Chatbots have the potential of tackling challenges, such as the difficulty of educators to promote formative assessment in their classes, as well students’ need for receiving personalized feedback to increase their learning. Even though chatbots appear in several applications the last decade, their implementation in higher education is still in its infancy. The main reason is the lack of knowledge in how to implement and train the chatbots for specific scenarios in higher education. The project aims to document best practices for the use of chatbots in higher education.
Current state of the art will be defined and pilot pedagogical chatbots for education at partner and other invited universities will be planned and implemented. Digital learning communities (cMOOCs) will be set up and a knowledge sharing culture among educators will be targeted, so as to motivate the implementation of pedagogical chatbots for improving the quality of education in Europe.
Contact Person:
Associate Professor Andri Ioannou
Email: a.ioannou@cyens.org.cy
Project Info
Acronym:
EDUBOTS
Website:
www.edubots.eu
Funder:
ERASMUS+ KA2
Project Funding:
€ 713,578
Duration:
24 months
Starting Date:
1/11/2019
End Date:
31/10/2021
Partners
EdTech Foundry
CYENS CoE
Anna & Hubert Lab
University of Leeds
University of Zagreb
University of Granada
Riga Technical University.