Three-step design model for GAI-powered characters in IVR

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Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 against) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article's Pedagogical Design answer to RQ2 is a three-step design model integrating pedagogy with GAI and VR: "selecting the applicable reference framework, identifying the learning objectives and the instructional methods that could be feasible in IVR, and designing the GAI characters." It was applied in a sustainability education context, grounding character design in the refined sustainability competence framework and producing the Tero and Madida use cases. The authors present it as how AI technologies, learning content, and pedagogical approaches "can be integrated having the form of a pedagogical GAI character in IVR."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A reference framework covering the needed competencies with learning objectives and instructional methods
• Iterative prompt engineering with domain-expert testing of the designed characters

Constraints

• The model covers only the Needs Analysis and Pedagogical Design phases; Development, Evaluation, and Reflection phases were beyond the report's scope

Target Learners

• higher education students

Learning Goals

• sustainability systems-thinking and values-thinking competencies

Claims

• Domain Expert Evaluation 9 Of 12 Needs [+M]
• Domain-expert feedback indicated the Tero character initially felt unrealistic and presented a narrow perspective of forest ownership [-W]

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Key Sources

• Ulla Hemminki-Reijonen, Noha M. A. M. Hassan, Minna Huotilainen, Jaana-Maija Koivisto & Benjamin Ultan Cowley. (2025). Design of generative AI-powered pedagogy for virtual reality environments in higher education. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00326-1

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title	Three-step design model for GAI-powered characters in IVR
description	The article's Pedagogical Design answer to RQ2 is a three-step design model integrating pedagogy with GAI and VR: "selecting the applicable reference framework, identifying the learning objectives and the instructiona...
status	review
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