Virtual inclusion via telepresence robots in the classroom
Abstract
The recent development of telepresence robots provides the opportunity for virtual inclusion to students who are not able to attend school due to medical conditions. Every year, large numbers of K-12 students are not able to attend class due to illness. Extended absence from the classroom has negative and overlapping educational, social, and medical consequences as students may fall behind in instruction, feel isolated from their peers, and experience difficulties in their recovery due to loneliness and depression. The recent development of telepresence robots provides a possible means for addressing this situation. Preliminary results from a local case study on the use of these robots in a public school system indicate that virtual inclusion may provide significant improvements in the educational, social, and healthcare experiences of this vulnerable population.
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From Sense of School Belonging and School Reintegration for Students Hospitalized With Chronic or Complex Medical Diseases: Insights From a Grounded Theory Study (2026) · cites this paper as [73]
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- Authors
- Newhart, V. A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Venue
- CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2014-04-26
- Pages
- 951-956
- OpenAlex
- W2072564286
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Keywords
- telepresence robots, school absenteeism, illness absence, K-12 students, health conditions, social isolation, peer isolation, loneliness, depression, public schools
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