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Avatars, Pedagogical Agents, and Virtual Environments: Social Learning Systems Online
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Ausburn, Lynna J.; Martens, Jon; Dotterer, Gary; Calhoun, Pat – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This paper presents a review of literature that introduces major concepts and issues in using avatars and pedagogical agents in first- and second-person virtual environments (VEs) for learning online. In these VEs, avatars and pedagogical agents represent self and other learners/participants or serve as personal learning "guides". The…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Graphics