Embracing AI-based education: Perceived social presence of human teachers and expectations about machine teachers in online education

Technological advancements in education have turned the idea of machines as teachers into a reality. To better understand this phenomenon, the present study explores how college students develop expectations (or anticipations) about a machine teacher, particularly an AI teaching assistant. Specifica...

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Published in:Human machine communication journal (Print) 2022-04, Vol.4, p.169-184
Main Authors: Kim, Jihyun, Merrill, Kelly, Xu, Kun, Sellnow, Deanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ai instructor
artifical intelligence
Artificial intelligence
CAI
Classrooms
College students
Colleges & universities
Communication
Computer assisted instruction
Distance education
Distance learning
Education
Educational objectives
Educational technology
Evaluation
Higher education
machine teacher
online education
Online instruction
Perceptions
Robots
School environment
Social aspects
social presence
Students
Teachers
Teaching assistants
Teaching machines
Web-based instruction
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Summary:Technological advancements in education have turned the idea of machines as teachers into a reality. To better understand this phenomenon, the present study explores how college students develop expectations (or anticipations) about a machine teacher, particularly an AI teaching assistant. Specifically, the study examines whether students' previous experiences with online courses taught by a human teacher would influence their expectations about AI teaching assistants in future online courses. An online survey was conducted to collect data from college students in the United States. Findings indicate that positively experienced social presence of a human teacher helps develop positive expectations about an AI teaching assistant. The study provides meaningful implications and contributions to our understanding of a machine agent in education.
ISSN:2638-6038
2638-602X
2638-6038
DOI:10.30658/hmc.4.9