Motivating agents in software tutorials

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 845-857

  Van Der Meij, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animated Pedagogical Agents; Motivation; Software training; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

DESIGN STRATEGIES; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FLOW EXPERIENCE; HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION SYSTEM; MEAN AGES; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SELF EFFICACY; SOFTWARE TRAINING; SOFTWARE TUTORIALS; STUDENT MOTIVATION; TUTORIAL;

BENCHMARKING; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 84872446155     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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