Chatbots hold the promise of revolutionizing education by engaging learners, personalizing
learning activities, supporting educators, and developing deep insight into learners' …

With the exponential growth in the mobile device market over the last decade, chatbots are
becoming an increasingly popular option to interact with users, and their popularity and …

A pedagogical agent is an anthropomorphic virtual character used in an online learning
environment to serve instructional purposes. The design of pedagogical agents changes …

As distance learning and large-scale learning environments continue to grow, interactive
knowledge distribution is becoming a more challenging task. Although studies show that …

Conversational AI systems, such as Amazon's Alexa, are rapidly developing from purely
transactional systems to social chatbots, which can respond to a wide variety of user …

Voice-based Conversational Agents (VCA) have served as personal assistants that support
individuals with special needs. Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may also …

Background In recent years, the importance of emotions in learning has been increasingly
recognized. Applying emotional design to induce positive emotions has been considered a …

Research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and conversational
pedagogical agents has strongly emphasized the value of providing dynamic dialogue …

Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has become increasingly popular. With elements such
as narratives, rewards, rules, and interactivity, DGBL can actively engage learners …

Conversational agents that draw on the framework of academically productive talk (APT)
have been lately shown to be effective in helping learners sustain productive forms of peer …