Teaching skills with virtual humans: Lessons from the development of the thinking head whiteboard

Marissa Bond; David M.W. Powers; Parimala Raghavendra

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-2312-7

Teaching skills with virtual humans: Lessons from the development of the thinking head whiteboard

Marissa Bond, David M.W. Powers, Parimala Raghavendra

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Abstract

Highlights the design and applications of virtual tutoring software for children with autism

Discusses the development and evaluation of a social tutor incorporating multiple life-like virtual humans

Explores key lessons learned and recommendations for future development in the context of social skills education

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Number of pages	116
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811623127
ISBN (Print)	9789811623110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2312-7
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Name	Cognitive Science and Technology
ISSN (Print)	2195-3988
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-3996

Keywords

Virtual tutoring software
Software-based interventions
Social tutor
Autism
Life-like virtual humans
Social skills interventions
Virtual tutors
Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA)
Assistive technologies
Education for children
complexity

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