Portable Applications in Mobile Education

Portable software applications can be carried on a convenient storage medium such as a USB drive, and offer numerous benefits to mobile teachers and learner. The article illustrates the growing field of ‘portable apps’ in reviews of seven contrasting products. These represent the major categories of...

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Autor principal: Jon Baggaley
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Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2006
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1e089c65567a45f3ab49a22fe2b1e8892021-12-02T17:15:38ZPortable Applications in Mobile Education10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.3691492-3831https://doaj.org/article/1e089c65567a45f3ab49a22fe2b1e8892006-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/369https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Portable software applications can be carried on a convenient storage medium such as a USB drive, and offer numerous benefits to mobile teachers and learner. The article illustrates the growing field of ‘portable apps’ in reviews of seven contrasting products. These represent the major categories of document editing, email maintenance, Internet browsing, instant messaging, file transfer, multimedia presentation, and anti-virus protection. Emphasis is placed on ways to use ‘portable apps’ to overcome the common problems of Internet usage during travel.Jon BaggaleyAthabasca University Pressarticleportable software applicationsUSBopen sourcedocument editingemail maintenanceInternet browsingSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2006)
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topic portable software applications
USB
open source
document editing
email maintenance
Internet browsing
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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Jon Baggaley
Portable Applications in Mobile Education
description Portable software applications can be carried on a convenient storage medium such as a USB drive, and offer numerous benefits to mobile teachers and learner. The article illustrates the growing field of ‘portable apps’ in reviews of seven contrasting products. These represent the major categories of document editing, email maintenance, Internet browsing, instant messaging, file transfer, multimedia presentation, and anti-virus protection. Emphasis is placed on ways to use ‘portable apps’ to overcome the common problems of Internet usage during travel.
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