While there has been a significant amount of research on technical issues regarding the development of agentbased learning environments, there is less information regarding cognitive requirements for these environments. The management of control is a prime issue with agent-based computer environments given the relative independence and autonomy of the agent from other system components. I discu...

N. S. A. Silva, G. J. M. Costa, S. Rogerson and M. Prior 1 PhD Students, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom 2 Principal Lecturer, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom 3 Director, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

The creation of new pedagogical designs are some of the next challenges for the future of the Technology-enhanced Learning. This article examines two different ways of describing pedagogical designs: Pedagogical Patterns and Learning Designs. We argue that they are two complementary approaches that theoretically have so much in common, while being disparate in practice. Yet we consider that the...

In this paper I discuss the importance of and need for pedagogical materials to support the development of new interfaces and new instruments for electronic music. I describe my method for creating a graduated series of pedagogical etudes composed using Max/MSP. The etudes will help performers and instrument designers learn the most commonly used basic skills necessary to perform with interacti...

The preliminary results presented in this paper corresponds to a research project oriented to the search of the relationship between the predilection of students concerning learning style and the pedagogical protocols used by the human tutors (professors during the first courses of the Computer Engineering undergraduate Program) by using intelligent systems tools.

This article examines the pedagogical challenges and value of using objectionable texts in the classroom by way of two case studies: Martin Luther’s writings on Jews and two works by J.S. Bach. The use of morally or otherwise offensive materials in the classroom has the potential to degrade the learning environment or even produce harm if not carefully managed. On the other hand, historically i...

This paper discusses the outcomes from the building and empirical investigation of two automatic feedback systems, namely OpenMentor and OpenEssayist that can support student learning. The findings from OpenMentor and OpenEssayist usage suggest that prompt targeted feedback for time poor students can maximise student success. Both systems facilitate the users to take ownership and reflect on th...

These four Pedagogical Patterns are intended to extend the Feedback [5] and Active Learning [2] collections within the Pedagogical Patterns Project. The ideas here have been gathered from observing expert teachers and the descriptions of what they do.

Humans draw on their stereotypic beliefs to make assumptions about others. Even though prior research has shown that individuals respond socially to media, there is little evidence with regards to learners stereotyping and categorizing pedagogical agents. This study investigated whether learners stereotype a pedagogical agent as being knowledgeable or not knowledgeable and how this acuity influ...

We present results of a randomized controlled study that compared different types of affective support messages delivered by pedagogical agents. Results suggest that using a character that is empathic and emphasizes the malleability of intelligence and the importance of effort provides useful results in student learning, while reducing boredom and anxiety. Emphasizing success and failure (“That...