An Architecture to Develop Multimodal Educative Applications with Chatbots

Animated characters are beginning to be used as pedagogical tools, as they have the power to capture students' attention and foster their motivation for discovery and learning. However, in order for them to be widely employed and accepted as a learning resource, they must be easy to use and fri...

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Published in:International journal of advanced robotic systems 2013-03, Vol.10 (3)
Main Authors: Griol, David, Callejas, Zoraida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Chatbots
Computers
Learning
Literacy
Motivation
Online instruction
Pedagogy
School environment
Software
Speech
Students
Tutoring
Verbal communication
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Summary:Animated characters are beginning to be used as pedagogical tools, as they have the power to capture students' attention and foster their motivation for discovery and learning. However, in order for them to be widely employed and accepted as a learning resource, they must be easy to use and friendly. In this paper we present an architecture that facilitates building interactive pedagogical chatbots that can interact with students in natural language. Our proposal provides a modular and scalable framework to develop such systems efficiently. Additionally, we present Geranium, a system that helps children to appreciate and protect their environment with an interactive chatbot developed following our scheme.
ISSN:1729-8806
1729-8814
DOI:10.5772/55791