Avatar as Open Student Model to Enhance Student Learning

Abstract

In this paper, we describe My-Hero system that is an open student model system developed to enhance student learning, including promoting their awareness, improving, and interaction. Since awareness is a key element for triggering behavior change (e.g., improving and interaction), enhancing students’ learning awareness is the first step to change their behaviors. Thus, the learning process of the My-Hero system is initiated by enhancing learning awareness via open student model. In this way, students’ effort can be guided in improving their current status and peer interaction.