Title :
The educational digital entities as a component of the new hybrid and learning school environment: expectations and speculations
Author :
Anastasiades, Panagiotes
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
This work puts under the judgment and speculation of the educational community the concept of the "educational digital entity", i.e. the digital representation of the teacher as a virtual figure with human characteristics. With the help of 3D graphics and advanced animation techniques, the digital entity has the possibility of imitating or substituting for the teacher, mainly in regard to the lecturing of the courses to be taught. Moreover, as part of this work, a digital entity development methodology is determined and its introduction as a pilot project in the educational sector is described
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer animation; solid modelling; virtual reality; 3D graphics; advanced animation techniques; digital entity development methodology; digital teacher representation; educational community; educational courses; educational digital entity; human characteristics; learning school environment; lecturing; pilot project; virtual figure; virtual teacher; Animation; Computer Society; Computer science; Education; Educational institutions; Humans; Informatics; Information systems; Space technology; Systems engineering and theory;
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.2001.943839