Contextually relevant pedagogical agents: Visual appearance, stereotypes, and first impressions and their impact on learning
ARTICLE
George Veletsianos
Computers & Education Volume 55, Number 2, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Humans draw on their stereotypic beliefs to make assumptions about others. Even though prior research has shown that individuals respond socially to media, there is little evidence with regards to learners stereotyping and categorizing pedagogical agents. This study investigated whether learners stereotype a pedagogical agent as being knowledgeable or not knowledgeable and how this acuity influenced learning. Participants were assigned to four experimental conditions differing by agent (scientist or artist) and tutorial type (nanotechnology or punk rock). Quantitative analyses indicated that agents were stereotyped depending on their image and the academic domain under which they functioned. Regardless of tutorial, participants assigned to the artist agent recalled more information than participants assigned to the scientist agent. Learning differences between the groups varied according to whether agent appearance fit the content area under investigation. Qualitative results indicated learner's stereotypic expectations as well as their unwillingness to draw conclusions based on visual appearance.
Citation
Veletsianos, G. (2010). Contextually relevant pedagogical agents: Visual appearance, stereotypes, and first impressions and their impact on learning. Computers & Education, 55(2), 576-585. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/66544/.
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Keywords
- Adoption (Ideas)
- Animation
- Artists
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- Computer Interfaces
- Computer Simulation
- Context Effect
- Contextual relevance
- Courseware
- Educational Television
- electronic learning
- Expectation
- Influence of Technology
- Instructional Effectiveness
- Intellectual Disciplines
- models
- Pedagogical Agents
- Physical Characteristics
- Projection Equipment
- Questionnaires
- Recall (Psychology)
- Scientists
- Simulated Environment
- Stereotypes
- student attitudes
- Surveys
- Teacher Surveys
- Use Studies
- Validity
- Virtual characters
- Virtual Classrooms
- Visual appearance
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