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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2017.18.8.1501

Analysis on Teacher's Height and Authority in Robot-assisted Learning  

Bae, Il-han (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Han, Jeong-hye (Cheongju National University of Education)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.18, no.8, 2017 , pp. 1501-1507 More about this Journal
Abstract
Telepresence in robot assisted learning has preferred low-height, shorter than life-size robotic platforms for reasons such as operational stability, user convenience and psychological comfort in human robot interaction. If, however, the reason for using a telepresence robot is to display the authority of a social superior to a social inferior, one can hypothesize that a robotic platform which reflects real-life height advantage would be better suited for the stated purpose than conventional low-height platforms. In order to test the hypothesis, we examined whether the height of the robot had an effect on an instructor connected to a telepresence robot in robot-assisted learning with regard to controlling a large number of elementary school students. The pre-and post experiment demonstrates that the use of a life-size telepresence robot, compared to a child-size telepresence robot, failed to make a meaningful difference in the instructors' authority being accepted by the students. However, behavioral measures shows that a taller robot has more merits in controlling students.
Keywords
Authority; Height; Telepresence robot; Robot-Assisted Learning;
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