Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent

Adelson De Araujo; Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Susan McKenney; Ton De Jong

doi:10.22318/cscl2023.469853

Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent

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Teachers in online science laboratories frequently struggle to provide timely discussion support to different groups. Collaborative conversational agents have been proposed to bridge this gap and foster productive talk in small-group discussions. Current implementations are usually highly configurable, but rather limited when modeling users' intent in a transferable way. In this paper, we propose a new conversational agent that supports productive talk while addressing these requirements. Also, we discuss lessons learned from a pilot study in a science classroom with secondary students. Findings illustrate the agent's potential to support productive talk among students during online science lab activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023
Editors	Crina Damsa, Marcela Borge, Elizabeth Koh, Marcelo Worsley
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	416-419
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781737330684
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22318/cscl2023.469853
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2023 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 10 Jun 2023 → 15 Jun 2023 Conference number: 16

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Name	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume	2023-June
ISSN (Print)	1573-4552

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Conference	16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2023
Abbreviated title	CSCL 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	10/06/23 → 15/06/23

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Araujo, A. D., Papadopoulos, P. M., McKenney, S., & Jong, T. D. (2023). Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent. In C. Damsa, M. Borge, E. Koh, & M. Worsley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023 (pp. 416-419). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2023-June). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). https://doi.org/10.22318/cscl2023.469853

Araujo, Adelson De ; Papadopoulos, Pantelis M. ; McKenney, Susan et al. / Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023. editor / Crina Damsa ; Marcela Borge ; Elizabeth Koh ; Marcelo Worsley. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2023. pp. 416-419 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

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Araujo, AD, Papadopoulos, PM , McKenney, S & Jong, TD 2023, Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent. in C Damsa, M Borge, E Koh & M Worsley (eds), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL, vol. 2023-June, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 416-419, 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2023, Montreal, Canada, 10/06/23. https://doi.org/10.22318/cscl2023.469853

Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent. / Araujo, Adelson De; Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; McKenney, Susan et al.
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023. ed. / Crina Damsa; Marcela Borge; Elizabeth Koh; Marcelo Worsley. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2023. p. 416-419 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2023-June).

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Araujo AD, Papadopoulos PM , McKenney S , Jong TD. Supporting Collaborative Online Science Education with a Transferable and Configurable Conversational Agent. In Damsa C, Borge M, Koh E, Worsley M, editors, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2023. p. 416-419. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL). doi: 10.22318/cscl2023.469853

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