TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfe, Christopher R.
AU  - Widmer,Colin L.
AU  - M.Weil,Audrey
AU  - Cedillos-Whynott,Elizabeth M.
TI  - Working with pedagogical agents: understanding the "Back End" of an intelligent tutoring system
SN  - 1052-4800
AV  - LB1778 JOU 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Canada
PB  - Miami University
KW  - Intelligent tutoring systems
KW  - Undergraduate students
KW  - Psychology
N2  - Students in an undergraduate psychology course on Learning and Cognition used SKO (formerly AutoTutor Lite), an Intelligent Tutoring System, to create interactive lessons in which a pedagogic agent (animated avatar) engages users in a tutorial dialogue. After briefly describing the technology and underlying psychological theory, data from an anonymous student survey and confidential focus group are presented. Results indicate that students successfully met established criteria for the assignment. Students rated the assignment highly and reported high levels of understanding resulting from the experience. Results are discussed in the context of learning experiences to help students gain an intuitive feel for complex phenomena
ER  -