WORKSHOP: The Virtual Instructors Pilot Research Group

该特别工作组的目的是召开一次讲习班，为教育和培训虚拟代理人的发展制定标准。NSF和其他机构支持研究项目，以开发自动学习和培训系统中的虚拟代理技术。以前的研究项目集中在使代理成为有效的导师或培训者的技术方面-例如，参与度、自然对话、情感(例如，情感手势和表情)等方面。这一SGER是及时的，因为许多代理技术已经成熟，可以在更大的系统中部署。为了使这种部署有效，必须制定代理人的计算机标准，以便他们能够很容易地融入现有的辅导和培训系统。国际讲习班将开始制定这些标准的进程。来自代理研究社区的成员、学习技术员和学习和培训技术标准小组的代表将参加这个工作坊。该奖项的智力价值在于为虚拟代理制定了一个标准框架。该奖项的更广泛影响是可能利用广泛传播虚拟代理技术的标准。研讨会将于2007年在华盛顿特区乔治敦大学校园内举行。

This SGER is for the purpose of convening a workshop to set standards for the development of virtual agents for education and training. NSF and other agencies have supported research projects to develop virtual agent technology in automated learning and training systems. Previous research projects have concentrated on the technical aspects of the agents that will make them effective tutors or trainers - e.g. aspects such as engagement, natural dialog, affect (e.g. emotional gestures and expressions), etc. This SGER is timely because many of the agent technologies are ripe for deployment in larger systems. In order for such deployment to be effective, computer standards for the agents must be developed so they can be easily integrated into existing tutoring and training systems. The international workshop will begin the process of developing such standards. Members from the agent research community, learning technologists, and representatives of the standards groups for learning and training technologies will participate in this workshop.The intellectual merit of this award is in the development of a framework for standards for virtual agents. The broader impact of the award is in the possible utilization of the standards for broad dissemination of virtual agent technology.The workshop will be held on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington DC in 2007.