Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2011

Abstract

Curiosity is an innately rewarding state of mind that, over the millennia, has driven the human race to explore and discover. Many researches in pedagogical science have confirmed the importance of being curious to the students' cognitive development. However, in the newly popular virtual world-based learning environments (VLEs), there is currently a lack of attention being paid to enhancing the learning experience by stimulating the learners' curiosity. In this paper, we propose a simple model for curious agents (CAs) which can be used to stimulate learners' curiosity in VLEs. Potential future research directions will be discussed.

Keywords

Curious agent, human computer interaction, virtual learning environment, intelligent learning companion

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Research Areas

Data Science and Engineering

Publication

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011): Taipei, May 2-6

First Page

1159

Last Page

1160

ISBN

9781618391018

Publisher

AAAI Press

City or Country

Palo Alto, CA

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