Autorentext

George Veletsianos is Canada Research Chair of Innovative Learning and Technology and Associate Professor at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been developing online learning environments since 2004. His book Social Media in Academia: Networked Scholars won the Outstanding Book Award from AECT's Research and Theory Division.

Klappentext

ChatBots, TeacherBots, and Pedagogical Agents: Systems and Programs That Teach illuminates the opportunities and challenges of instructional machines and proposes ways to design bots that enhance learning and teaching.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. What is it like to have a conversation with a bot?

3. What do students and bots discuss?

4. Why aren't students civil to bots?

5. Are bots effective?

6. How can we design better bots?

7. Conclusion