Automatic generation of emotions in tutoring agents for affective e-learning in medical education

Authors:
Efthymios Alepis;Maria Virvou
Affiliations:
Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou St., 18534 Piraeus, Greece;Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou St., 18534 Piraeus, Greece
Venue:
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Web-based education is particularly appropriate for remote teaching and learning at any time and place, away from classrooms and does not necessarily require the presence of a human instructor. The need for time and place independence is even greater in some cases, such as for medical instructors who are usually doctors that have to treat patients on top of their tutoring duties. However, this independence from real teachers and classrooms may influence negatively the students who may feel deprived of the benefits of human-human interaction. In this paper we describe a novel approach for incorporating affective characteristics into e-learning through an authoring tool. The authoring tool incorporates and adapts principles of a cognitive theory for modeling possible emotional states that a tutoring agent may use for educational purposes. Medical instructors may use this authoring tool to create their own educational characters that will interact affectively with their students in the e-learning environment.