Natural Sciences for Children e-Leaning content:game-like virtual environments (add motivational value to learning ), pedagogical agents – real time 3D animated characters.

1. ADMIRE-P brokerage session October 22, 2003 1 e-Learning Pedagogical Agents in Educational Multimedia for Children. Virtual Travel Around the Course of Natural Sciences Mikhail Morozov Multimedia System Laboratory Mari State Technical University Russian Federation

3. Develop educational multimedia software

4. Conduct research on new forms e-leaning content

5. Main achievements:

6. Development of authoring environment “NATURA”

8. pedagogical agents – real time 3D animated characters

9. Software tools - authoring environment “NATURA”

10. technology–effective and functionally rich

11. scripting authoring technology

12. support a blend of 2D and 3D animation

14. Three pedagogical agents with different roles (teacher, boy, girl)

15. Various forms of content presentation

16. Learning exercises with game-like interactivity

17. authoring environment “NATURA”

18. Scripting language NML

20. ADMIRE-P brokerage session October 22, 2003 6 e-Learning Technology application Various forms of content presentation Agent-teacher and agent-learners dialogues Sand Beach Pressure Castle in Aquarium Refraction Agents interact with the virtual objects in a scene Palace of Mirrors Mirrors Bumper cars Newton’s laws

21. ADMIRE-P brokerage session October 22, 2003 7 e-Learning Technology application Examples of learning exercises with game-like interactivity Theater of Shadow Shadow Highway Relative motion Amazing orange juice aggregate Deformation Shooting gallery Refraction

23. Pedagogical agents

24. Collaborative Learning

25. Interoperable learning objectsSubjects : Science, Art, Language learning, etc. Partner expertise required Content Providers, Science Centers, Universities, Companies.

26. ADMIRE-P brokerage session October 22, 2003 9 e-Learning Contact Dr.Mikhail Morozov, PhD 007 836 2 686090 morozov@mmlab.ru http://www.mmlab.ru/index_en.shtml