An Analysis of the Education Category in App Markets

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作者
Ozdemir, Sebnem [1 ]
Akadal, Emre [1 ]
Reis, Zerrin Ayvaz [2 ]
机构
[1] Istanbul Univ, Dept Informat, Istanbul, Turkey
[2] Istanbul Univ, Hasan Ali Yucel Fac Educ, Istanbul, Turkey
关键词
Android; App Store; Education Category; Google Play; iOS; Mobile; Mobile Application Markets; Mobile Applications;
D O I
10.4018/ijea.2014070102
中图分类号
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要
Mobile device usage highly increases in last years. Most people use mobile devices to do their computer works like checking e-mail, following social media, surfing on the Web, etc. Also mobile devices let one install new applications on one's devices. Two huge mobile operating systems Android and iOS-have mobile application markets to offer new applications to users. There are many application categories in mobile application markets. One of them is "Education" category. This study defines what kind of applications in education category there are. All applications in this category were reviewed and analysed with descriptive methods.
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页码:14 / 30
页数:17
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