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Introducing a challenging teachable agent

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Author

Editor

  • Panayiotis Zaphiris
  • Andri Ioannou

Summary, in English

The chapter explores the potentials of a new type of pedagogical agent – a Challenger Teachable Agent. The aim of such a pedagogical agent is to increase engagement and motivation, and challenge students into deeper learning and metacognitive reasoning. It is based on the successful implementation of the Learning by Teaching approach in Teacheable Agents, and in addition it draws on previous work that has shown the potential of resistance or challenge as means to improve learning. In this paper we discuss how these two bases can be combined and realized through new types of behaviours in a Teachable Agent.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

53-62

Publication/Series

Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences: First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings, Part I ; Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volume

8523

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Learning

Keywords

  • teachable agents
  • challenging agents
  • self-efficary
  • educational technology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund University Cognitive Science (LUCS)

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1611-3349
  • ISSN: 0302-9743
  • ISBN: 9783319074825
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-07481-8