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| Title | Building a Social Conversational Pedagogical Agent - Design Challenges and Methodological Approaches |
| Author/s | Agneta Gulz, Magnus Haake, Annika Silvervarg, Björn Sjödén, George Veletsianos |
| Department/s |
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Cognitive Science |
| Full-text | Full text is not available in this archive |
| Publication/Series | Conversational Agents and Natural Language Interaction: Techniques and Effective Practices |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| Document type | Book chapter |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IGI Global |
| Status | published |
| Editor | Diana Perez-Marin, Ismael Pascual-Nieto |
| Abstract English |
The chapter discusses some design challenges encountered when developing a conversational pedagogical agent. By tracing the historical roots of pedagogical agents in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), we discern central developments of creating an agent that is both knowledgeable and fosters a social relationship with the learner. Some main challenges when attempting to develop a pedagogical agent of this kind regard: i) learners’ expectations on the agent’s knowledge profile and social profile, ii) dealing with learners’ engagement in off-task conversation and iii) managing potential abuse of the agent. We illustrate these challenges and possible ways to address them, with reference to an ongoing R&D project, and with a focus on the design of a pedagogical agent’s visual embodiment and of its conversational capacities. |
| Subject |
Social Sciences Technology and Engineering |
| Keywords | Intelligent Tutoring Systems |
| Project | Cognition, Communication and Learning |
| Funder |
Knowledge Foundation! |
| References | References |
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