The use of pedagogical agent as a tool to improve learning interest: Based on the distinction between individual interest and situational interest

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Park, S. & Kim, K. (2008). The use of pedagogical agent as a tool to improve learning interest: Based on the distinction between individual interest and situational interest. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 2777-2781). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Sanghoon Park, Kioh Kim, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA

Abstract

Pedagogical agents have been studied as a tool to support learners' active cognitive process by promoting learners' interest through their persona and messages delivered. Especially, they can be used to promote students' situational interest that lead to a high degree of attention and will foster the readiness of learners to get involved in the learning process. In this paper, the role of pedagogical agents was discussed based on the learning interest theory, and some examples of using pedagogical agent as a learning interest promoting tool are presented.

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