Deliverable 4.4 - INSEAD CALT

AtGentive IST-4-027529-STP - Attentive Agents for Collaborative Learnerscollaborated using the AtGentNet platform to decide upon the advice they would give inthis situation (see Section 2.2.7).AtGentSchoolAtGentNetPhase 1 testEvaluation trial (Prior tosoftware finalisation)Feedback from teachersand expertFeedback from userrepresentatives andAtGentive partnersPhase 2 test(On software finalisation)Heuristic EvaluationHeuristic EvaluationPhase 3 testAtGentive main trial (pilot)Feedback from users(weeks 1-3)Feedback from users(weeks 4-6)Feedback from userson platformFeedback oninteractive taskFigure 5 - Diagram showing the three summative evaluation phases1.5.6 Ethical IssuesBoth AtGentSchool and AtGentNet accrue information about the systems’ users. Theinformation collected is kept in a secure and confidential manner. It will not be used in away that could identify individuals by those outside the AtGentive research partnerswithout those individuals’ explicit permission.It should be noted that neither system intends to build a comprehensive user profile, interms of maximising the acquisition of information about a user and creating a discreteprofile that may be accessed, shared and used in its own right. Profiling informationgenerated remains within the software for use only within that context. In addition, withinAtGentSchool each computer (running AtGentSchool) was be used by two studentssimultaneously. It was therefore not possible to accrue detailed information on individualchildren.1.5.7 Additional experimentsIn addition to the piloting of AtGentSchool and AtGentNet, experiments were conductedof a more general nature into specific issues considered to be of critical importance infurther development of the AtGentive concept.• Experiments to investigate learners’ likely compliance with agent instructions /advice• Experiments to investigate the effects of embodied agents’ gestures• Psychophysiological tests using eye-tracking equipment to establish thebackground for future advanced versions of AtGentive that could incorporatephysiological input.Del 4.4: AtGentive Final Evaluation Report page 9