Pedagogical agents as learning companions: the impact of agent emotion and gender.

The potential of emotional interaction between human and computer has recently interested researchers in human-computer interaction. The instructional impact of this interaction in learning environments has not been established, however. This study examined the impact of emotion and gender of a peda...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 220 - 235
Autores principales: Kim Y, Baylor A, Shen E
Formato: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2007
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          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Emotions
          Sex Factors
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          Student Attitudes
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          Coefficient alpha
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      ab: The potential of emotional interaction between human and computer has recently interested researchers in human-computer interaction. The instructional impact of this interaction in learning environments has not been established, however. This study examined the impact of emotion and gender of a pedagogical agent as a learning companion (PAL) on social judgements, interest, self-efficacy, and learning. Two experiments investigated separately the effects of a PAL's emotional expression and empathetic response. Experiment 1 focused on emotional expression (positive vs. negative vs. neutral) and gender (male vs. female) with a sample of 142 male and female college students in a computer literacy course. Experiment 2 investigated the impact of empathetic response (responsive vs. non-responsive) and gender with 56 pre-service teachers. Overall, the results yielded main and interaction effects of PAL emotion and gender on the dependent variables. In particular, the PAL's empathetic response had a positive impact on learner interest and self-efficacy; PAL gender had a positive impact on recall. The findings imply that the emotion and the gender of the digital learning companion could be utilized to optimize college students' motivation and learning.
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