Building a Social Conversational Pedagogical Agent - Design Challenges and Methodological Approaches
Författare
Redaktör
- Diana Perez-Marin
- Ismael Pascual-Nieto
Summary, in English
The chapter discusses some design challenges encountered when developing a conversational pedagogical agent. By tracing the historical roots of pedagogical agents in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), we discern central developments of creating an agent that is both knowledgeable and fosters a social relationship with the learner.
Some main challenges when attempting to develop a pedagogical agent of this kind regard: i) learners’ expectations on the agent’s knowledge profile and social profile, ii) dealing with learners’ engagement in off-task conversation and iii) managing potential abuse of the agent.
We illustrate these challenges and possible ways to address them, with reference to an ongoing R&D project, and with a focus on the design of a pedagogical agent’s visual embodiment and of its conversational capacities.
Some main challenges when attempting to develop a pedagogical agent of this kind regard: i) learners’ expectations on the agent’s knowledge profile and social profile, ii) dealing with learners’ engagement in off-task conversation and iii) managing potential abuse of the agent.
We illustrate these challenges and possible ways to address them, with reference to an ongoing R&D project, and with a focus on the design of a pedagogical agent’s visual embodiment and of its conversational capacities.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Conversational Agents and Natural Language Interaction: Techniques and Effective Practices
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
IGI Global
Ämne
- Learning
Nyckelord
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Status
Published
Projekt
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning