Title
Face to face interaction with an intelligent virtual agent: The effect on learning tactical picture compilation
Author
Looije, R.
Melder, W.A.
Neerincx, M.A.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Publication year
2008
Abstract
Learning a process control task, such as tactical picture compilation in the Navy, is difficult, because the students have to spend their limited cognitive resources both on the complex task itself and the act of learning. In addition to the resource limits, motivation can be reduced when learning progress is slow. Intelligent Virtual Agents may help to improve tutoring systems by offering a student feedback on their performance via speech and facial expression, which imposes limited "communication load" and motivating ways of interaction. We present our Intelligent Virtual Agent, called Ashley, and an experiment in which we examined whether learning of tactical picture compilation is better when the feedback is provided by Ashley compared to a standard text-box interface. This first experiment did not show user interface effects, but provided new requirements for the next version of the feedback system and Ashley: The task to learn was yet too simple for substantial feedback effects, and the timing of Ashley's feedback should be improved, and Ashley's presence should be better scheduled. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Subject
Training
Agents
Chlorine compounds
Control theory
Education
Experiments
Flow interactions
Intelligent systems
Motivation
Production control
Speech communication
Standards
Students
User interfaces
Cognitive resources
Communication loads
Complex tasks
Control tasks
Face-to-face interaction
Facial expressions
Feedback effects
Feedback systems
Intelligent virtual agents
International conferences
Student feedback
Tutoring systems
Intelligent agents
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_57
TNO identifier
181577
ISBN
3540854827
ISSN
0302-9743
Source
8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008 , 1 September 2008 through 3 September 2008, Tokyo, 73653, 5208 LNAI, 490-491
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Document type
conference paper