http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id=5046 schrieb / wrote: Article: Virtual professors draw student attention (MSNBC, Nov. 16, 2005): There’s a simple reason why computers have not taken over teachers‘ jobs: They’re boring, unpersuasive, unattractive and soulless. That may soon change if Amy Baylor can perfect the virtual professors she’s working on. Baylor, a professor of instructional systems at Florida State University, is focusing on friendly facial expressions, soothing hand gestures, and a "coolly intelligent voice" to create characters that are "both disarmingly lifelike and surprisingly persuasive." The "pedagogical agents" will adapt to a student’s skill level in a given subject and provide feedback, both cognitive and emotional. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10070993/

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