CEPD · Module 4 — Scenario, dialogue, and avatar direction
Avatars introduce the situation; the learner decides. Disclose synthetic media. An avatar reading policy is a content dump with a face.
About 16 min
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3D dialogue and AI avatar slides are production formats, not real people. Tell learners when a presenter or voice is synthetic. Some regulators, employers and works agreements require it, and learners who find out later trust the whole course less.
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A 3D dialogue scene is useful for about thirty seconds: who is speaking, what they want, and what goes wrong if the learner fails. Then the learner branches. An avatar reading twenty minutes of policy is redundancy and incoherence with a face. Mayer's review lists embodiment (human-like gestures and movement in on-screen agents) with a median d of 0.36, the smallest of the twelve principles: a modest benefit, not a reason to put an avatar on every screen.
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Avatar opens a scenario as the angry customer. — Good. Sets stakes in seconds, then the learner chooses.
Avatar reads every bullet on the screen. — Bad. Redundancy and no decision.
Avatar coach gives one line of feedback after a wrong choice. — Good, if short and specific.
Avatar of the real CEO, generated without consent. — Never. Real likenesses need written consent and disclosure.
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Send back: Avatar narrates eight policy slides. · No disclosure that the presenter is synthetic.
Ship: Avatar sets up a 25-second scene, then three choices. · A one-line note at course start: "Presenters and voices in this course are AI-generated.
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For your scenario, write the 25-second scene setup, who speaks, and the disclosure line. If any real person's likeness or voice is involved, note the consent you have.