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AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Feedback Specificity and the Learning of Intercultural Communication Skills
The role of explicit feedback in learning has been studied from a variety of perspectives and in many contexts. In this paper, we examine the impact of the specificity of feedback ...
Matthew Hays, H. Chad Lane, Daniel Auerbach, Mark ...
ITS
2010
Springer
167views Multimedia» more  ITS 2010»
13 years 9 months ago
Investigating the Relationship between Presence and Learning in a Serious Game
We investigate the role of presence in a serious game for intercultural communication and negotiation skills by comparing two interfaces: a 3D version with animated virtual humans ...
H. Chad Lane, Matthew J. Hays, Daniel Auerbach, Ma...
AAAI
2006
13 years 6 months ago
Reinforcement Learning with Human Teachers: Evidence of Feedback and Guidance with Implications for Learning Performance
As robots become a mass consumer product, they will need to learn new skills by interacting with typical human users. Past approaches have adapted reinforcement learning (RL) to a...
Andrea Lockerd Thomaz, Cynthia Breazeal
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
150views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Asymmetric Interpretations of Positive and Negative Human Feedback for a Social Learning Agent
— The ability for people to interact with robots and teach them new skills will be crucial to the successful application of robots in everyday human environments. In order to des...
Andrea Lockerd Thomaz, Cynthia Breazeal
PRESENCE
2008
185views more  PRESENCE 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
Pilot Evaluation Study of a Virtual Paracentesis Simulator for Skill Training and Assessment: The Beneficial Effect of Haptic Di
Effective, real-time training of health care professionals in invasive procedures is a challenging task. Furthermore, assessing in practice the acquisition of the dexterity and sk...
Costas S. Tzafestas, Kostas Birbas, Yiannis Koumpo...