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Application of interactive agents in a web based historic preservation curriculum: usability and interaction design issues
dc.creator | Shah, Divya Satish | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:01:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:01:13Z | |
dc.date.created | 2000 | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-S522 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68). | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The online Historic Preservation Curriculum gives the students access to information about the courses offered by the Department of Architecture at Texas A & M University for the fulfillment of its certificate program in Historic Preservation. Educational materials and links to learning resources related to every course and an evaluation tool for the students to assess their understanding of the subject, are also presented within this experimental distance learning web site. The virtual learning environments created similar to the Historic Preservation Curriculum are gaining popularity worldwide. The World Wide Web (WWW) and its potential to create educational environments seems to be the best solution to provide individuals who cannot participate in a traditional class with access to educational materials. But are these virtual learning environments comfortable to interact with? Would we be able to have a natural dialogue with the computer just as we do with our teacher in class? Can we get valuable criticism or appreciation for our performance in the class? This research attempts to address the issues mentioned above. Efforts have been made to provide a human, conversational interface with the help of interactive agents¹, for a Historic Preservation online course with an aim to enhance the interaction of the student with the virtual learning environment. The validity of the concept and its effectiveness in the learning tasks is later assessed by means of an experiment. ¹Microsoft Agent Development technology has been used to incorporate agents within the online course. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | architecture. | en |
dc.subject | Major architecture. | en |
dc.title | Application of interactive agents in a web based historic preservation curriculum: usability and interaction design issues | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | architecture | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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