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Proactive Agents to Assist Multimodal Explorative Learning of Astronomical Phenomena
Joint Authors
Tuominen, Eva
Hietala, Pentti
Kangassalo, Marjatta
Raisamo, Roope
Peltola, Kari
Source
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
Issue
Vol. 2008, Issue 2008 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-01-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper focuses on developing, testing, and examining the Proagents multimodal learning environment to support blind children's explorative learning in the area of astronomy.
We utilize haptic, auditive, and visual interaction.
Haptic and auditory feedbacks make the system accessible to blind children.
The system is used as an exploration tool for children's spontaneous and question-driven explorations.
High-level interaction and play are essential with environments for young children.
Proactive agents support and guide children to deepen their explorations and discover the central concepts and relations in phenomena.
It has been challenging to integrate together in a pedagogically relevant way the explorative learning approach, proactive agents' actions, haptic perception's possibilities, and the selected astronomical phenomena.
Our tests have shown that children are very interested in using the system and the operations of the agents.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tuominen, Eva& Kangassalo, Marjatta& Hietala, Pentti& Raisamo, Roope& Peltola, Kari. 2009. Proactive Agents to Assist Multimodal Explorative Learning of Astronomical Phenomena. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction،Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468106
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tuominen, Eva…[et al.]. Proactive Agents to Assist Multimodal Explorative Learning of Astronomical Phenomena. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction No. 2008 (2008), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468106
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tuominen, Eva& Kangassalo, Marjatta& Hietala, Pentti& Raisamo, Roope& Peltola, Kari. Proactive Agents to Assist Multimodal Explorative Learning of Astronomical Phenomena. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. 2009. Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468106
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-468106