Usability inspection methods
Affective computing
How might people interact with agents
Software agents
Designing and evaluating conversational interfaces with animated characters
Embodied conversational agents
Design of animated pedagogical agents-A look at their look
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Building an Interactive Agent with Intention to Increase Students' Learning Will
ICALT '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Eighth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Evaluating Children's Interactive Products: Principles and Practices for Interaction Designers
Evaluating Children's Interactive Products: Principles and Practices for Interaction Designers
Simulating Instructional Roles through Pedagogical Agents
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Desirable Characteristics of Learning Companions
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
A Look at the Roles of Look & Roles in Embodied Pedagogical Agents - A User Preference Perspective
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
What do children favor as embodied pedagogical agents?
ITS'10 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems - Volume Part I
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During software deployment in schools, we observed a lot of solicitations of teacher by children. The major goal of such solicitations was for children to ask for navigation help. The type of questions and associated answers vary according to the child and the evaluation of learning situation. This article will discuss the benefits in terms of usability of educational software that include an intelligent and emotional companion as support navigation help for 6 years old children. Building on the results of experiments of Iroplan (a computer assisted learning system to help in the apprenticeship of reading), we analyze the interactions induced by the three entities: Teacher -- Computer -- Learner. Then, we'll overview a state of art on the use of companions in educational software. Third, we present Tago -- the companion created for Iroplan -- under its HCI and AI aspects. The version of Iroplan with Tago has been the subject of a usability test on 26 children whose first result will be exposed in the last part, along with their adequation in answering the interaction issues forementioned.