Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent

Kasia Muldner; Cecil Lozano; Victor Girotto; Winslow Burleson; Erin Walker

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-31

Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent

Kasia Muldner, Cecil Lozano, Victor Girotto, Winslow Burleson, Erin Walker

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Abstract

To date, the majority of learning technologies only afford virtual interactions on desktops or tablets, despite evidence that students learn through physical manipulation of their environment. We implemented a tangible system that allows students to solve coordinate geometry problems by interacting in a physical space with digitally augmented devices, using a teachable agent framing. We describe our system and the results from a pilot involving students using our system to teach a virtual agent. Students used a variety of strategies to solve problems that included embodied behaviors, and the majority did feel they were teaching their agent. We discuss the implications of our findings with respect to the design of adaptive tangible teachable systems.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings
Pages	299-308
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-31
State	Published - 2013
Event	16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013 - Memphis, TN, United States Duration: Jul 9 2013 → Jul 13 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7926 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013
Country	United States
City	Memphis, TN
Period	7/9/13 → 7/13/13

Keywords

Geometry
Tangible learning environments
Teachable agents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Muldner, K., Lozano, C., Girotto, V., Burleson, W., & Walker, E. (2013). Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent. In Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings (pp. 299-308). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7926 LNAI). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-31

Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent. / Muldner, Kasia; Lozano, Cecil; Girotto, Victor; Burleson, Winslow; Walker, Erin.

Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. 2013. p. 299-308 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7926 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Muldner, K, Lozano, C, Girotto, V, Burleson, W & Walker, E 2013, Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent. in Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7926 LNAI, pp. 299-308, 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013, Memphis, TN, United States, 7/9/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-31

Muldner K, Lozano C, Girotto V, Burleson W, Walker E. Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent. In Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. 2013. p. 299-308. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-31

Muldner, Kasia ; Lozano, Cecil ; Girotto, Victor ; Burleson, Winslow ; Walker, Erin. / Designing a tangible learning environment with a teachable agent. Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. 2013. pp. 299-308 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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