• DocumentCode
    2248759
  • Title

    Virtual Instructor and Pedagogical Issues

  • Author

    Tsinakos, Avgoustos A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Ind. Informatics, TEI of Kavala
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-7 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    1123
  • Lastpage
    1124
  • Abstract
    The scope of implementing a virtual instructor is to achieve enhanced learning outcomes during an autonomous training (education) sessions of a human learner. Based on the evidence of traditional education, the desired outcomes are also depending on the effectiveness of the instructor (trainer). A good and effective instructor often implies improved learning outcomes. But what makes a traditional instructor effective? How virtual instructor technology can benefit from traditional instructors? Will distance education become potential affected of the findings? Those are some of the issues discussed in the current paper
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; distance learning; teaching; user modelling; autonomous education; autonomous training; distance education; human learner; learning; pedagogy; virtual instructor; Collaboration; Distance learning; Education; Employment; Feedback; Humans; Industrial training; Informatics; Intelligent systems; Peer to peer computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies, 2006. Sixth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kerkrade
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2632-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2006.1652654
  • Filename
    1652654