TY - GEN
T1 - Animal companions as motivators for teammates helping each other learn
AU - Chen, Zhi Hong
AU - Deng, Yi Chan
AU - Chou, Chih Yueh
AU - Chan, Tak Wai
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This paper describes and discusses the design rationales of a system called My-Pet-Our-Pet that intends to realize an approach to using simulated animal companions to encourage students to help each other learn. A class of students is divided into several teams. Every student keeps her own individual animal companion, called My-Pet. An important component of animal companion is the student model of its master that supports self-reflection in different perspectives. Also, every team has a team animal companion, called Our-Pet, being kept by all the members of the team collaboratively. Our-Pet has a collective student model composed by all the student models of the team members. The design of Our-Pet help set a team goal through participating a competition game among Our-Pets of different teams, support collective reflections among team members, and shed light for the team how to help each other. We are currently conducting an experimental trail of the system in an elementary school where every student in the class has a Tablet PC.
AB - This paper describes and discusses the design rationales of a system called My-Pet-Our-Pet that intends to realize an approach to using simulated animal companions to encourage students to help each other learn. A class of students is divided into several teams. Every student keeps her own individual animal companion, called My-Pet. An important component of animal companion is the student model of its master that supports self-reflection in different perspectives. Also, every team has a team animal companion, called Our-Pet, being kept by all the members of the team collaboratively. Our-Pet has a collective student model composed by all the student models of the team members. The design of Our-Pet help set a team goal through participating a competition game among Our-Pets of different teams, support collective reflections among team members, and shed light for the team how to help each other. We are currently conducting an experimental trail of the system in an elementary school where every student in the class has a Tablet PC.
KW - Active student model
KW - Learning companion
KW - Open student model
KW - Student model
KW - Team animal companion
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U2 - 10.3115/1149293.1149299
DO - 10.3115/1149293.1149299
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863352246
SN - 0805857826
SN - 9780805857825
T3 - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005, CSCL 2005
SP - 43
EP - 47
BT - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005
PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
T2 - International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005, CSCL 2005
Y2 - 30 May 2005 through 4 June 2005
ER -