Agent-based tutoring systems by cognitive and affective modeling.

9781599047683

Agent-based tutoring systems by cognitive and affective modeling.

Ed. by Rosa Marie Viccari et al.

Information Science Reference

2008

356 pages

$180.00

Hardcover

LB1028

Along with many other forms of educational technology, intelligent tutoring systems are receiving serious consideration in the academe as well as in the classroom. Many a researchers in education believe such technologies will result in new pedagogy as well as improvements in content, critical thinking and problem solving. This encyclopedic review covers such topics as effective agent modeling, agent-based architecture, animated agents, cognitive informatics, ecological agents, human/computer interaction, intelligent learning environments, learning objectives, intelligent tutoring, knowledge representation, multi-agent architecture, pedagogical agents, and pedagogical notation. This is heavily illustrated, and includes screen shots for popular software, and the references and resources are comprehensive. Advances are coming quickly, but this should prove to be helpful in planning technical or long-distance pedagogy long after the hardware and software is replaced by the latest and greatest.

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