The Voice Effect and Pedagogical Agents: Reopening the Conversation

• In Event: RTD - Improving Student Learning

Short Description

Pedagogical agents are virtual characters that facilitate the learning process. Recent research has shown that their impact on learning is typically rather modest, however this may be due to the plethora of design decisions which must be made to implement them. We examined the influence of an agent communicating with a recorded human voice compared to two different text-to-speech technologies. The results suggest the voice effect may be a byproduct of technology.

Authors

• Contributor: Scotty D Craig, Arizona State University

• Presenter: Noah L Schroeder, Wright State University