Lifelike pedagogical agents for mixed-initiative problem solving in constructivist learning environments

JC Lester, BA Stone, GD Stelling - User modeling and user-adapted …, 1999 - Springer
Mixed-initiative problem solving lies at the heart of knowledge-based learning environments.
While learners are actively engaged in problem-solving activities, learning environments …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamically sequencing an animated pedagogical agent

BA Stone, JC Lester - AAAI/IAAI, Vol. 1, 1996 - cdn.aaai.org
One of the most promising opportunities introduced by rapid advances in knowledge-based
learning environments and multimedia technologies is the possibility of creating animated …

Life-like pedagogical agents in constructivist multimedia environments: Cognitive consequences of their interaction

R Moreno, R Mayer, J Lester - EdMedia+ innovate learning, 2000 - learntechlib.org
The goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that animated pedagogical agents can
promote constructivist learning in a discovery-based learning environment. We do this by …

[PDF][PDF] Increasing believability in animated pedagogical agents

JC Lester, BA Stone - Proceedings of the first international conference …, 1997 - dl.acm.org
Animated pedagogical agents offer great promise for knowledge-based learning
environments. In addition to coupling feedback capabilities with a strong visual presence …

Deictic believability: Coordinated gesture, locomotion, and speech in lifelike pedagogical agents

JC Lester, JL Voerman, SG Towns… - Applied Artificial …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Lifelike animated agents for knowledge-based learning environments can provide timely,
customized advice to support students' problem solving. Because of their strong visual …

Achieving affective impact: Visual emotive communication in lifelike pedagogical agents

JC Lester, SG Towns… - International Journal of …, 1998 - telearn.hal.science
Lifelike animated agents for knowledge-based learning environments can provide timely,
customized advice to support learnersâ problem-solving activities. By drawing on a rich …

Let's set up some subgoals: Understanding human-pedagogical agent collaborations and their implications for learning and prompt and feedback compliance

JM Harley, M Taub, R Azevedo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on collaborative learning between humans and virtual pedagogical agents
represents a necessary extension to recent research on the conceptual, theoretical …

[PDF][PDF] Animated Pedagogical Agents and Problem-Solving E ectiveness: A Large-Scale Empirical Evaluation

JC Lester, SA Converse, BA Stone… - Proceedings of Eighth …, 1997 - academia.edu
Animated pedagogical agents o er great promise for learning environments. In addition to
their signi cant motivational bene ts, these intriguing lifelike characters can also play an …

[PDF][PDF] Explanatory lifelike avatars: performing user-centered tasks in 3D learning environments

JC Lester, LS Zettlemoyer, JP Grégoire… - Proceedings of the third …, 1999 - dl.acm.org
Because of their multimodal communicative abilities and strong visual presence, animated
pedagogical agents offer significant promise for 3D learning environments. We describe a …

Pedagogical agents: back to the future

WL Johnson, JC Lester - AI Magazine, 2018 - ojs.aaai.org
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 …