Pedagogical Agents Trying on a Caring Mentor Role

Konstantin Zakharov; Antonija Mitrovic; Lucy Johnston

Pedagogical Agents Trying on a Caring Mentor Role

Konstantin Zakharov, Antonija Mitrovic, Lucy Johnston

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Abstract

We describe the design and evaluation of an affective pedagogical agent persona for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. The goal of our research was to develop an agent embodying a persona of a caring mentor interested in the learner’s progress. The agent’s behaviour is guided by a set of rules that are triggered by the states of the session history. Four agents were integrated with EER-Tutor for a formative evaluation study. The mentor persona secured strong rapport with the users; the audible narration was seen as a strong feature of the agents.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education
Subtitle of host publication	Building Technology Rich Learning Contexts That Work
Editors	Rosemary Luckin, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Jim Greer
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	59-66
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781586037642
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2007 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2007 → 13 Jul 2007

Publication series

Name	Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume	158
ISSN (Print)	0922-6389

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	9/07/07 → 13/07/07

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Zakharov, K, Mitrovic, A & Johnston, L 2007, Pedagogical Agents Trying on a Caring Mentor Role. in R Luckin, KR Koedinger & J Greer (eds), Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Technology Rich Learning Contexts That Work. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 158, IOS Press, Netherlands, pp. 59-66, 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2007, Los Angeles, United States, 9/07/07.

Pedagogical Agents Trying on a Caring Mentor Role. / Zakharov, Konstantin; Mitrovic, Antonija; Johnston, Lucy.
Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Technology Rich Learning Contexts That Work. ed. / Rosemary Luckin; Kenneth R. Koedinger; Jim Greer. Netherlands: IOS Press, 2007. p. 59-66 (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; Vol. 158).

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