TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating Students’ Experiences in Hybrid Learning Environments
T2 - 15th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2023
AU - Hei, Xiaoxuan
AU - Denis, Valentine
AU - Oréfice, Pierre Henri
AU - Afyouni, Alia
AU - Laborde, Paul
AU - Legois, Damien
AU - Ocnarescu, Ioana
AU - Anastassova, Margarita
AU - Tapus, Adriana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2024.
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, distance learning was employed on an unprecedented level. As the lockdown measures have eased, it has become a parallel option alongside traditional in-person learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of basic videoconferencing tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet comes with a multitude of constraints that extend beyond technological aspects. These limitations are intricately linked with human behavior, psychology, but also pedagogy, drastically changing the interactions that take place during learning. Telepresence robots have been widely used due to their advantages in enhancing a sense of in-person. To investigate the opportunities, the impact, and the risks associated with the usage of telepresence robots in an educational context, we conducted an experiment in a real setting, in the specific use case of a design school and a project-based class. We are interested in the experience of a classroom and the relationships between a distance student, his/her peers, and the professor/instructor. This study employed two types of robots: a Kubi robot (a semi-static tablet-based system) and a Double robot (a mobile telepresence robot). The primary objective was to ascertain the perceptions and experiences of both remote and in-person students during their interaction with these robots. The results of the study demonstrate a marked preference among students for the Double robot over the Kubi, as indicated by their feedback.
AB - Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, distance learning was employed on an unprecedented level. As the lockdown measures have eased, it has become a parallel option alongside traditional in-person learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of basic videoconferencing tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet comes with a multitude of constraints that extend beyond technological aspects. These limitations are intricately linked with human behavior, psychology, but also pedagogy, drastically changing the interactions that take place during learning. Telepresence robots have been widely used due to their advantages in enhancing a sense of in-person. To investigate the opportunities, the impact, and the risks associated with the usage of telepresence robots in an educational context, we conducted an experiment in a real setting, in the specific use case of a design school and a project-based class. We are interested in the experience of a classroom and the relationships between a distance student, his/her peers, and the professor/instructor. This study employed two types of robots: a Kubi robot (a semi-static tablet-based system) and a Double robot (a mobile telepresence robot). The primary objective was to ascertain the perceptions and experiences of both remote and in-person students during their interaction with these robots. The results of the study demonstrate a marked preference among students for the Double robot over the Kubi, as indicated by their feedback.
KW - Distance learning
KW - Human-robot interaction
KW - Telepresence robot
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-99-8718-4_13
DO - 10.1007/978-981-99-8718-4_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85180630082
SN - 9789819987177
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 148
EP - 159
BT - Social Robotics - 15th International Conference, ICSR 2023, Proceedings
A2 - Ali, Abdulaziz Al
A2 - Cabibihan, John-John
A2 - Meskin, Nader
A2 - Rossi, Silvia
A2 - Jiang, Wanyue
A2 - He, Hongsheng
A2 - Ge, Shuzhi Sam
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 3 December 2023 through 7 December 2023
ER -