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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...

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,...

The purpose of this presentation is to introduce our technology integration model created based on the situated learning theory. There have been many studies examining means to assist pre-service teachers in understanding technology integration....

This paper examines the use of Laura, an animated intelligent agent, in a Spanish language course. Laura is designed to converse with students both in speech and text form, help them learn new vocabulary, and practice their conversation skills in...

This paper investigates elements of commercial computer games that contribute to students’ meaningful understanding of content in context. Specifically, we implemented the game Age of Mythology in a history class, seeking to identify the features...

This paper examines the integration of elements of interactivity and flow to discover effective ways of designing and implementing blended learning. Specifically, we seek to find out the learners’ usage patterns and perceptions of a blended learning ...