Lifelike pedagogical agents have been the subject of increasing attention in the agents and
knowledge-based learning environment communities [2, 17, 19—21]. In parallel …

Lifelike animated agents for knowledge-based learning environments can provide timely,
customized advice to support learnersâ problem-solving activities. By drawing on a rich …

The current study examined the relationships between learners'(N= 123 N= 123) personality
traits, the emotions they typically experience while studying (trait studying emotions), and the …

Emotions, Technology, Design, and Learning provides an update to the topic of emotional
responses and how technology can alter what is being learned and how the content is …

This chapter discusses some of the exciting research in the nascent field of affect-aware
learning technologies (AALTs)—educational technologies that compute affect in addition to …

Back in the 1990s we started work on pedagogical agents, a new user interface paradigm
for interactive learning environments. Pedagogical agents are autonomous characters that …

This special issue describes a number of applications that utilize lifelike characters that
teach indirectly, by playing some role in a social interaction with a user. The design of such …

Based on facial expression (FE), this paper explores the possible use of the affective
communication in virtual environments (VEs). The attention of affective communication is …

In this paper we present a new computational framework of affective-cognitive learning and
decision making for affective agents, inspired by human learning and recent neuroscience …

A growing body of work on intelligent tutoring systems, affective computing, and artificial
intelligence in education is exploring creative, technology-driven approaches to enhance …