Deliverable 4.4 - INSEAD CALT

Limitations:AtGentive IST-4-027529-STP - Attentive Agents for Collaborative LearnersThe version of the Living Actor player used for AtGentive is 3D. It needs to be installedon local user machines and does not work properly on Vista or Mac OS X. However, aFlash version of the player is also available and would overcome this problem.The two characters created for AtGentive project are part of the Cantoche virtualcharacter gallery and can not be integrated for an exclusive usage in a customerapplication. However, this agent intervention framework does not depend on anyparticular virtual character and any new embodied agent can benefit from it.Reuse of the agents using the Living Actor system requires a commercial agreement.Description6.4.6 AtGentSchoolAtGentSchool is an attention aware learning environment. Innovative learningarrangements are characterised by constructive learning tasks in a situated environmentin which students work collaboratively. These environments draw largely on theregulative capacities of students allowing high control over their own learning process.Many students are unable to successfully sustain in these environments, due to a lack ofself-regulative learning skills. Research findings indicate that scaffolding of the learningprocess with an emphasis on self-regulative learning skills may support these learners.In the learning environment AtGentSchool, the learning is scaffolded by an attentionaware virtual agent. Dynamic and adaptive scaffolding are made feasible through theattention management system.Implementability:The AtGentSchool platform is a prototype. It is usable in both laboratory and real schoolsettings for specific research projects to learn more about the relation between attentionsmanagement and scaffolding of the learning process. The AtGentSchool system is notready to be sold as a product due to the little practical experience we have with this newprototype. As prototype it will be tested to fine tune the scaffolding to more diversesettings and conditions in schools. This will lead towards a real integrated use within thee-learning platform Ontdeknet and other e-learning applications.Practicality:Ontdeknet are able to enhance the existing reasoning module for future purposes andcould support implementation within other e-learning platforms.Limitations:AtGentive has shown that the implementation of this attention aware agent within an e-learning platform requires both engineers and pedagogical expertise to work closelytogether.There was a significant overhead in creating the intervention rules for AtGentSchool.This will impact on the scalability of the approach.Reuse of AtGentSchool requires a commercial agreement.Del 4.4: AtGentive Final Evaluation Report page 85