Social Foundations of Learning
These projects are exploring how to make technologies that enhance the best of social interaction for learning while mitigating the worst.
Teachable Agents: Interactive Demo
You can play by clicking the link below!
Game: Teachable Agents
Relevant publications:
- Okita, S. A., & Schwartz, D. L. (2013). Learning by teaching human pupils and teachable agents: The importance of recursive feedback. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 22(3), 375-412.
- Chin, D.B., Dohmen, I.M., & Schwartz, D.L. (2013). Teachable Agents make scientific thinking visible and improve learning for younger children. IEEE Transaction on Learning Technologies.
- Chin, D.B., Dohmen, I.M., Cheng, B.H., Oppezzo, M.A., Chase, C.C., & Schwartz, D.L. (2010). Preparing students for future learning with Teachable Agents. Educational Technology Research and Development, 58(6): 649-669. doi: 10.1007/s11423-010-9154-5
- Chase, C., Chin, D.B., Oppezzo, M, & Schwartz, D.L. (2009). Teachable agents and the protege effect: Increasing the effort towards learning. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 18(4), 334-352. doi: 10.1007/s10956-009-9180-4
- Blair, K., Schwartz, D. L., Biswas, G., & Leelawong, K. (2007).Pedagogical agents for learning by teaching: Teachable Agents. Educational Technology, 47(1), 56-61.
