Agent Supported Serious Game Environment

Autor/inn/en	Terzidou, Theodouli; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Miliou, Christina; Sourvinou, Athanasia
Titel	Agent Supported Serious Game Environment
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 9 (2016) 3, S.217-230 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1939-1382
DOI	10.1109/TLT.2016.2521649
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Computer Games; Artificial Intelligence; Student Attitudes; Computer Simulation; Undergraduate Students; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Statistical Analysis; Cooperative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Künstliche Intelligenz; Schülerverhalten; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Statistische Analyse; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	This study proposes and applies a novel concept for an AI enhanced serious game collaborative environment as a supplementary learning tool in tertiary education. It is based on previous research that investigated pedagogical agents for a serious game in the OpenSim environment. The proposed AI features to support the serious game are the following: (a) a pedagogical game agent, (b) non-playing characters, (c) chat bots, and (d) a game interface called "Progress Map." This study aims to explore whether the utilization of AI features in game based collaborative learning in a tertiary education course can positively affect students' attitudes towards the course and educational games, students' game performance, as well as the students' perception of their learning environment. Summarizing, even though the intelligent game environment does not affect students' attitudes, neither towards the course nor towards the educational games, it has a positive impact on the performance of the teams and so it can be considered useful in collaborative game based learning. Moreover, the intelligent game environment improves the cohesiveness in the classroom after the completion of the game activity in terms of helping, supporting, and becoming connected to each-other. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01