The added value of a gaming context and intelligent adaptation for a mobile learning application for vocabulary learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-130

  Sandberg, Jacobijn ^a   Maris, Marinus ^a   Hoogendoorn, Pepijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Earlybird   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Language learning; Mobile learning; Multimedia; Serious gaming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; INTELLIGENT ADAPTATION; LANGUAGE LEARNING; MOBILE LEARNING; MULTIMEDIA; SERIOUS GAMING; VOCABULARY LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84898609641     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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