Using Pedagogical Agents on Computer Aided Teaching: A Synthesis of Studies
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Pedagogical agents are generally defined as modules facilitating the social
learning, guiding students, giving motivational support and feedback in
educational software. The purpose of this study is to synthesize results of the
studies done on pedagogical agents by using content analysis method. In order
to seek for answers to research questions, the sources of the meta-analysis
study conducted by Dinçer and Yavuz (2013) about pedagogical agent were utilized, in addition to
this; the articles published from this date on were included by being scanned.
The studies carried out about pedagogical
agents between 2002 and 2013 were analyzed and thirty one articles were
included in the study. The articles included were examined in terms of their
purposes and it was decided to group the themes within these titles: “effect on
academic success”, “effect on attitude”, and agent features was investigated.
The result reached was that approximately in all of the studies the software
having pedagogical agent were more
successful than the ones not having agent or traditional instruction and
positively effect the attitude. Besides, it was concluded that the agent design
giving the best results were the visual agents like human voice. As a result,
it is thought that it is necessary to use the pedagogical agents in every educational software especially for guiding the
students and increase their attitude and motivation. However, it is considered
that during the design of the pedagogical
agents making designs in accordance with cognitive load and the principles
of multi-media; using more than one character and adding others such as voice,
text, etc. to these characters will be beneficial.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Pedagogical agent,computer aided teaching/learning,educational software
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