NOT QUITE AN EDITORIAL: EDUCATIONAL AGENTS AND (e-)LEARNING

摘要

The, first part outlines a pedagogical framework for educational agents in non-pedagogical roles. We draw on work by Schoen (reflective practitioner), Lave and Wenger (community of practice), and Henderson (virtual practicum) to describe such a general framework. In the second part, state-of-the-art and trends in e-learning are reviewed to answer the question how research on embodied educational agents can be made to bear on current e-learning, with the goal of improving its quality and to realize the virtual practicum inside existing platforms and standards.