Paper Info
Title
Lesson authoring system for creating interactive activities involving virtual humans the thinking head whiteboard
Abstract
Educators continually strive to provide learning materials that are specifically adapted to their students' unique learning preferences and needs. Software use continues to grow in classrooms however typical educational programs cannot be modified to suit individual learners. The Thinking Head Whiteboard is a lesson authoring tool that provides such a capability, allowing educators without a computer programming background to create their own interactive lessons. The Thinking Head Whiteboard also supports the use of virtual human `tutors' and `peers' within these lessons, making it uniquely suited to assist in areas such as social skills education. Further, the software currently being developed incorporates a basic level of automated assessment, allowing it to adapt on the fly to learner needs, providing repetition of content for struggling learners and fast-tracking those who are proficient. Ultimately, it is hoped that the Thinking Head Whiteboard will become an engaging and useful tool for educators and learners alike.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/IA.2013.6595184
IEEE IA
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactive lessons,interactive activities,virtual human tutors,autonomous agents,automated assessment,thinking head whiteboard,lesson authoring system,computer programming,educational programs,authoring systems,social skills education,interactive systems,learning materials,computer aided instruction,head,speech,xml,autism
Computer aided instruction,Computer science,Authoring system,On the fly,Social skills,Whiteboard,Software,Human–computer interaction,Virtual actor,Multimedia,Computer programming
Conference
Volume
Issue
Citations 
null
null
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
6
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marissa Milne1182.03
Richard Leibbrandt21048.34
Parimala Raghavendra361.66
Martin H. Luerssen48210.29
Trent W. Lewis59810.94
David M. W. Powers650067.39