850/644-4592Current Projects |
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Systematic Investigation of Pedagogical Agent Image, Animation, and Instructional Role Challenging Females' Engineering Stereotypes with Pedagogical Agents Navy Integrated Learning Environment Framework Web-based Career Decision-Making Tool (CDMT) for America's Career Resource Network Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Planning for the Sonora Institute of Technology Needs Assessment for At-Risk Drug Users - Prevention First of Illinois Development of 'New Paradigm' Competencies for the US Navy Metrics Pertaining to the Effectiveness of Soft-Skills Performance ePlan Personnel Qualifications Standards (PQS) USAID-Indonesia Pedagogical Agents on PDAs Simulated Patients for Detecting Health Care Professional Biases Agents with an Attitude Agent online discussion board facilitator Video game for the elderly for preventing falls Evaluation of Learning in Complex Domains Modeling the Dynamics of Human Performance
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Systematic Investigation of Pedagogical agent Image, Animation, and Instructional RoleInvestigator: Amy Baylor |
| Project Description Funded by NSF Grant #0218692 through the CISE-IIS (Computer Information Science Engineering-Intelligent Information Systems) Division. Dr. Amy Baylor is the principal investigator for this $450,000 4-year project to investigate how the following pedagogical agent features contribute to learning, motivation, and perceived agent value: A) agent image (character, realism, gender, ethnicity); B) agent animation (task-related, expressive animations); and, C) agent pre-defined roles (expert, motivational advisor, co-collaborator). |
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Challenging Females' Engineering Stereotypes with Pedagogical AgentsInvestigator: Amy Baylor |
| Project Description Dr. Baylor as PI and co-PI Dr. Ashby Plant were awarded $500,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project "Pedagogical agents as social models: Challenging gender-related stereotypes of engineering." The interdisciplinary project goals are 1) to systematically investigate the effectiveness of pedagogical agents as social models to influence girls' beliefs and stereotypes about engineering; and, in parallel, 2) to use pedagogical agents as a vehicle to systematically examine the nature of the belief-changing process. |
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Navy Integrated Learning Environment FrameworkInvestigator: Abbas Darabi |
| Project Description This project consists of research and proof-of-concept development in support of the Naval Education and Training Command’s (NETC) Training Technology Program. LSI is developing research-based proofs of concepts in two areas. The Integrated Learning Environment Framework: This project focuses on determining key skills for Navy instructors to facilitate learning in multiple environments, develop the metrics for evaluating instructors, and provide guidelines for different levels of instructor/ learner interactions. |
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Web-based Career Decision-Making Tool (CDMT) for America's Career Resource NetworkInvestigator: Abbas Darabi |
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Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Planning for the Sonora Institute of TechnologyKaufman |
| Project Description The Sonora Institute is now expanding the implementation of Dr. Kaufman's "Mega Planning" model as the "driver" for new curriculum as well as for research and development. |
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Needs Assessment for At-Risk Drug Users - Prevention First of IllinoisKaufman |
| Project Description Prevention First is responsible for the training and development of intervention specialists in Illinois. |
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Development of 'New Paradigm' Competencies for the US NavyKaufman |
| Project Description This project is designed to assist the Navy in up-dating and validating new competencies for their civilian workers.
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Metrics Pertaining to the Effectiveness of Soft-Skills PerformanceJohnson |
| Project Description This project will study, evaluate, and investigate and modify, if needed, metrics available for assessing and predicating soft-skills performance for the Navy. |
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ePlanJohnson |
| Project Description ePlan is an electronic support tool that helps put part of the Human Performance Technology (HPT) process into practice. |
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Personnel Qualifications Standards (PQS)Johnson |
| Project Description The purpose of the Personnel Qualifications Standards (PQS) project for the Navy is to develop a SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) conformant toolkit for the PQS program. |
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USAID-IndonesiaSpector |
| Project Description Teacher Training and Development in Indonesia |
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Pedagogical Agents on PDAsBaylor |
| Project Description Exploratory research to develop PDA-based games facilitated by Interface agents. |
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Simulated Patients for Detecting Health Care Professional BiasesBaylor |
| Project Description With Social Psychologist Dr. Ashby Plant, seeking NIH funding for a computer-based instrument, incorporating multiple modalities (eye-tracking, affective measurements, voice, video) to investigate physicians' implicit biases toward patients. |
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Agents with an AttitudeBaylor and Keller |
| Project Description Seeking NSF funding for investigating affective and motivational implementations to improve human-computer-interaction and online frustration. |
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Agent online discussion board facilitatorBaylor |
| Project Description Developing agent to serve as online discussion facilitator for asynchronous discussions. |
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Video game for the elderly for preventing fallsBaylor |
| Project Description With Sports Psychologist Dr. Gershon Tenenbaum, seeking NIH funding to enhance elderly quality of life by preventing falls. |
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Evaluation of Learning in Complex DomainsSpector |
| Project Description Development and validation of assessment methods to determine progress of learning and improvement of performance with regard to ill-structured problems in complex and dynamic problem domains |
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Modeling the Dynamics of Human PerformanceSpector |
| Project Description Development and validation of models of individual and team performance |