Browsing Research by Author "Heller, Bob"
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Animated Pedagogical Agents & Immersive Worlds: Two Worlds Colliding
Heller, Bob; Procter, Mike (2011-03-29)Animated Pedagogical Agents (APAs) can be defined as animated computer-generated characters that respond to user input, adapt to user behaviour, and facilitate learning in a computer based learning environment. The benefits ... -
Conversational Agents and Learning Outcomes: An Experimental Investigation
Heller, Bob (2010-06-22)An experimental approach was used to compare two types of web interfaces (standard web page vs. conversational agent) to course content on the life and theories of Jean Piaget. The content in each interface was identical ... -
Embodied and Embedded Intelligence: Actor Agents on Virtual Stages
Heller, Bob (2011-05-03)In this presentation, we will argue that Actor Agents, a type of Animated Pedagogical Agent with embodied conversational intelligence, are well positioned to act in virtual environments with embedded intelligence and that, ...