Lester, James C.

The Case for Social Agency in Computer-Based Teaching: Do Students Learn More Deeply When They Interact With Animated Pedagogical Agents?

Moreno, R., Mayer, R. E., Spires, H. A., & Lester, J. C. (2001) · Cognition and Instruction

Visual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Cited by 912

Face-to-Face Interaction with Pedagogical Agents, Twenty Years Later

Johnson, W. L., & Lester, J. C. (2016) · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive LearningSocial Robot Interaction and HRI

Cited by 255

Deictic believability: Coordinated gesture, locomotion, and speech in lifelike pedagogical agents

Lester, J. C., Voerman, J. L., Towns, S. G., & Callaway, C. B. (1999) · Applied Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive LearningSocial Robot Interaction and HRI

Cited by 161

K-12 Education in the Age of AI: A Call to Action for K-12 AI Literacy

Wang, N., & Lester, J. (2023) · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Artificial Intelligence in EducationDigital literacy in education

Cited by 139

Lessons Learned for AI Education with Elementary Students and Teachers

Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A., Glazewski, K., Jeon, M., Jantaraweragul, K., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Scribner, A., Lee, S., Mott, B., & Lester, J. (2023) · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Teaching and Learning ProgrammingArtificial Intelligence in Education

Cited by 120

SceneCraft: Automating Interactive Narrative Scene Generation in Digital Games with Large Language Models

Kumaran, V., Rowe, J., Mott, B., & Lester, J. (2023) · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment

Artificial Intelligence in GamesDigital Games and Media

Cited by 78

AI and the Future of Learning: Expert Panel Report

Roschelle, J., Lester, J., & Fusco, J. (2020)

Artificial Intelligence in EducationIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Cited by 76

Improving Student Problem Solving in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments: a Modular Reinforcement Learning Framework

Rowe, J. P., & Lester, J. C. (2015) · Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive LearningEducational Games and Gamification

Cited by 48

Detecting Off-Task Behavior from Student Dialogue in Game-Based Collaborative Learning

Carpenter, D., Emerson, A., Mott, B. W., Saleh, A., Glazewski, K. D., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., & Lester, J. C. (2020) · Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive LearningEducational Games and Gamification

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