Individualised Learning with Pedagogical Agents

Senior Researchers:
Sabine Payr  
Paolo Petta
Brigitte Krenn
Hannes Pirker

Researcher:
Neil Tipper

Project Description:
The project studied the potential of animated agents for eLearning. In its first phase, a survey of current research and development in this area was undertaken, resulting in a pedagogically based categorization of animated pedagogical agents. The project then concentrated on those agents that carry most potential for pedagogical innovation, i.e. agents in non-pedagogical roles. These roles include agents as learning companions, teachable agents, and agents as actors in pedagogical role-plays. A demonstrator was built in the domain of job interview training for long-term unemployed people. The interactive role-play was implemented on the basis of the "Socialite" application and with the tools built in the framework of the European NECA project, which is coordinated by ÖFAI.

Sponsor:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (June 2001 - December 2003)