Micro-adaptivity: Protecting immersion in didactically adaptive digital educational games

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Kickmeier Rust, M D ^a   Albert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital educational games; Game based learning; Micro adaptivity; Non invasive assessment; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954380236     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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