Introducing a challenging teachable agent

Camilla Kirkegaard; Agneta Gulz; Annika Silvervarg

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_6

Introducing a challenging teachable agent

Camilla Kirkegaard, Agneta Gulz, Annika Silvervarg

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	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
Editors	Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andri Ioannou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	53-62
Volume	8523
ISBN (Print)	9783319074825, 978-3-319-07481-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_6
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Volume	8523
ISSN (Print)	1611-3349
ISSN (Electronic)	0302-9743

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Educational Sciences

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teachable agents
challenging agents
self-efficary
educational technology

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Kirkegaard, C., Gulz, A., & Silvervarg, A. (2014). Introducing a challenging teachable agent. In P. Zaphiris, & A. Ioannou (Eds.), 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 (Vol. 8523, pp. 53-62). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_6

Kirkegaard, Camilla ; Gulz, Agneta ; Silvervarg, Annika. / Introducing a challenging teachable agent. 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. editor / Panayiotis Zaphiris ; Andri Ioannou. Vol. 8523 Springer, 2014. pp. 53-62

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Kirkegaard, C, Gulz, A & Silvervarg, A 2014, Introducing a challenging teachable agent. in P Zaphiris & A Ioannou (eds), 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. vol. 8523, Springer, pp. 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_6

Introducing a challenging teachable agent. / Kirkegaard, Camilla; Gulz, Agneta; Silvervarg, Annika.
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. ed. / Panayiotis Zaphiris; Andri Ioannou. Vol. 8523 Springer, 2014. p. 53-62.

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Kirkegaard C, Gulz A, Silvervarg A. Introducing a challenging teachable agent. In Zaphiris P, Ioannou A, editors, 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. Vol. 8523. Springer. 2014. p. 53-62 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_6

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