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Teaching an Alien: Children Recommending What and How to Learn

Authors:
Monica Landoni
Emiliana Murgia
Fabrizio Gramuglio
Giorgio Manfredi

Keywords: Teachable tutor; fiction design; collaborative design; teaching style

Abstract:
In this paper, we describe how, inspired by fiction design, primary school children are helping us to create a teachable 3D Tutor, with the appearance and personality of a friendly Alien. In line with existing literature, we assume that children enjoy learning by teaching, By making the overall process more fun, the level of children’s engagement and their motivation towards it will increase. In our study, children will act as recommenders, as they are asked to prepare the lessons. They need to decide and select the material to teach and the way it is presented to the 3D Alien, to make sure s/he will have a successful learning experience. We will test the validity of these recommendations by measuring the level of engagement in children of the same age group when offered these lessons.

Pages: 132 to 134

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: February 24, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-686-6

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from February 24, 2019 to February 28, 2019