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CALL FOR PAPERS:
“International workshop on Culturally-aware Technology Enhanced Learning” CulTEL 2013 
at ECTEL 2013, 17-21 September, Paphos, Cyprus.

Project ImREAL

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Project ImREAL on BBC digital planet

Could virtual training really replace face-to-face human interaction in career development? There are all kinds of schemes to perfect simulated training environments for the workplace – get a computer programme to create a virtual mentor to help employees with scenarios like conducting job interviews, and you save money on expensive human trainers – particularly significant for the voluntary sector. A nice idea in theory, especially in these financially precarious times, but are machines really good enough at chiming with human behaviour to be effective as trainers? A team of researchers from across Europe is trying to crack that through an initiative called ImREAL. Dr. Vania Dimitrova from the University of Leeds School of Computing tells us more about the project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00cx67g/Digital_Planet_11_01_2011
http://www.imreal-project.eu