Description of Invention
Covid-19 supersede benefits with damages. The presence of this virus affected travelling, education, economy, business, health system and others [1]. Especially, the situation seems to trouble the educators and learners as they were unprepared for full online learning [2]. This study aimed to design an online learning platform integrated with a pedagogical agent to teach mathematics and assess the effect of the agent on students' math performance. It used a quasi-experimental approach with a non-equivalent control group, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data from 89 undergraduate students in Information Science and Technology at University X in Malaysia. During the pandemic, virtual classes were employed for both control and experimental groups. The experimental group learned math with a pedagogical agent across three phases: pre-test, intervention, and post-test. Notably, the independent sample t-test conducted on the post-test results revealed a significant difference between the two groups. The findings emphasized the positive impact of the expressive and dynamically facial displayed pedagogical agent on students' motivation and engagement in the experimental group.