Title :
The Design of Persuasive Teachable Agent
Author :
Su Fang Lim ; Ailiya ; Chunyan Miao ; Zhiqi Shen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Teachable agents are pedagogical agents based on the concept of learning-by-teaching. Persuasion theory enhances the capabilities of teachable agents by influencing positive attitude change in learners. This paper proposes Persuasive Teachable Agent (PTA) that enables the selection of persuasive strategies based on persuasion theory to improve learning attitudes. In a preliminary study involving PTA, learners were observed to display increased interest in engaging in learning activities with the teachable agent.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; inference mechanisms; multi-agent systems; teaching; PTA design; learner attitude; learning-by-teaching concept; pedagogical agent; persuasion theory; persuasive strategy; persuasive teachable agent; Cognition; Computational modeling; Conferences; Educational institutions; Hidden Markov models; Tutorials; Persuasion; Persuasive Reasoning; Teachable Agent; Virtual Learning Environment;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2013.117
