Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction
Brown, L., Kerwin, R., & Howard, A. M. (2013). Applying behavioral strategies for student engagement using a robotic educational agent. In Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2013 IEEE international conference on (pp. 4360–4365). IEEE. Byrne, D. E. (1971). The attraction paradigm. Academic Press (v
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- Basic Python familiarity
- Comfort with algebra or calculus basics
- Interest in robotics systems
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Brown, L., Kerwin, R., & Howard, A. M. (2013). Applying behavioral strategies for student engagement using a robotic educational agent. In Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2013 IEEE international conference on (pp. 4360–4365). IEEE. Byrne, D. E. (1971). The attraction paradigm. Academic Press (vol. 11). Chang, C. W., Lee, J. H., Chao, P. Y., Wang, C. Y., & Chen, G. D. (2010). Exploring the possibility of using humanoid robots as instructional tools for teaching a second language in primary s
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