A model of intelligent tutoring systems with emotional pedagogical agents

Author

Yu, Sun ; Zhiping, Li ; Youming, Xia

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Yunnan Normal Univ., Kunming, China

fYear

2012

fDate

14-17 July 2012

Firstpage

1328

Lastpage

1332

Abstract

A model of intelligent tutoring systems with emotional pedagogical agents is presented in this paper, and the functionalities of the key components of the system are described. To improve the interaction between learners and the system, a kind of emotional pedagogical agents which can deduce users´ emotional statues, is introduced in order to improve pedagogical effects. The emotional pedagogical agents produces personalized learning units dynamically based on the information provided by user models and the expression information collected from cameras, in order to improve the self-adaptability and pedagogical effects of the system.

Keywords

intelligent tutoring systems; software agents; emotional pedagogical agents; expression information; intelligent tutoring systems; learner-system interaction; pedagogical effects; personalized learning units; system self-adaptability; user emotional statue; user models; Education; Face; Learning systems; Materials; Navigation; Psychology; Emotional Agents; intelligent tutoring systems; pedagogical knowledge maps;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2012 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0241-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSE.2012.6295310

Filename

6295310