Pedagogical agents (PAs) are increasingly being integrated into educational technologies.
Although previous reviews have examined the impact of PAs on learning and learning …

Over the past three decades the field of pedagogical agents (PAs) has seen significant
growth, but no review has specifically focused on the design and use of PAs for K-12 …

Pedagogical agents (PAs) communicate verbally and non-verbally with students in digital
and virtual reality/augmented reality learning environments. PAs have been shown to be …

Advancements in the generative AI field have enabled the development of powerful
educational avatars. These avatars embody a human and can, for instance, listen to users' …

Pedagogical agents are virtual characters that instructional designers include in learning
environments to help students learn. Research in the area has flourished for thirty years, yet …

Systematic reviews are a time-consuming yet effective approach to understanding research
trends. While researchers have investigated how to speed up the process of screening …

In video lectures, instructors often use spontaneous emotional expressions (facial
expressions, tone of voice) and visual cues (underlining, circling) to guide students' attention …

Background The inclusion of interesting but irrelevant elements (seductive details) in
learning environments can increase students' motivation but also extraneous cognitive load …

The present study conducted two experiments to investigate the impact of pedagogical
agent's emotional expression on multimedia learning from multi-faceted perspectives …

Virtual learning environments have been an area of interest for the past two decades, and
are a pedagogical method considered for improving student learning. Importantly, VLEs are …