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Type Conference or Workshop Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Published in Proceedings Yes
Title Studying with the Help of Digital Tutors: Design Aspects of Conversational Agents that Influence the Learning Process
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Natalie Wellnhammer
  • Mateusz Dolata
  • Susanne Steigler
  • Gerhard Schwabe
Presentation Type paper
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
ISBN 978-0-9981331-3-3
Page Range 146 - 156
Event Title Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Event Type conference
Event Location Maui, Hawaii, USA
Event Start Date January 7 - 2020
Event End Date January 10 - 2020
Publisher University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Abstract Text Conversational agents such as Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa are becoming more and more prevalent. Almost every smart device comes equipped with such an agent. While on the one hand they can make menial everyday tasks a lot easier for people, there are also more sophisticated use cases in which conversational agents can be helpful. One of these use cases is tutoring in higher education. Several systems to support both formal and informal learning have been developed. There have been many studies about single characteristics of pedagogical conversational agents and how these influence learning outcomes. But what is still missing, is an overview and guideline for atomic design decisions that need to be taken into account when creating such a system. Based on a review of articles on pedagogical conversational agents, this paper provides an extension of existing classifications of characteristics as to include more fine-grained design aspects.
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Official URL http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63758
Other Identification Number merlin-id:19039
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