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This paper examines the use of a pedagogical agent to help learners develop their electronic portfolio. Our pedagogical agent is Penelope: a "virtual human", who is characterized by reasoning, reactivity, and emotion. She converses via text with...

This paper explores the use of a male and a female intelligent agent in education. Qualitative analysis of learner performance, motivation, availability and support of the agents, agent gender, and human-like characteristics is presented. Our...

A Multi-Scaffolding Environment (MSE), an online learning environment that provides authentic assistance to learners when solving authentic problems, is presented in this paper. The authentic module principles for which an MSE can be used to assist...

Avenue ASL, an integrated software environment to capture, evaluate, self-assess, and manage American Sign Language (ASL) performance, is being developed at the University of Minnesota to improve student language learning and increase the efficiency ...

Traditional techniques of information visualization instruction through classroom display and theoretical presentation have become inadequate in providing learners with the educational opportunity of interactive engagement. Through advanced research ...

In this study, we investigate the effects of conversational agents on communication and interaction when used to assist participants in developing an online portfolio. Data from 52 participants were gathered and analyzed through questionnaires,...

This research examines how seven classrooms of middle-school students from the Midwest and Northwest United States used real-time authentic data, provided through an online hybrid adventure learning environment, with the geospatial technology Google ...

In this paper we sought to understand how teachers chose to integrate a hybrid online education program in their classrooms and how how students' experiences were influenced by the integration. Data collected via classroom observations, personal...

The traditional methodology of the instructional design field encompasses the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of instructional processes and products, also known as the life-cycle of design. However, to orient the field ...

In this brief paper we 1) present an overview of three online geography education environments (i.e. MSE, LGGT, and Geothentic) designed to help learners and instructors achieve the aforementioned instructional scenario, 2) use a lens of design...

GeoThentic, an online teaching and learning environment, focuses on engaging teachers and learners in solving real-world geography problems through use of geospatial technologies. The design of GeoThentic is grounded on the technology, pedagogy, and ...

GeoThentic, an online teaching and learning environment, focuses on engaging teachers and learners in solving real-world geography problems through use of geospatial technologies. The design of this learning environment is grounded in the...

How should a K-12 geography teacher use a geospatial technology such as Google Earth in the classroom? Should they have students pinpoint a series of locations and measure the connecting distances, essentially using the technology as a mere digital...

In this paper we evaluate three technology-enhanced pedagogical models to teach problem-solving and critical-thinking skills in geography. These models were devised and used with 309 middle-school students and 3 teachers. We explore the influence of ...

Historically online learning and education have focused on cognitive concerns, such as how to best structure or chunk online learning materials for effective and efficient retention. This approach to online learning focuses on using technology to...