Adaptive gamification in e-learning based on students’ learning styles

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 545-565

  Hassan, Muhammad Awais ^a   Habiba, Ume ^a   Majeed, Fiaz ^b   Shoaib, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

adaptive learning; e learning; Gamification; learning dimensions; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063095939     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2019.1588745     Document Type: Article

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