How Does Affective Robot Feedback Influence Learner Experience in a Real-World Treasure Hunt?

Foster, M. E. , Deshmukh, A. , Janarthanam, S., Lim, M. Y., Hastie, H. and Aylett, R. (2015) How Does Affective Robot Feedback Influence Learner Experience in a Real-World Treasure Hunt? In: WONDER 2015: The First International Workshop on Educational Robots, Paris, France, 26 Oct 2015, (Unpublished)

Abstract

We explore the effect of the feedback strategy used by a virtual robot agent in the context of a real-world treasure-hunt activity carried out by children aged 11–12. We compare two versions of a tablet-based virtual robot agent, which provides either neutral or affective feedback during the treasure hunt. The results suggest that the use of the tablet app increased the perceived difficulty of the instruction-following task compared to a paper-based version, while the affective robot feedback increased the perceived difficulty of the questions.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Unpublished
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Foster, Dr Mary Ellen and Deshmukh, Dr Amol
• Authors: Foster, M. E., Deshmukh, A., Janarthanam, S., Lim, M. Y., Hastie, H., and Aylett, R.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science

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