A pedagogical agent's impact in an open learning environment

• Clarebout, Geraldine ^[1] ; Elen, Jan ^[1]
  1. [1] KU Leuven

     KU Leuven

     Arrondissement Leuven, Bélgica

     
• Localización: Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2005): Porto, Portugal, December 14-16, 2005 / Kinshuk Kinshuk (ed. lit.), Demetrios Sampson (ed. lit.), Pedro Isaías (ed. lit.), Luís Rodrigues (ed. lit.), Patrícia Barbosa (ed. lit.), Vol. 2, 2005 (Short Papers), ISBN 972-8924-05-4, págs. 415-418
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Research suggests that in learning environments that aim at factual knowledge acquisition pedagogical agents can act as tools to direct students' learning processes. Whether pedagogical agents have a similar impact in more open learning environments has not yet been addressed. In order to fill this gap, this contribution discusses a study in which two experimental conditions are compared to a control condition. In the first experimental condition the pedagogical agent's interventions are adapted to students' activities (APA-group). In the second experimental group the agent interferes on fixed time intervals (NPA-group). Results show that the NPA-group outperforms the APA group, while the latter does not differ from the control group.