Heimbuch, A.A.HeimbuchSaul, C.C.SaulLucht, M.M.Lucht2022-03-122022-03-122014https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/38533910.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826232Today's adaptive e-learning applications mostly focus on the presentation of content according to users' knowledge. The authors discuss the relevance of learners' individual needs and goals in the learning process called as volition. Furthermore, the paper describes a research process that a) develops a tool to empirically evaluate and define relevant gratifications that engineers motivate to learn, b) defines abstract concepts for these gratifications.en621conference paper