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Intelligent Agents in Education

Intelligent Agents in Education
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Author(s): Mikail Feituri (Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)and Federica Funghi (Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 21
Source title: Virtual Environments for Corporate Education: Employee Learning and Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): William Ritke-Jones (Cybermations Consulting Group, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-619-3.ch018

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Abstract

Distance learning through information and communication technologies has consistently had a notable impact and influence on the academic and professional world. This is greatly due to the fact that distance learning allows users, especially professionals, to learn at their own pace, according to their availability, in addition to having limited costs. These features are consistent with and support the concept of life long learning. Traditional courses delivered in an E-learning modality can sometimes, however, result in being unstimulating and leaving the student with the impression of being isolated during their learning process. Pedagogical intelligent agents, however, are able to be constantly present in the learner’s training environment, interacting verbally and non verbally (gestures and expressions) with users, thus making E-learning much more interactive, interesting and fun. This ongoing interaction and support of the agent, therefore, notably helps reduce the possibility of users feeling excluded during their E-learning course, thus better enhancing their overall learning experience and reinforcing their motivation. This chapter will introduce features and potential of pedagogical agents and will illustrate, with examples, the most common techniques used to design an agent or a “society” of intelligent agents and how to integrate them into a learning environment.

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