Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/22995
Title: Envisioned Pedagogical Uses of Chatbots in Higher Education and Perceived Benefits and Challenges
Authors: Tsivitanidou, Olia 
Ioannou, Andri 
Major Field of Science: Social Sciences
Field Category: Educational Sciences
Keywords: Educational chatbots;Higher education;Pedagogical uses;Technology-enhanced learning
Issue Date: Jul-2021
Source: 8th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, 2021, 24 - 29 July
Project: The Interactive Media, Education and Edutainment MRG (EdMedia) 
Conference: International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies 
Abstract: The widespread use of chatbots is a reality and their application in higher education is promising. Understanding higher education users’ expectations for the use of chatbots in education is important for the design and development of new solutions. The present investigation documents how higher education users envision the pedagogical uses of chatbots in higher education, and how experts in the domain of education chatbots perceive the potential benefits and challenges related to the use of chatbots in education. A qualitative inquiry was undertaken based on 22 semi-structured interviews with higher-education students and instructors, and experts from the fields of Artificial Intelligence and educational chatbots. Based on our findings, the envisioned pedagogical uses of chatbots can be categorized in terms of chronological integration into the learning process: prospective, on-going, and retrospective. Under each one of those higher-order categories, specific learning domains can be supported (i.e., cognitive, affective), besides administrative tasks. Benefits and challenges foreseen in the use of pedagogical chatbots are presented and discussed. The findings of this study highlight the manner in which higher-education users envision the use of chatbots in education, with potential implications on the creation of specific pedagogical scenarios, accounting also for the learning context, chatbot technology, and pedagogies that are deemed appropriate in each scenario.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/22995
ISBN: 978-3-030-77943-6
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77943-6_15
Rights: © Springer Nature
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type: Conference Papers
Affiliation : CYENS - Centre of Excellence 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
Appears in Collections:Δημοσιεύσεις σε συνέδρια /Conference papers or poster or presentation

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