The
Social Intelligence Project is developing animated pedagogical agents with well-developed
social skills, which they can employ to promote learning. The goal is to create
agents that exhibit expressiveness (the ability to convey emotions and attitudes),
empathy (sensitivity to learner motivational and emotional states), and politeness
(an understanding of when and how to interact in socially appropriate ways). A new presentation about this project is available. Click here or on the slideshow icon to download a copy.
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Updated: August 13, 2003 -- Several components of the envisioned agent have been developed. A user
interface that tracks learner activities and focus of gaze and infers
learner focus of attention, and which will be used to infer learner
engagement and confusion, is currently being tested. The user interface also can be used by
learners to report on their motivational factors. A tutorial dialog
model has been developed that takes into account politeness factors such
as social distance and power relationships. These are being
incorporated into an integrated agent that assesses learner cogntive and
motivational state and engages in socially appropriate tutorial dialog
based on these factors and learner characteristics.
pedagogical agents, social intelligence, tutoring and scaffolding, learner modeling
- W. Lewis Johnson
- Erin Shaw
- Catherine M. LaBore
- Jeff Rickel
- Sander Kole
- Ning Wang
- Hyok Yeong Lee
- Lei Qu
- Mattijs Ghijsen
- Brett Rutland
- Teresa Dey
- Herwin Van Welbergen
- Paola Rizzo, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- Helen Pain, University of Edinburg
- National Science Foundation
- Johnson, W. Lewis , S. Kole, E. Shaw, and H. Pain, Socially Intelligent Learner-Agent Interaction Tactics. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, submitted
- Shaw, Erin, Catherine LaBore, Yuan-Chun Chiu, and W. Lewis Johnson, Animating 2D Digital Puppets with Limited Autonomy. In AAAI Spring Symposium on Smart Graphics, Banff, Canada