ERIC Number: EJ1473777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8535
Available Date: 2024-10-30
Pedagogical Agent Positioning in External Videos Improves English Academic Presentation Proficiency in Desktop Virtual Reality Settings
British Journal of Educational Technology, v56 n4 p1507-1529 2025
English academic presentation (EAP) is an indispensable skill set of academic communication for university students. With the rapid development of desktop virtual reality (DVR), its application in language learning is worth exploring. The present study aimed to examine whether there is an improvement and difference in students' EAP by learning from the DVR with an in-video pedagogical agent (PA) or an out-of-video PA. Adopting a between-subject experimental design, a total of 64 students were randomly assigned to one of two group conditions depending on whether the PA was inside or outside the lecture video embedded in DVR. Participants' EAP performance, attention allocation and behavioural patterns were measured and analysed. As hypothesized, t-tests, repeated ANOVA and lag sequence analysis showed that the participants who learned from the DVR with an out-of-video PA showed better learning performance, less attention allocation on content and more frequent behavioural patterns than those with an in-video PA. Overall, our findings suggest that in a VR educational environment of video lectures, instructors should consider using an out-of-video PA to increase their social presence and improve students' learning experience.
Descriptors: Video Technology, Behavior Patterns, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Learning Processes, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, College Students, Public Speaking, Student Improvement, Lecture Method
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; 2Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; 3School of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 4Chinese at the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 5Research Center for AI and STEM Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China