Pedagogical Agents: Back to the Future

Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future.

The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the past 1years. In this forum paper we present current information on development, use and future directions of insect-specific viruses, bacteria, fungi and nematodes as components of integrated pest management strategies for ...

Technologies that power pedagogical agents and visions for the future

This article presents a vision of intelligent learning systems that use sensitive and effective pedagogical agents to deliver personal and individualized tutoring or therapy. The systems and their underlying technologies need to be powerful, yet flexible enough to deliver a wide range of media-rich interventions to individuals with vastly different needs across environments as diverse as classr...

Embodied Pedagogical Agents From Visual Impact to Pedagogical Implications

Embodied pedagogical agents – v sually represented, computer generated characters n pedagog cal roles, such as v rtual nstructors, mentors and learn ng compan ons – populate the d g tal soc ety n ncreas ng numbers. They are found n educat onal programmes from preschool to un vers ty, as well as n broader educat onal contexts n the form of med cal counsellors, v rtual health coaches, nformat on ...

Zambia : Back to the future ?

Back to the Evolutionary Future

Many books on evolution focus on the distant past or the present. Very few authors addressing a lay audience present what evolutionary changes may look like in the future. Coker has done so in this popular science book intended for a general audience. Basing the text on his similarly named course given at Elon University, the author provides a fascinating account of diverse aspects of evolution...