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The impact and implications of virtual character expressiveness on learning and agent-learner interactions.

The possible benefits of agent expressiveness have been highlighted in previous literature; yet, the issue of verbal expressiveness has been left unexplored. I hypothesize that agent verbal expressiveness may improve the interaction between pedagogical agents and learners, ultimately enhancing learn...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 345 - 358
Main Author: Veletsianos G
Format: clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2009
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      ab: The possible benefits of agent expressiveness have been highlighted in previous literature; yet, the issue of verbal expressiveness has been left unexplored. I hypothesize that agent verbal expressiveness may improve the interaction between pedagogical agents and learners, ultimately enhancing learning outcomes. Evidence from a quasi-experimental investigation, indicates that learners who interacted with an expressive agent 1) scored higher on a post-task exam; and 2) rated the agent's ability to interact higher, than learners who interacted with a nonexpressive agent. Qualitative results provided insight into this finding, while indicating the complexity of deploying pedagogical agents in educational settings.
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