Title :
Teaching with the help of talking heads
Author :
Graesser, Arthur C. ; Hu, Xiangen ; Person, Natalie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Psychol., Memphis State Univ., TN, USA
Abstract :
Talking heads were integrated with two learning systems. In AutoTutor, students learn about computer literacy by holding a conversation with a student. AutoTutor is an animated pedagogical agent that asks deep reasoning questions and engages in a mixed initiative dialog as answers emerge. Students type in information via keyboard whereas AutoTutor delivers discourse sensitive contributions with facial expressions, synthesized speech, and gestures. In the Human Use Regulator Affairs (HURA) Advisor, high ranking officers in the military learn about the ethical use of human subjects on a Web site with a conversational navigational agent
Keywords :
computer animation; computer literacy; inference mechanisms; information resources; intelligent tutoring systems; natural language interfaces; software agents; speech synthesis; teaching; AutoTutor; HURA; Human Use Regulator Affairs Advisor; Web site; animated pedagogical agent; computer literacy; conversational navigational agent; deep reasoning questions; discourse sensitive contributions; ethical use; facial expressions; gestures; high ranking officers; human subjects; learning systems; mixed initiative dialog; student conversation; synthesized speech; talking heads; Education; Educational institutions; Facial animation; Facial features; Humans; Keyboards; Navigation; Psychology; Read only memory; Speech synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1013-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943979
