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Developing a Mobile Learning App: A User-Centric Approach

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Developing a Mobile Learning App: A User-Centric Approach. / Adamu, Muhammad Sadi.
AfriCHI'16 Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction. New York: ACM, 2016. p. 139-143.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

Harvard

Adamu, MS 2016, Developing a Mobile Learning App: A User-Centric Approach. in AfriCHI'16 Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction. ACM, New York, pp. 139-143.

APA

Adamu, M. S. (2016). Developing a Mobile Learning App: A User-Centric Approach. In AfriCHI'16 Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction (pp. 139-143). ACM.

Vancouver

Adamu MS. Developing a Mobile Learning App: A User-Centric Approach. In AfriCHI'16 Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction. New York: ACM. 2016. p. 139-143

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Adamu, Muhammad Sadi. / Developing a Mobile Learning App : A User-Centric Approach. AfriCHI'16 Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction. New York : ACM, 2016. pp. 139-143

Bibtex

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