In this paper, we claim that immersive 3d Serious Games (SG) represent an interesting testbed for multi-agent systems to prove their ability to model compelling and user-enticing simulations. We explore the different challenges arising from the use of an interaction-oriented methodology such as IODA for modelling a realistic population of autonomous virtual characters able to behave and interac...

We present the results of some early experiments with an autonomous robot to demonstrate its ability to regulate the intensity of social interaction with a human. The mode of social interaction is that of a caretaker-infant pair where a human acts as the caretaker for the robot. With respect to this type of socially situated learning, the ability to regulate the intensity of the interaction is ...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect learner–learner and learner–facilitator interactions on learner satisfaction their substitutability. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey research focusing 130 students was used collect data. Stratified sampling preferred for study, with a Likert type instrument being administered online. Findings Learner–learner mediate e...

Learner autonomy has become the area of interest by many researchers of foreign language learning in the recent years. However, few studies have been done concerning the case of Kurdish learners` autonomy in learning languages. For this reason, the current study addresses this gap. It intends to investigate to what extent Kurdish learners are autonomous in learning English language. The study i...

This article pursues two tasks. The first is to clarify the value and productivity of Williams’s Keywords: a vocabulary culture society (first edition 1976, second expanded 1983a) for project Cultural Studies. clarification helped, I argue, by reading it alongside Vološinov’s Marxism philosophy language (published in Russian 1929, translated into English 1973). related task speculative developm...