Adaptive training interfaces for less-experienced, elderly users of electronic devices

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-15

  Bruder, Carmen ^a   Blessing, Lucienne ^b   Wandke, Hartmut ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptive; e learning; elderly users; electronic devices; training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; ADAPTIVE INTERFACE; ADAPTIVE TRAINING; ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE; ELDERLY USERS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; TRAINING APPLICATIONS; TRAINING PROGRAMMES;

PERSONNEL TRAINING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84893650062     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2013.833649     Document Type: Article

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