Building an interactive caring agent for students in computer-based learning environments

Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 300-304

  Lee, Tzung Yi ^a   Chang, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Gwo Dong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caring; Embodied conversational agent; Emotions; Empathic interface; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

CARING; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; EMOTIONS; EMPATHIC INTERFACE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 47649107424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2007.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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