AI

Artificial Intelligence

Agent

Being endowed with movement to give the impression of being alive.

Animated pedagogical agent

On-screen character who communicate with learners by providing feed back, guidance, and encouragement

Anime

Manga animation

ANOVA

Analysis of variance

Anthropomorphic

Having the appearance and/or traits of humans.

Deictic gesture

An animated pedagogical agent use of hand gestures and locomotion to direct students' attention to visual stimuli on the computer screen.

Lifelike

Giving the illusion of being animated or alive.

Manga

Manga is a Japanese word referring to comics and printed cartoons.

MANOVA

Multivariate analysis of variance

Modalities

Each one of the sensory processing channels of information, such as the visual, auditory, or hectic modalities.

PAs

Pedagogical agents

Software agent

A computer-enacted character that acts on behalf of a user to carry out a particular task.

Social cues

Aspects of multimedia instructional messages that encourage the learner to view the tutor as a social partner, such as conversational style and human voice.