Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...
It seems that actual software tools utilizing Computer-Mediated Communication mechanisms -like messaging or chat systems- do not help young students to learn good grammar skills. ...
Constructed Narratives is a tangible social interface designed for use in public spaces where people have the opportunity to encounter the game and subsequently learn about each o...
Skills, knowledge, and motivation of the software engineering workforce are essential prerequisites for maturing software development. But lack of human resources has become an obs...
Numerous techniques exist to help users automate repetitive tasks; however, none of these methods fully support enduser creation, use, and modification of the learned tasks. We pr...
Aaron Spaulding, Jim Blythe, Will Haines, Melinda ...