Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning

W Lewis Johnson

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (2010) pp. 175–195

The Tactical Language and Culture Training System (TLCTS) helps learners acquire basic communicative skills in foreign languages and cultures. Learners acquire communication skills through a combination of interactive lessons and serious games....

Animated pedagogical agents: Where do we stand?

Jan Elen; Geraldine Clarebout; W. Lewis Johnson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 306–311

Abstract In this contribution animated pedagogical agents are looked at from an instructional design perspective. A 'support-typology' was constructed based on different dimensions on which support can be described and different roles instructional...

Topics: Instructional Design

Face-to-Face Interaction with Pedagogical Agents, Twenty Years Later

W. Lewis Johnson; James C. Lester

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 26, No. 1 (2016) pp. 25–36

Johnson et al. ("International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education," 11, 47-78, 2000) introduced and surveyed a new paradigm for interactive learning environments: animated pedagogical agents. The article argued for combining...

Animated Pedagogical Agents: An Opportunity to be Grasped?

Geraldine Clarebout; Jan Elen; W. Lewis Johnson; Erin Shaw

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 11, No. 3 (2002) pp. 267–286

In open learning environments students are confronted with complex tasks. Learners have control over the environment and decide themselves over the use of support tools. However, research indicates that merely providing students with these tools...

Topics: Instructional Design