Pedagogical agents, intelligent tutoring systems, and intelligent computer assisted instruction. Oh my!
Knowing what you know from the course reading so far, how would you describe the differences and similarities between pedagogical agents, intelligent tutoring systems, and intelligent computer-assisted instruction? Quite honestly, my base understanding of the definition of these terms was pretty low before this week's readings. Through other courses, I've been introduced to the concept of pedagogical agents, basically technological applications or tools that provide a learner with instruction. However, I've never thought to differentiate between such agents and intelligent tutoring systems or intelligent computer-assisted instruction. Below is my attempt to uniquely define these three entities, with a little help from Timms (2016), VenLehn (2011), and Johnson (2018). Pedagogical Agents Johnson & Lester (2018) define pedagogical agents as "autonomous characters that inhabit learning environments to engage with learners in rich, face-to-face interactions" (p...