A review of the practical applications of pedagogic conversational agents to be used in school and university classrooms
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Pedagogic Conversational Agents (PCAs) can be defined as autonomous characters that cohabit learning environments with students to create rich learning interactions. Currently, there are many agents reported in the literature of this fast-evolving field. In this paper, several designs of PCAs used as instructors, students, or companions are reviewed using a taxonomy to analyze the possibilities that PCAs can bring into the classrooms. Finally, a discussion as to whether this technology could become the future of education depending on the design trends identified is open for any educational technology practitioner, researcher, teacher, or manager involved in 21st century education.
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- Authors
- Pérez-Marín, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Pérez-Marín, Diana
- ORCID
- Pérez-Marín, Diana
- Venue
- Digital
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021-01-29
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 18-33
- ISSN
- 2673-6470 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3121932387
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 2.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Digital (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (TIN 2015-66731-C2-1-R)
- Comunidad de Madrid (P2018/TCS-4307)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Keywords
- agent-based learning, educational technology, future of education, virtual instructor, online students, virtual companions
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