| Title | Bot Undercover: On the Use of Conversational Agents to Stimulate Teacher-Students Interaction in Remote Learning |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2022 |
| Authors | Pratticó, Filippo Gabriele, Shabkhoslati, Javad Alizadeh, Shaghaghi, Navid, Lamberti, Fabrizio |
| Conference Name | 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) |
| Keywords | computer aided instruction, Conferences, conversational agents, distance learning, Human Behavior, Metrics, Online Distance Learning—Virtual Reality—Conversational Agent—Pedagogical Avatar—Social Pressure, pubcrawl, Scalability, Three-dimensional displays, user interfaces, virtual reality |
| Abstract | In this work, the use of an undercover conversational agent, acting as a participative student in a synchronous virtual reality distance learning scenario is proposed to stimulate social interaction between teacher and students. The outcome of an exploratory user study indicated that the undercover conversational agent is capable of fostering interaction, relieving social pressure, and overall leading to a more satisfactory and engaging learning experience without sacrificing learning performance. |
| DOI | 10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00063 |
| Citation Key | prattico_bot_2022 |
Bot Undercover: On the Use of Conversational Agents to Stimulate Teacher-Students Interaction in Remote Learning