Deictic and emotive communication in animated pedagogical agents

JC Lester, SG Towns, CB Callaway, JL Voerman… - 2000 - direct.mit.edu
Lifelike animated agents offer great promise for knowledge-based learning environments.
Because of the immediate and deep affinity that children seem to develop for these agents …

[PDF][PDF] Animated pedagogical agents: Face-to-face interaction in interactive learning environments

WL Johnson, JW Rickel, JC Lester - International Journal of Artificial …, 2000 - Citeseer
Recent years have witnessed the birth of a new paradigm for learning environments:
animated pedagogical agents. These lifelike autonomous characters cohabit learning …

Cognitive and affective benefits of an animated pedagogical agent: Considering contextual relevance and aesthetics

G Veletsianos - Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Choi and Clark (2006) argue that learning is attributed to the instructional method rather
than the specific medium used to deliver instruction (ie, the pedagogical agent). Additionally …

Design of animated pedagogical agents—A look at their look

A Gulz, M Haake - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2006 - Elsevier
A well-established effect of animated agents in educational and other contexts is their
potential to motivate and engage.“Increased motivation in users” is also one of the more …

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 …

[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 …

The persona effect: affective impact of animated pedagogical agents

JC Lester, SA Converse, SE Kahler, ST Barlow… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - dl.acm.org
Animated pedagogical agents that inhabit interactive learning environments can exhibit
strikingly lifelike behaviors. In addition to providing problem-solving advice in response to …

The effects of image and animation in enhancing pedagogical agent persona

AL Baylor, J Ryu - Journal of Educational Computing …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this experimental study was to test the role of image and animation on: a)
learners' perceptions of pedagogical agent persona characteristics (ie, extent to which agent …

Designing multimedia learning environments using animated pedagogical agents: factors and issues

HL Woo - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Animated pedagogical agents (APAs) are known to possess great potential in supporting
learning because of their ability to simulate a real classroom learning environment. But …

A look at the roles of look & roles in embodied pedagogical agents–a user preference perspective

M Haake, A Gulz - … Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009 - content.iospress.com
The paper presents a theoretical framework addressing three aspects of embodied
pedagogical agents: visual static appearance, pedagogical role, and communicative style …