The paradigm of utilizing robots in the teaching process: a comparative study

Bacivarov, Ioan; Ilian, Virgil

doi:10.1007/s10798-011-9157-5

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“…In general, evidence concerning social robots in higher education is scarce (Spolaôr & Benitti, 2017; Zhong & Xia, 2018). Studies have been mainly carried out in the fields of computer science (Abildgaard & Scharfe, 2012; Byrne, Rossi, & Doolan, 2017) and robotics (Bacivarov & Ilian, 2012; Bolea, Grau, & Sanfeliu, 2016; Gao, Barendregt, Obaid, & Castellano, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Humanoid robots in higher education: Evaluating the acceptance of Pepper in the context of an academic writing course using the UTAUT

Guggemos¹,

Seufert²,

Sonderegger³

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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This study investigates the acceptance of social robots by higher education students in the social sciences. Pepper, a humanoid social robot from SoftBank Robotics, provided a sample of its capabilities during a first semester, large‐scale, university course, “Introduction to academic writing.”From this course, 462 freshmen participated in our survey. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) acts as the conceptual framework, and partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS‐SEM) as the method for data analysis. The four perceived characteristics—trustworthiness, adaptiveness, social presence and appearance—all predict the intention to use the robot for learning purposes; anxiety regarding making mistakes in handling the robot and about privacy issues are not significant predictors. An importance‐performance map analysis indicated adaptiveness as the robot’s most important characteristic for predicting student behavioural intention. Overall, however, the study shows that students do not have the intention to rely on social robots for learning purposes at the current level of state‐of‐the‐art technology: behavioural intention reaches only 36.6% of the theoretical maximum.

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Humanoid robots in higher education: Evaluating the acceptance of Pepper in the context of an academic writing course using the UTAUT

Guggemos¹,

Seufert²,

Sonderegger³

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Figure 3, developed based on the literature review findings, shows the most analyzed aspects of humanoids in education. From the literature review, it was found that application of a humanoid robot-enhanced the interaction of participants within a classroom setting, however [34], [36], [38], [39], no significant increase in learning rate were observed. The study conducted by Barakova in 2015 focused on analyzing the effect of using collocated robot and simulation on a student's enthusiasm.…”

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“…Moreover, students enjoyed and preferred the presence of humanoid robot in class [52] [53]. Few studies have shown significant impact on the learning ability of the student using humanoid robots, but the presence of humanoid robot ensures the higher class attendance, promotes creative thinking [36] and increases subject curiosity [31]. Helping in wound management and tube feeding 24.20%…”

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“…Humanoid robots have been known for teaching language[30] [17], hands-on engineering [31], nutrition [32], mathematics [33], general science [34] as well as helps students in learning spellings, storytelling [35] and participate in memory games. Robots have been performing the role of a teaching assistant [36], [37][38] and games partner of children [39].…”

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“…In most of the studies, humanoid robots were used along with a human teacher or a controller. The educational humanoid robots have been used for various sections of education and have addressed wide range of students such as preschool kids [33] [35] [39], primary school kids [17], [33], [35], [38], [40], [41] junior high school students [36] and undergraduate engineering students [42]. Students responded positively to the robots.…”

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Humanoid Robot-Application and Influence

Choudhury¹,

Li²,

Greene³

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Arch Clin Biomed Res

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Application of humanoid robots has been common in the field of healthcare and education. It has been recurrently used to improve social behavior and mollify distress level among children with autism, cancer and cerebral palsy. This article discusses the same from a human factors' perspective. It shows how people of different age and gender have a different opinion towards the application and acceptance of humanoid robots. Additionally, this article highlights the influence of cerebral condition and social interaction on a user's behavior and attitude towards humanoid robots. Our study performed a literature review and found that: (a) children and elderly individuals prefer humanoid robots due to inactive social interaction;(b) The deterministic behavior of humanoid robots can be acknowledged to improve social behavior of autistic children; (c) Trust on humanoid robots is highly driven by its application and a user's age, gender, and social life.

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The paradigm of utilizing robots in the teaching process: a comparative study

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Humanoid robots in higher education: Evaluating the acceptance of Pepper in the context of an academic writing course using the UTAUT

Humanoid robots in higher education: Evaluating the acceptance of Pepper in the context of an academic writing course using the UTAUT

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