TY - JOUR
T1 - TSI-enhanced pedagogical agents to engage learners in virtual worlds
AU - Leung, Steve
AU - Virwaney, Sandeep
AU - Lin, Fuhua
AU - Armstrong, A. J.
AU - Dubbelboer, Adien
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Natural Science and Engineering of Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and Athabasca University for sponsoring this project.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Building pedagogical applications in virtual worlds is a multi-disciplinary endeavor that involves learning theories, application development framework, and mediated communication theories. This paper presents a project that integrates game-based learning, multi-agent system architecture (MAS), and the theory of Transformed Social Interaction (TSI), the project implements a group of engaging, affectionate and effective pedagogical agents equipped with abilities of self-repsentation, emotional states reasoning and situational awareness. A prototype of a virtual quiz show, QuizMASter, has been implemented to realize these abilities, and will be used to test for the effectiveness of the approach.
AB - Building pedagogical applications in virtual worlds is a multi-disciplinary endeavor that involves learning theories, application development framework, and mediated communication theories. This paper presents a project that integrates game-based learning, multi-agent system architecture (MAS), and the theory of Transformed Social Interaction (TSI), the project implements a group of engaging, affectionate and effective pedagogical agents equipped with abilities of self-repsentation, emotional states reasoning and situational awareness. A prototype of a virtual quiz show, QuizMASter, has been implemented to realize these abilities, and will be used to test for the effectiveness of the approach.
KW - Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) Agent
KW - Multiagent Systems
KW - Pedagogical Agent
KW - Transformed Social Interaction (TSI) Theory
KW - Virtual Quiz Games
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U2 - 10.4018/jdet.2013010101
DO - 10.4018/jdet.2013010101
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880559500
SN - 1539-3100
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
JF - International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
IS - 1
ER -