Teaching Skills with Virtual Humans
Lessons from the Development of the Thinking Head Whiteboard
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Beschreibung
This book highlights current research into virtual tutoring software and presents a case study of the design and application of a social tutor for children with autism. Best practice guidelines for developing software-based educational interventions are discussed, with a major emphasis on facilitating the generalisation of skills to contexts outside of the software itself, and on maintaining these skills over time.
Further, the book presents the software solution Thinking Head Whiteboard, which provides a framework for families and educators to create unique educational activities utilising virtual character technology and customised to match learners’ needs and interests. In turn, the book describes the development and evaluation of a social tutor incorporating multiple life-like virtual humans, leading to an exploration of the lessons learned and recommendations for the future development of related technologies.
This book highlights current research into virtual tutoring software and presents a case study of the design and application of a social tutor for children with autism. Best practice guidelines for developing software-based educational interventions are discussed, with a major emphasis on facilitating the generalisation of skills to contexts outside of the software itself, and on maintaining these skills over time.
Further, the book presents the software solution Thinking Head Whiteboard, which provides a framework for families and educators to create unique educational activities utilising virtual character technology and customised to match learners’ needs and interests. In turn, the book describes the development and evaluation of a social tutor incorporating multiple life-like virtual humans, leading to an exploration of the lessons learned and recommendations for the future development of related technologies.Highlights the design and applications of virtual tutoring software for children with autism Discusses the development and evaluation of a social tutor incorporating multiple life-like virtual humans Explores key lessons learned and recommendations for future development in the context of social skills education
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Marissa Bond
Themen in »Teaching Skills with Virtual Humans«
Virtual tutoring software Software-based interventions Social tutor Autism Life-like virtual humans Social skills interventions Virtual tutors Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) Assistive technologies Education for children complexity