TY - GEN
T1 - Perceptions of Social Robots as Motivating Learning Companions for Online Learning
AU - Sinai, Dafna
AU - Rosenberg-Kima, Rinat B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The shift for online learning, accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted the importance of self-regulated learning skills and the challenges many students face while practicing online learning. Could social robots help by serving as motivating learning companions in online learning settings? In this study, we explore the perceived potential of motivating learning companion robots designed based on Self-Determination Theory. One hundred and eighty-five participants watched one of five videos displaying a simulated student-robot interaction and rated their perceptions of the intrinsic motivation of the student in the videos and the type of support provided by the social robot. Overall, the motivating learning companion affected the perceived sense of relatedness and perceived level of anxiety of the student in the video, as well as the social robot's perceived support. Differences between the conditions are discussed.
AB - The shift for online learning, accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted the importance of self-regulated learning skills and the challenges many students face while practicing online learning. Could social robots help by serving as motivating learning companions in online learning settings? In this study, we explore the perceived potential of motivating learning companion robots designed based on Self-Determination Theory. One hundred and eighty-five participants watched one of five videos displaying a simulated student-robot interaction and rated their perceptions of the intrinsic motivation of the student in the videos and the type of support provided by the social robot. Overall, the motivating learning companion affected the perceived sense of relatedness and perceived level of anxiety of the student in the video, as well as the social robot's perceived support. Differences between the conditions are discussed.
KW - Human-Robot Interaction
KW - Motivating Learning Companion
KW - Online Learning
KW - Self-Determination Theory
KW - Social Robots
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140726268&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889592
DO - 10.1109/HRI53351.2022.9889592
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontobookanthology.conference???
AN - SCOPUS:85140726268
T3 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
SP - 1045
EP - 1048
BT - HRI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 17th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2022
Y2 - 7 March 2022 through 10 March 2022
ER -