The paper addresses aspects of virtual pedagogical agents ’ visual style (realism – iconization) in relation to their social style (task oriented – relation oriented). Two studies are presented that in-vestigate which visual and social styles users prefer and how they articulate their preferences. The first study involved 42 university students; the second study involved 90 elementary school chil-dren. Special emphasis was put upon two hypotheses, grounded in cognitive theory: (i) iconized visualization may be better suited for representing a relation oriented, subjective agent – and there-fore preferred by users who prefer a relation oriented agent; (ii) realistic visualization may be better suited for representing a task oriented, objecti...
Background: Social skills training by human trainers is a well-established method to provide approp...
Abstract. In the first of two experimental studies, 312 students were randomly assigned to one of 8 ...
Growth in Internet use and the market for online education have created a demand for computer-based ...
The paper addresses aspects of virtual pedagogical agents’ visual style (realism – iconization) in r...
Virtual pedagogical agents (VPAs), i.e. computer generated characters in pedagogical roles, populate...
. The paper presents a theoretical framework addressing three aspects of embodied pedagogical agents...
Following a brief discussion on aspects of visual appearance and roles respectively, two user studie...
The paper presents an overview of arguments for and against visual naturalism in virtual humanlike a...
Embodied pedagogical agents – visually represented, computer generated characters in pedagogical rol...
The paper deals with the use of visual stereotypes in virtual pedagogical agents and its potential i...
Virtual pedagogical agents, i.e. computer generated characters with pedagogical roles – instructors,...
The article explores the relation between i) the attitudes of students towards digital pedagogical c...
In discussions on naturalism vs. stylization in the design of virtual pedagogical agents (VPAs), the...
The present study explored the effects of naturalism-stylization visual style of embodied virtual ag...
Growth in Internet use and the market for online education1 have created a demand for computer-based...
Background: Social skills training by human trainers is a well-established method to provide approp...
Abstract. In the first of two experimental studies, 312 students were randomly assigned to one of 8 ...
Growth in Internet use and the market for online education have created a demand for computer-based ...
The paper addresses aspects of virtual pedagogical agents’ visual style (realism – iconization) in r...
Virtual pedagogical agents (VPAs), i.e. computer generated characters in pedagogical roles, populate...
. The paper presents a theoretical framework addressing three aspects of embodied pedagogical agents...
Following a brief discussion on aspects of visual appearance and roles respectively, two user studie...
The paper presents an overview of arguments for and against visual naturalism in virtual humanlike a...
Embodied pedagogical agents – visually represented, computer generated characters in pedagogical rol...
The paper deals with the use of visual stereotypes in virtual pedagogical agents and its potential i...
Virtual pedagogical agents, i.e. computer generated characters with pedagogical roles – instructors,...
The article explores the relation between i) the attitudes of students towards digital pedagogical c...
In discussions on naturalism vs. stylization in the design of virtual pedagogical agents (VPAs), the...
The present study explored the effects of naturalism-stylization visual style of embodied virtual ag...
Growth in Internet use and the market for online education1 have created a demand for computer-based...
Background: Social skills training by human trainers is a well-established method to provide approp...
Abstract. In the first of two experimental studies, 312 students were randomly assigned to one of 8 ...
Growth in Internet use and the market for online education have created a demand for computer-based ...