Week 3 - Learning with Anthropomorphic agents Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is the difference between chatbots, robots, virtual
characters, and smart assistants?
Chatbots: a online assistant that can help you with questions. This happens mostly via text and no real visual thing is seen
Robots: Physical thing that can help engage learners via their presence
Virtual characters: Adding a character to a chatbot, making it feel more humanlike.
Smart assistants: general purpose agent (SIRI) that uses voice to communicate. You can generally ask it questions only.
What is the overlap between chatbots, robots, virtual characters and smart assistants?
They use a natural language to interact in which they add a more social layer to learning.
Besides that, it is always available, can have a proactive interactions and can monitor the process of learner for personalized interactions.
Which of Bloom’s taxonomy levels can be supported by
anthropomorphic agents, and how?
Mostly the transfer levels of the bloom taxonomy > Apply, Analyze, Evaluate & Create.
If agent is smart enough, it can act like a facilitator just like the teachers.
Also the feedback, learning in different context and engaging dialog to create reflection are part of the Transfer levels.
How do elements of anthropomorphic agents link to the
different theories of learning (cognitivist, behaviorist,
constructivist)?
Depends if agents are smart enough.
Cognitivist = Reflections, thinking aloud with robot
Behaviorism= Agent is social model
Connectivism = Learning together with the learner and learner is in charge of own process.
How do elements of anthropomorphic agents affect motivation?
Agents can trigger curiosity and they provide feedback.
How do elements of anthropomorphic agents affect cognition?
When they are social, people will show stronger engagement
How do elements of anthropomorphic agents affect emotion?
If enjoyment is high, we will use it more often.
What is the protege effect with A.A.?
Learner will teach agent, which makes them more engaged.
What are the benefits of a social robot?
- Used for curicula that requires engagement with physical world
- More social behavior
- Increased learning gains
What is an important component of learning?
Act and interact with surrounding envoirnment.
Which emotion affects users motivation, preception and behavior the most in Animated pedagogical agents?
Empathy, as this increases motivation and intrest > They feel more human like
What is the Proteus effect?
Virtual represented self can help with changes in physical self.
