Abstract
A hologram tutor is an instructional medium that has promising potential to serve as a substitute for actual teachers in classroom learning. Commonly, actual humans are used as the characters for the hologram tutor. Doubtlessly, this choice has its own advantages. However, in terms of development, it involves difficult and complicated steps. Utilizing 3D cartoon characters can be an alternative for developing a hologram tutor. However, a question arises about learners’ acceptance and experience of a hologram tutor in 3D cartoon-like human form. Thus, the purpose of this research is to design and develop a 3D cartoon-like hologram tutor and examine aspects of the user experience (UX). The User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) was used to acquire responses from students once they had completed the learning session with the hologram tutor. Particularly, the experiment was carried out on 30 university students (N = 30). From the results, it can be concluded that the UX level with a 3D cartoon-like hologram tutor was promising and positive. Therefore, this form kind of hologram tutor is a potential alternative for actual human characters in designing the hologram tutor medium.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Ministry of Education, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris and Universiti Teknologi Mara for the support given throughout the study.
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This work was funded and supported by Ministry of Education under FRGS grant (FRGS/1/2018/SS109/UPSI/01/1).
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Ali, A.Z.M., Ramlie, M.K. Examining the user experience of learning with a hologram tutor in the form of a 3D cartoon character. Educ Inf Technol 26, 6123–6141 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10609-w
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