Title :
Pedagogical agents in the multimedia natural sciences for children
Author :
Morozov, M. ; Tanakov, A. ; Bystrov, D.
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Syst. Lab., Mari State Tech. Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Pedagogical agents are used to create effective educational software for children. We present the multimedia software for teaching natural sciences to 10-12 year old children. In this system, pedagogical agents, a teacher and two pupils are taking a walk through the virtual islands "Matter", "Forces" and "Physical phenomena". To create the multimedia software for natural sciences teaching, a new authoring environment, both technology-effective and functionally-rich, has been designed.
Keywords :
authoring systems; courseware; multimedia computing; natural sciences computing; teaching; user interfaces; virtual reality; authoring environment; children; educational software; multimedia natural sciences; multimedia software; natural science teaching; pedagogical agents; virtual islands; Animation; Application software; Computer interfaces; Conductors; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Humans; Laboratories; Multimedia systems;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2003. Proceedings. The 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1967-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215027
