Virtual pedagogical agents – design guidelines regarding visual appearance and pedagogical roles
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Following a brief discussion on aspects of visual appearance and roles respectively, two user studies are presented and discussed. Both focus on learner experiences and explore the reciprocal relation between visual appearance of virtual agents and their pedagogical roles. The paper concludes with some preliminary guidelines for the early stages of the design process of virtual pedagogical agents.
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Virtual Pedagogical Agents Beyond the Constraints of the Computational Approach
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