‘It’s Almost like Talking to a Person’: Student Disclosure to Pedagogical Agents in Sensitive Settings
ARTICLE
Maggi Savin-Baden, Gemma Tombs, Coventry University, Coventry, England, United Kingdom ; David Burden, Daden, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom ; Clare Wood, Coventry University, Coventry, England, United Kingdom
IJMBL Volume 5, Number 2, ISSN 1941-8647 Publisher: IGI Global
Abstract
This paper presents findings of a pilot study which used pedagogical agents to examine disclosure in educational settings. The study used responsive evaluation to explore how use of pedagogical agents might affect students’ truthfulness and disclosure by asking them to respond to a lifestyle choices survey delivered by a web-based pedagogical agent. Findings indicate that emotional connection with pedagogical agents was intrinsic to the user’s sense of trust and therefore likely to affect levels of truthfulness and engagement. The implications of this study are that truthfulness, personalisation and emotional engagement are all vital components in using pedagogical agents to enhance online learning.
Citation
Savin-Baden, M., Tombs, G., Burden, D. & Wood, C. (2013). ‘It’s Almost like Talking to a Person’: Student Disclosure to Pedagogical Agents in Sensitive Settings. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 5(2), 78-93. IGI Global. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/186175/.
