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Applications of a Pedagogical Agent Mechanism in a Web-based Clinical Simulation System for Medical Education | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Applications of a Pedagogical Agent Mechanism in a Web-based Clinical Simulation System for Medical Education


Abstract:

In education, computer learning systems make wide use of pedagogical agents to simulate a tutor and/or mimic tutoring interaction, as well as offering just-in-time and ad...Show More

Abstract:

In education, computer learning systems make wide use of pedagogical agents to simulate a tutor and/or mimic tutoring interaction, as well as offering just-in-time and adaptive feedback. Although the theoretical aspect of the pedagogical agents has been well-documented in the literature, relatively fewer efforts have been made on how a pedagogical agent should be implemented in a real multimedia computerized simulation learning environment. In this paper, we propose a pedagogical agent architecture and implement it in the multimedia medical simulation web-based learning system call HINTS to further facilitate students' learning and thereby make the HINTS a more effective educational tool. A preliminary students' performance evaluation result is reported. Some experiments have been conducted and the results show that the pedagogical agent indeed help the students in their learning process.
Date of Conference: 26-28 November 2007
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 25 February 2008
Print ISBN:978-0-7695-2994-3
Conference Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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