Research on the use of software programs and tools such as pedagogical agents has
peaked over the last decade. Pedagogical agents are on-screen characters that facilitate …

The main objective of this study is to determine whether boys and girls learn better when the
characteristics of the pedagogical agent are matched to the gender of the learner while …

Teaching and learning are highly social activities. Seminal psychologists such as Vygotsky,
Piaget, and Bandura have theorized that social interaction is a key mechanism in the …

Virtual learning environments often use virtual characters to facilitate and improve the
learning process. These characters, known as pedagogical agents, can take on different …

In the first of two experimental studies, 312 students were randomly assigned to one of 8
conditions, where agents differed by ethnicity (Black, White), gender (male, female), and …

Visual, behavioral and verbal cues for gender are often used in designing virtual agents to
take advantage of their stereotypical effects on the users. However, recent studies point …

The potential of emotional interaction between human and computer has recently interested
researchers in human–computer interaction. The instructional impact of this interaction in …

Conversational agents are attributed humanlike characteristics; in particular, they are often
assumed to have a gender. There is evidence that gender sets up expectations that have an …

Humans draw on their stereotypic beliefs to make assumptions about others. Even though
prior research has shown that individuals respond socially to media, there is little evidence …

Online learning from video modeling examples, in which a human model demonstrates and
explains how to perform a learning task, is an effective instructional method that is …