Educational Scaffolding for Students Stuck in a Virtual World

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dc.contributor.authorVillarica, Ryanen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Deborahen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-04T01:20:16Z
dc.date.available2014-12-04T01:20:16Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_NZ
dc.date.issued2014en_NZ
dc.description.abstractVirtual worlds provide students with educational opportunities to explore and have experiences that are difficult to provide in reality. However, ensuring that students stay motivated and on task is important if the learning goals are to be achieved. Building on the findings of previous studies involving agent-based virtual worlds, adaptive collaborative learning and intelligent agents, we have designed an empathic intelligent virtual agent that provides educational scaffolding to encourage and support the students to understand what they are learning with less frustration. We have identified models of ‘stuck’ behaviour and corresponding empathic response patterns that we have incorporated into the behaviours of the intelligent virtual agents in the XXX Virtual World for science inquiry.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 8th - 10th December, Auckland, New Zealand
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-927184-26-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/8139
dc.publisherACIS
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.titleEducational Scaffolding for Students Stuck in a Virtual Worlden_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
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