Evaluating an intelligent Q&A system for mobile cultural learning
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Doumanis, I. and Smith, S. 2015. Evaluating an intelligent Q&A system for mobile cultural learning. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments. 15 (2). https://doi.org/10.4108/fiee.1.2.e3
Type | Article |
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Title | Evaluating an intelligent Q&A system for mobile cultural learning |
Authors | Doumanis, I. and Smith, S. |
Abstract | The paper presents a user study designed to evaluate the impact of an intelligent Q&A system for mobile cultural learning on the user’s subjective impressions and retention performance. We have chosen a recent pedagogical framework for mobile learning as a theoretical foundation for this work and designed our system accordingly. In particular, our Q&A system enables individual learners to interact with unknown cultural content under simulated mobile conditions in a well-organised and structured manner using natural language. To investigate the impact of the Q&A system on the participants’ retention of cultural content, we compared two variations of the Q&A system in the lab under simulated mobile conditions. The systems differed both in terms of the approach for processing natural language and style of a Q&A session. Below, we present the results of the study and a series of design recommendations that should aid in the development of more robust Q&A models for mobile cultural systems. |
Keywords | assisted learning, intelligent interaction, pervasive & ubiquitous education, technology supported education, culturalinformation |
Research Group | Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments |
Publisher | ICST |
Journal | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments |
ISSN | 2409-0034 |
Publication dates | |
16 Jun 2015 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Jul 2015 |
Accepted | 28 Aug 2014 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | Copyright © 2015 I. Doumanis and S. Smith, licensed to ICST. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction |
Additional information | EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments 15(2): e3 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4108/fiee.1.2.e3 |
Language | English |
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