I, teacher: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction
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Human–machine communication has emerged as a new relational context of education and should become a priority for instructional scholarship in the coming years. With artificial intelligence and robots offering personalized instruction, teachers’ roles may shift toward overseers who design and select machine-led instruction, monitor student progress, and provide support. In this essay, we argue that bringing the sensibilities of instructional researchers to bear on these issues involving machine agents, within and outside the traditional classroom walls, is vitally important.
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- Authors
- Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Lin, X.
- Affiliations
- Western Michigan University (US)
- University of Central Florida (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Edwards, Chad
- Venue
- Communication Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-08-28
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 473-480
- ISSN
- 0363-4523 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-5795
- OpenAlex
- W2889357810
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 16.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Communication Education (publishedVersion)
- Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in Service Interactions
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence in education, social robots, human-machine communication, teacher role, personalized instruction, instructional design, student progress monitoring
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