scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Embodied Pedagogical Agents and Their Impact on Students Learning in Virtual Worlds

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1739
Author(s):  
Foteini Grivokostopoulou ◽  
Konstantinos Kovas ◽  
Isidoros Perikos
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Agents ◽  
Virtual Agents ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
3D Virtual Worlds ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
And Performance

Over the last years, the successful integration of virtual reality in distance education contexts has led to the development of various frameworks related to the virtual learning approaches. 3D virtual worlds are an integral part of the landscape of education and demonstrate novel learning possibilities that can open new directions in education. An important aspect of virtual worlds relates to the intelligent, embodied pedagogical agents that are employed to enhance the interaction with students and improve their overall learning experience. The proper design and integration of embodied pedagogical agents in virtual learning environments are highly desirable. Although virtual agents constitute a vital part of virtual environments, their exact impact needs are yet to be addressed and assessed. The aim of the present study is to thoroughly examine and deeply understand the effect that embodied pedagogical agents have on the learning experience of students as well as on their performance. We examine how students perceive the role of pedagogical agents as learning companions during specific game-based activities and the effect that their assistance has on students’ learning. A concrete experimental study was conducted in AVARES, a 3D virtual world educational environment that teaches the domain of environmental engineering and energy generation. The results of the study point out that embodied pedagogical agents can improve students’ learning experience, enhance their engagement with learning activities and, most of all, improve their knowledge construction and performance.

scholarly journals Virtual Agents in Brain-Computer Interfaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Cavazza ◽  
Fred Charles ◽  
Stephen W. Gilroy ◽  
Julie Porteous ◽  
Gabor Aranyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Virtual Agents ◽  
Interactive Narrative ◽  
Brain Computer Interfaces ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Computer Interfaces

The recent development of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) for Virtual Worlds has resulted in a growing interest in realistic visual feedback. In this paper, we investigate the potential role of Virtual Agents in neurofeedback (NF) systems, which constitute an important paradigm for BCI. We discuss the potential of virtual agents to contribute to the success of NF in the specific context of affective BCI. Throughout the paper, we illustrate our presentation with two fully implemented NF prototypes featuring virtual agents. The first is an interactive narrative in which the user empathises with the feature character; the second, an emotion regulation system in which virtual crowd behaviour becomes a metaphor for arousal, as the user attempts to down-regulate their affective state.

scholarly journals LEARNING THROUGH TRAINING AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE; MODERATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG BANKING SECTOR EMPLOYEES OF PAKISTAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Samina Karim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
And Performance

Performance has been largely studied by scholars in the past. Due to ever changing market standards, training sessions have become more important, and now, are more emphasized by the bank’s management. This study identifies the training sessions, conducted by different banks in Pakistan, their impact on job satisfaction, and employee performance. Sample size consists of 119 employees, working at different levels in 6 banks, and data was collected through structured questionnaire. Findings suggest that effectiveness of training is largely dependent on trainer’s quality, course design and learning experience. The results of the study will be helpful for the managers to increase the job satisfaction & performance of employees through training programs. This study, has added its humble contribution, in the body of knowledge, along with other studies conducted by other researchers in the banking sector of Pakistan. There is further need, to explore this area of study, to address job satisfaction and performance in this industry.

“With grace under pressure”: How critique as signature pedagogy fosters effective music performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Signature Pedagogy ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
And Performance

Inspired by seminal writings on Critique as Signature Pedagogy in the Arts and performance as Signature Pedagogy in Music, this article unifies these two concepts into a study of how critique as signature pedagogy in music-performance promotes student learning. This essay seeks to first define the notion of different mindsets as musicians perform and as they practice for performances, and then explores the role of critique in guiding students toward these music-performance ways of thinking and habits of mind. The essay defines four different ways of applying critique (teacher-coach critique, self critique, audience critique, and peer critique) as a key teaching practice or signature pedagogy in the music-performance discipline. Finally, the essay ends with a description of a learning experience that effectively illustrates this pedagogy in a studio class setting.

Virtual Agents and 3D Virtual Worlds for Preserving and Simulating Cultures

2009 ◽  
pp. 257-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Bogdanovych ◽  
Juan Antonio Rodriguez ◽  
Simeon Simoff ◽  
Alex Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual Agents ◽  
3D Virtual Worlds

Retention and flow under guided and unguided learning experience in 3D virtual worlds

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 96-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozlem Baydas ◽  
Turkan Karakus ◽  
F. Burcu Topu ◽  
Rabia Yilmaz ◽  
Mehmet Ertuğrul Ozturk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
3D Virtual Worlds

Trace nanoanalysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 940-941
Author(s):  
D. E. Newbury ◽  
R. D. Leapman
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
Volume Element ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Trace Constituents ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Concentration Levels ◽  
Structure Properties

Trace constituents, which can be very loosely defined as those present at concentration levels below 1 percent, often exert influence on structure, properties, and performance far greater than what might be estimated from their proportion alone. Defining the role of trace constituents in the microstructure, or indeed even determining their location, makes great demands on the available array of microanalytical tools. These demands become increasingly more challenging as the dimensions of the volume element to be probed become smaller. For example, a cubic volume element of silicon with an edge dimension of 1 micrometer contains approximately 5×1010 atoms. High performance secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) can be used to measure trace constituents to levels of hundreds of parts per billion from such a volume element (e. g., detection of at least 100 atoms to give 10% reproducibility with an overall detection efficiency of 1%, considering ionization, transmission, and counting).

The Relation Between Financial Incentives, Motivation, and Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Thibault Landry ◽  
Marylène Gagné ◽  
Jacques Forest ◽  
Sylvie Guerrero ◽  
Michel Séguin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Compensation Plans ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Results

Abstract. To this day, researchers are debating the adequacy of using financial incentives to bolster performance in work settings. Our goal was to contribute to current understanding by considering the moderating role of distributive justice in the relation between financial incentives, motivation, and performance. Based on self-determination theory, we hypothesized that when bonuses are fairly distributed, using financial incentives makes employees feel more competent and autonomous, which in turn fosters greater autonomous motivation and lower controlled motivation, and better work performance. Results from path analyses in three samples supported our hypotheses, suggesting that the effect of financial incentives is contextual, and that compensation plans using financial incentives and bonuses can be effective when properly managed.

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