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- Virtual tutoringPublication . Marcos, Adérito; Cláudio, Ana Paula; Martinho, Carlos; Barros, Daniela Melaré Vieira; Carvalho, Elizabeth; Carmo, Maria Beatriz; Seixas, SóniaThe project VIRTUAL TUTORING – the virtual tutor as learning mediating artifact in online university education, is an ongoing project, with the main goal of analyzing the pedagogic impact of an anthropomorphic user interface on a typical distance learning environment targeted to support online higher education. This demands the creation of animated avatars for virtual tutors, able to display intelligent behaviour while interacting with the students. A Virtual Tutor should be analogous to a real human one, being able to proactively understand, solve and intervene in different student learning situations. This paper gives an overview of the project present development status.
- Empathic mediators for distance learning coursesPublication . Cláudio, Ana Paula; Carmo, Maria Beatriz; Silva, João Balsa da; Alves, Catarina Bilé; Costa, Ricardo; Marcos, Adérito; Carvalho, Elizabeth; Rocio, Vitor; Morgado, Leonel; Morgado, Lina; Varghese, Anila Ann; Seixas, Sónia; Barros, Daniela Melaré Vieira; Rodrigues, Ricardo; Martinho, CarlosOnline distance learning introduces several challenges, such as the dependence of online tools, the asynchronous communication between teachers and students, and the lack of synchronous social engagement level that inclassroom teaching can leverage. The existence of an online tutor 24 hours/day would be an interesting asset to potentially work as an additional learning support tool. The Virtual Tutoring project aims at the development of solutions involving anthropomorphic 3D avatars that work as both virtual online tutors in the Moodle e-learning platform as well as coaches in a mobile application that interact empathically with the students by predicting their emotional state and selecting appropriate emotion regulation strategies. This paper presents the current status of the project, preliminary evaluations with students, and future developments.