11120/ital.2011.10010012

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Crane, Laura ; Benachour, Phillip ; Coulton, Paul. / Virtual learning environments for mobile learning : constrained by infrastructural and social boundaries?. In: ITALICS. 2011 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 12-21.

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