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Various technological applications for body posture correction have been proposed in order to improve handwriting or facilitate its learning for children, under the common-sense assumption that a better posture promotes better handwriting. However, very li ...

2024

GELEX: Generative AI-Hybrid System for Example-Based Learning

Jibril Albachir Frej, Aybars Yazici

Traditional example-based learning methods are often limited by static, expert-created content. Hence, they face challenges in scalability, engagement, and effectiveness, as some learners might struggle to relate to the examples or find them relevant. To a ...

Association for Computing Machinery2024

OSSCAR, an open platform for collaborative development of computational tools for education in science

Giovanni Pizzi, Sara Bonella, Dou Du

In this paper we present the Open Software Services for Classrooms and Research (OSSCAR) platform. OSSCAR provides an open collaborative environment to develop and access educational resources in the form of web applications, for which various deployment m ...

ELSEVIER2023

Simulated Learners in Educational Technology: A Systematic Literature Review and a Turing-like Test

Simulation is a powerful approach that plays a significant role in science and technology. Computational models that simulate learner interactions and data hold great promise for educational technology as well. Amongst others, simulated learners can be use ...

SPRINGER2023

A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Conversational Agents in Digital Education

Juan Carlos Farah

The presence of conversational agents (or chatbots) in educational contexts has been steadily increasing over the past few years. Recent surveys have shown widespread interest in the use of chatbots in education, both for research and practice. Although th ...

EPFL2023

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Teachers’ self-efficacy in managing classrooms is an important consideration when it comes to bringing educational robots to classrooms. Orchestration tools support teachers by providing awareness indicators of students’ progress as well as levers to contr ...

2023

From teacher to teacher-trainer: A qualitative study exploring factors contributing to a successful train-the-trainer digital education program

Francesco Mondada, Laila Abdelsalam El-Hamamsy, Caroline Pulfrey, Emilie-Charlotte Monnier, Christiane Caneva

This paper explores the experience of 14 teacher-trainers involved in a train-the-trainer digital education program in Switzerland. Data collected between August 2019 and June 2021 through focus groups and collaborative portfolios were analyzed through the ...

2023

Beyond monastic tradition, rules, statutes, and codes regulating conduct and behaviors gave origin to university colleges and the figure of the student. Since Middle Ages, plans on education were brought by reformers, moralists, and educators of different ...

2023

Use of space analog missions as an educational tool in primary schools

Volker Gass

Space exploration is a field that inspires a wide range of people, from children to university students, including the general public. With a return to the Moon planned for 2024 and the rapid expansion of the private industry, educating the next generation ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

A Speech-based Productive Engagement Metric for Real-time Human-Robot Interaction in Collaborative Educational Contexts

Pierre Dillenbourg, Barbara Bruno, Jauwairia Nasir

One of the major challenges in educational contexts is to correctly interpret the student's learning process in real-time, which is a necessary pre-requisite for timely and appropriate interventions. In educational HRI, multiple solutions have been propose ...

2022

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