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Creating and improvising scenarios for content approaching is an enriching
technique in education. However, it comes with a significant increase in the
time spent on its planning, which intensifies when using complex technologies,
such as social robots. Furthermore, addressing multicultural integration is
commonly embedded in regular activities due to the already tight curriculum.
Addressing these issues with a single solution, we implemented an intuitive
interface that allows teachers to create scenario-based activities from their
regular curriculum using LLMs and social robots. We co-designed different
frameworks of activities with 4 teachers and deployed it in a study with 27
students for 1 week. Beyond validating the system's efficacy, our findings
highlight the positive impact of integration policies perceived by the children
and demonstrate the importance of scenario-based activities in students'
enjoyment, observed to be significantly higher when applying storytelling.
Additionally, several implications of using LLMs and social robots in long-term
classroom activities are discussed.
Study at a glance
- Question: Can AI-powered social robots support teachers in creating storytelling activities for learning and multicultural integration?
- Setting and data: Classroom deployment with 4 teachers and 27 students over 1 week.
- Method: Co-designing activity frameworks with teachers and testing the system in a one-week classroom study.
Why it matters
Creating scenario-based learning takes a significant increase in planning time, which intensifies when using complex technologies like social robots. Furthermore, teachers face already tight curricula when attempting to embed multicultural integration into regular activities.
Key findings
- Students experienced significantly higher enjoyment during scenario-based activities when storytelling was applied, in a one-week study with 27 children.
- Children perceived a positive impact from integration policies embedded within the classroom activities.
- An intuitive interface successfully enabled teachers to create scenario-based curriculum activities using language models and social robots.
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