Serious use of a serious game for language learning

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-195

  Johnson, W Lewis ^a  

^a ALELO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

computer aided language learning; Game based learning; technology transition

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE LEARNING; GAME-BASED LEARNING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NON-PLAYER CHARACTER; RESEARCH PROTOTYPE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 78650267745     PISSN: 15604292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAI-2010-0006     Document Type: Article

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