A pedagogical agent is an anthropomorphic virtual character used in an online learning
environment to serve instructional purposes. The design of pedagogical agents changes …

Early conversational agents (CAs) focused on dyadic human-AI interaction between humans
and the CAs, followed by the increasing popularity of polyadic human-AI interaction, in …

Computer-based simulations for learning offer affordances for advanced capabilities and
expansive possibilities for knowledge construction and skills application. Virtual agents …

Previous studies have highlighted the benefits of pedagogical conversational agents using
socially-oriented conversation with students. In this work, we examine the effects of a …

One of the many purposes for which social robots are designed is education, and there have
been many attempts to systematize their potential in this field. What these attempts have in …

Modeling is becoming increasingly important both as a way to learn science and
mathematics, and as a useful cognitive skill. Although many learning activities qualify as …

Understanding how children perceive and interact with teachable agents (systems where
children learn through teaching a synthetic character embedded in an intelligent tutoring …

This study investigated how preschool children processed and understood critical
information in Magical Garden, a teachable agent-based play-&-learn game targeting early …

Educational software in the form of games or so called “computer assisted intervention” for
young children has become increasingly common receiving a growing interest and support …

In this paper, we explore how expressive auditory gestures added to the speech of a
pedagogical agent influence the human-agent relationship and learning outcomes. In a …