A simple curious agent to help people be curious

• Main Authors: YU, Han, SHEN, Zhiqi, MIAO, Chunyan, TAN, Ah-hwee
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Curious agent; human computer interaction; virtual learning environment; intelligent learning companion; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6658; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7661/viewcontent/B9.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Curiosity is an innately rewarding state of mind that, over the millennia, has driven the human race to explore and discover. Many researches in pedagogical science have confirmed the importance of being curious to the students' cognitive development. However, in the newly popular virtual world-based learning environments (VLEs), there is currently a lack of attention being paid to enhancing the learning experience by stimulating the learners' curiosity. In this paper, we propose a simple model for curious agents (CAs) which can be used to stimulate learners' curiosity in VLEs. Potential future research directions will be discussed.