A collaborative approach to the design and evaluation of an interactive learning tool for children with special educational needs

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 226-229

  López Mencía, Beatriz ^a   Pardo, David ^a   Hernández Trapote, Alvaro ^a   Hernández, Luis ^a   Relaño, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational software; Embodied conversational agents; Emotions; Evaluation scheme; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT; EDUCATIONAL NEEDS; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; EMOTIONS; EVALUATION SCHEME; INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOLS; INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING PROCESS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS; SYSTEM DESIGN; USER EVALUATIONS; VIDEO IMAGE; WIZARD OF OZ;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DESIGN; GESTURE RECOGNITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77954921566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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