Model Construction and Practical Research on Online Learning Empowered by Emotional Clues of Educational Agents
The connotations and relationships of elements such as curriculum content and teaching activities will change with the numerical transformation of education,and digital learning methods such as online learning and blended teaching will become the mainstream modes of instruction.While online learning brings many advantages,there are also problems such as lack of interaction between teachers and students and lack of emotional communication.Educational agents with emotional clues in virtual learning envi-ronment provide a more intelligent means to solve this problem.Educational agent is a virtual role similar to a teacher,which is used in online learning environment to meet different teaching objectives,and can provide cognitive and emotional support for learners.However,there is no consensus on the effect of emotional cues of educational agents on the whole process of online learning.There-fore,the study systematically analyzes 42 relevant empirical studies at home and abroad since 2003 from five perspectives:motivation,emotion,understanding,consolidation and migration,constructs a theoretical model of online learning of emotional clues empowerment of educational agents,and combined with the questionnaire,social network analysis and content analysis method.Practical inquiry has been applied to professional courses in colleges and universities.The outcomes indicate that:(1)The learning motivation of learners in emotional intelligence group has been greatly improved before and after the experiment,and there is a significant high effect;(2)The learners'enthusiasm for cooperation and interaction in emotional intelligence group is increasing,and the level of interaction is also improving,with the highest learning enthusiasm;(3)There is no obvious change in the internal and external cognitive load of emotional intelligence group learners,but the related cognitive load increases significantly,which promotes their mastery of new knowledge;(4)Emotional clues of educational agents help learners remember more items,thus improving their knowledge retention performance;(5)Emotional clues of educational agents can help learners to construct a deeper reflection at a higher level,thus developing their reflec-tion ability and reflecting the improvement of their transfer ability.In the end,some suggestions are came up with for the layout of ed-ucational agent,in order to provide online learning with emotional cognitive tools that are more in line with individual needs and pro-mote the integration and development of artificial intelligence and education.