Yanghee Kim

2830 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322

(435) 797-2653
(435) 797-2693 (fax)
Office: EDUC 211

Yanghee Kim

Assistant Professor

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Research & Teaching

Research Keywords
animated pedagogical agents, anthropomorphized interfaces, virtual learning environments, human computer interaction, systematic design of instruction, math education, literacy education, K-12, Women & Gender Issues in STEM Education, social cognition, social modeling, cognitive science, tutoring systems
Background and Experience
EDUCATION
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
Ph. D. in Educational Psychology and Learning Systems.
Dissertation Title: Pedagogical Agents as Learning Companions: The Effects of Affect and Gender on Learning, Interest, Self-efficacy, and Agent persona.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Referreed Journal Articles
  • Kim, Y., Baylor, A. L., Shen, E., & PALS Group (2007). Pedagogical agents as learning companions: The impact of agent affect and gender. Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, 23(03), 220-234.
  • Kim, Y. (2007). Desirable characteristics of learning companions. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 17(04), 371-388.
  • Kim, Y., & Baylor, A. L. (2007). Pedagogical agents as social models to influence learner attitudes. Educational Technology, 47(01), 23-28.
  • Kim, Y., & Baylor, A. L. (2006). A social cognitive framework for designing pedagogical agents as learning companions. Educational Technology Research and Development 54(06), 569-596. Paper awarded 2005 Young Scholar Award by Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).
  • Kim, Y., & Baylor, A. L. (2006). Pedagogical agents as learning companions: The role of agent competency and type of interaction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 54(03), 223-243.
  • Kim, Y., Punahm, P., & Ko, Y. (2006). Content-based English learning through pedagogical agents. English Teaching, 61(04), 229-246. The flag journal of the Korean research community of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
  • Baylor, A. L., & Kim, Y. (2005). Simulating instructional roles through pedagogical agents. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in   Education, 15(04), 95-115.
Book Chapters
  • Kim, Y. (2005). Pedagogical agents as learning companions: Building social relations with learners. In C. K. Looi, G. McCalla, B. Bredeweg & J. Breuker (Eds.), Artificial intelligence in education: Supporting learning through intelligent and socially informed technology (Vol. 125, pp. 362-369). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press.
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
  • Kim, Y., Xu, B., & Wei, Q. (2007). Virtual Peers Scaffold Motivation to Learn. Workshop on Modeling and Scaffolding Affective Experiences to Impact learning in the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007): Los Angeles, CA. 9-13, 2007.
  • Kim, Y., Wei, Q., Xu, B., Ko, Y., & Ilieva, V. (2007). MathGirls: Increasing Girls’ Positive Attitudes and Self-Efficacy through Pedagogical Agents. Paper nominated for Best Paper Award at the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007): Los Angeles, CA. July 9-13, 2007.
  • Kim, Y., Xu, B., Wei, Q., & Ko, Y. (2007). MathGirls: Virtual peers as change agents to improve girls’ math self-efficacy and math attitudes. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): Chicago, IL. April 9-13, 2007.
  • Kim, Y., Xu, B., Wei, Q., & Ko, Y. (2007). Creating social affable learning environments. The 18th International Conference of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE): San Antonio, TX. March 26-30, 2007.
  • Kim, Y., & Wei, Q. (2006). Virtual peers help increase learner self-efficacy. ED-MEDIA: The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunication: Orlando, FL. June 26-30, 2006.
  • Kim, Y., Flann, N., Wei, Q., Ko, Y., & Alla, S. (2006). MathGirls: Motivating girls to learn math through pedagogical agents. ED-MEDIA: The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunication: Orlando, FL. June 26-30, 2006.
  • Kim, Y., Hamilton, E. R., Zheng, J, & Baylor, A. L. (2006). Scaffolding learner motivation through a virtual peer. The 7th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS): Bloomington, IN. June 27- July 1, 2006.
  • Kim, Y. & Hamilton, E. R. (2006). A virtual peer can enhance learner self-efficacy. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): San Francisco, CA. April 7-11, 2006.
  • Hamilton, E. R., Kim, Y., & Lee, L. (2006). Towards a social-cognitive framework for next-generation networked and hybrid pedagogical agent systems. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): San Francisco, CA. April 7-11, 2006.
  • Kim Y. (2005). Virtual PALs: Will emotion and gender influence learning? The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Orlando, Florida. October 18-22, 2005.
  • Kim Y., & Quan Wei (2005). Reducing math anxiety through virtual PALs. The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Orlando, Florida. October 18-22, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. (2005). Empathetic virtual peers enhanced learner interest and self-efficacy. Workshop on Motivation and Affect in Educational Software in the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. July 18-22, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. (2005). PALs: Building Social Relations with Learners. The 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. July 18-22, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. (2005). Learners’ expectations of the desirable characteristics of virtual learning companions. The Annual Conference of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS): Utrecht, The Netherlands. July 25-29, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. & Baylor, A. L. (2005). Pedagogical Agents as Learning Companions: Building Empathetic Relationships with Learners. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): Montreal, Canada. April 11-15, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. & Baylor, A. L. (2005). The Impact of Effective Expression and Gender of a Learning Companion. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): Montreal, Canada. April 11-15, 2005.
  • Kim Y., Baylor, A. L., & Reed, G. (2004). Pedagogical agents’ personas: Which affects more, image or voice? The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Chicago, California. October 19-23, 2004.
  • Kim, Y. (2004). The impact of the affect and gender of a learning companion on learning outcomes. Instructional Technology Institute: Logan, UT. September 1-3, 2004.
  • Kim, Y. (2004). Affect and gender of pedagogical agents as learning companions. Dissertation study presented at the Division C Graduate Seminar of the Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): San Diego, CA. April 12-16, 2004.
  • Kim, Y. (2004). Learners’ expectations on the desirable characteristics of learning companions. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): San Diego, CA. April 12-16, 2004.
  • Kim, Y. (2004). Designing pedagogical agents as learning companions: The role of competency and interaction type. The Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA): San Diego, CA. April 12-16, 2004.
  • Baylor, A. L. & Kim, Y. (2004). Pedagogical agent design: The impact of agent realism, gender, ethnicity, and instructional role. ITS 2004, the 7th International Conference in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Maceió – Alagoas, Brasil. August 30-September 3, 2004.
  • Kim, Y. (2003). Things that make pedagogical agents as learning companions effective. E-Learn, the Annual Conference of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: Phoenix, Arizona. November 7-11, 2003.
  • Kim, Y. (2003). Pedagogical agents as learning companions: Its constituents and implications. E-Learn, the Annual Conference of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: Phoenix, Arizona. November 7-11, 2003.
  • Kim Y., Baylor, A. L., & Reed, G. (2003). The impact of image and voice of pedagogical agents. E-Learn, the Annual Conference of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: Phoenix, Arizona. November 7-11, 2003.
  • Baylor, A. L., & Kim, Y. (2003). The role of gender and ethnicity in pedagogical agent perception. E-Learn, the Annual Conference of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: Phoenix, Arizona. November 7-11, 2003.
  • Kim, Y. (2003). Designing learning companions to achieve greater effectiveness. The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Anaheim, California. October 22-26, 2003.
  • Kim,Y. (2003). An agent as a learning companion: What it matters. The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Anaheim, California. October 22-26, 2003.
  • Baylor, A. L., & Kim Y. (2003). Design features for developing pedagogical agents as experts, motivators, and mentors: A validation study. The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT): Anaheim, California. October 22-26, 2003.
  • Kim, Y. (2003). Designing agents as learning companions: Its educational value and potential. The Annual Conference of ED-Media: Honolulu, Hawaii. June 23-28, 2003.
  • Kim, Y., & Shen, E (2003). The effects of competency and type of interaction of agents as learning companions on agent value, motivation, and learning. The Annual Conference of ED-Media: Honolulu, Hawaii. June 23-28, 2003.
  • Baylor, A. L., & Kim, Y. (2003). Three pedagogical agent roles: Designing, developing, and validating agent as expert, motivator, and mentors. Annual Conference of ED-Media: Honolulu, Hawaii. June 23-28, 2003.
  • Driscoll, M., Kim, Y., Suh, S., Lee, Y., & Gao, H. (2002). What is AECT really about? A content analysis of the convention program over the past five years. The Annual Conference of Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT): Dallas, Texas. November 12-17, 2002.
  • Kim, Y. (2000). Web-based instruction for improving reading comprehension skills. The Annual Conference of International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). Dublin, Ireland. March, 2000.
  • Kim, Y. (1999). Developing foreign language skills via on-line chatting. The International Conference of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Seoul, Korea. June, 1999. 
 
Grants
  • The National Science Foundation Research Grant on Gender in Science and Engineering (Grant # 051503), $499,991. PI. 2005 – 2008
  • Utah State University Community/University Research Initiative (CURI) Grant, $27,985.PI. 2006 - 2007
  • Utah State University New Faculty Grant, $11,800. PI. 2005 - 2006
  • The National Science Foundation Research Grant on Women in Engineering, $500,000. A member of the grant writing team in Pedagogical Agent Learning Systems Lab at Florida State University. 2004 – 2007
  • School Development Project, funded by Korean Department of Education in Korea, $50,000. PI. 1999 – 2000
  • Development of instructional strategies for technology-enhanced learning environments, funded by Department of Education in Korea, $40,000. PI. 1998 & 1999
 
Awards & Honors
  • Who’s Who in American Education 2007-2008
  • Cambridge Who’s Who 2006-2007
  • USHE Retention Initiative Award, by Utah State University. 2005-2006
  • ETR&D Young Scholar Award, By Association for Educational Communications and Technology. 2005
  • Gagne-Briggs Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, By Department of Educational
  • Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University. 2004
  • Ruby Diamond Future Professor Award, By Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University. 2004
  • Liliana Mulhman Masoner Outstanding International Student Award, By Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University. 2004
  • ECT Foundation Mentorship Endowment Scholarship. By Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). 2003
  • Tuition Scholarship. Florida State University. 2000 - 2003
  • Teacher of the Year. By the National English Teachers’ Association, Korea. 1999
  • Bronze Medal for Multimedia Design & Development. By the Superintendent of Kwangju School District, Korea. Multimedia courseware teaching reading comprehension, Developed by using Macromedia Authorware. 1998
  • Gold Medal for Multimedia Design & Development. By Ssangyong Information and Communication Corp, Korea. Multimedia courseware teaching English vocabularies of job titles, Developed by using Asymetrix Toolbook. 1997
  • Gold Medal for Multimedia Design & Development. By the Superintendent of Kwangju School District, Korea. Multimedia courseware teaching travelers’ English, Developed by using Asymetrix Toolbook. 1997
  • Tuition Scholarship. Chonnam National University. 1996 - 1998
  • Graduate Honors. Chonnam National University, Korea. 1987
  • Honor Fellowship, Chonnam National University, Korea. 1983-1986
 
Professional Memberships
Association of Educational Communications and Technology, American Educational Research Association, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

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