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New formal discussion is starting on 28 September in IFETS forum on the topic:
"If only my intelligent pedagogical agent could ... !"
Moderator and Summariser: Scott Overmyer
Associate Professor, Drexel University, USA
(Pre-discussion summary below)
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* Pre-discussion summary
If only my intelligent pedagogical agent could ... !
This discussion is to talk about the requirements for an intelligent
pedagogical agent, and it's role in an overall pedagogical strategy for
distance or other on-online education. Recognizing that there are
domain-specific requirements for pedagogical agents, perhaps it would
be possible for us to arrive at a set of basic functional capabilities
that are common to all or most agents. It would be interesting to
brainstorm a "wish-list" of capabilities that we would all like
intelligent agents to be able to do, and then partition the list into
those things we can currently do, will be able to do in the forseeable
future, and those capabilities that may never be possible. We could then
try to fit those capabilities into an overall pedagogical strategy for
distance education. It's a large topic, and this start could provide a
bit of structure for future discussions on pedagogical agents.
Related stimulating links to the discussion are available at:
http://zeus.gmd.de/ifets/discussions/discuss3.html
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