The Role of the Avatar

At a recent meeting we discussed the role our avatar will take. Will it act purely as a guide to direct the students around the resource or will it also take on an instructional role? We plan to explore both possibilities as the project progresses. At this stage we will identify those parts of the resource where addition of the avatar will have the greatest impact and make those the priority.

Here are two interesting sites relating to the use of avatars, or interactive animated pedagogical agents as they are also known.

• Pedagogical Agents - A Primer
• Pedagogical Agents on the Web