Table 1 Improved implementation of e-learning principles in the Genie 3 platform
E-Learning principle | Genie 2 | Genie 3 |
|---|---|---|
Personalization | “The Genie” is a limited pedagogical agent who only provides motivation, in text only, but does use a conversational style. | Virtual tutors and peers are full pedagogical agents and virtual coaches. They use conversational but polite speech, and are voiced by human narrators. Students have customizable avatars. |
Modality | Entirely text-based with optional text-to-speech. | Prioritizes narrative, auditory instruction over text. |
Redundancy | Audio is matched to on-screen text word for word. | Spoken narration and written text complement each other, and mostly do not match. |