A conversational agent as facilitator: Guiding groups through collaboration processes

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Autoren

  • Navid Tavanapour
  • Daphne Theodorakopoulos
  • Eva A.C. Bittner

Externe Organisationen

  • Universität Hamburg
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksLearning and Collaboration Technologies.
UntertitelHuman and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
Herausgeber/-innenPanayiotis Zaphiris, Andri Ioannou
Seiten108-129
Seitenumfang22
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 10 Juli 2020
Extern publiziertJa
Veranstaltung7th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020 - Copenhagen, Dänemark
Dauer: 19 Juli 202024 Juli 2020

Publikationsreihe

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Band12206 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (elektronisch)1611-3349

Abstract

Till now, conversational agents (CA) are often utilized as assistants to answer FAQs, but can they also be involved in other tasks with humans such as guiding them through a process as a group? We cooperate with an editorial office of an online journal and conduct an action design research project to instantiate a CA to facilitate their meetings. We design and develop the digital collaboration process (CP) of the meeting and a CA facilitator based on IBM Watson to integrate it in the digital environment to execute the CP. We conduct a pilot study and expert interviews to evaluate the CP and the derived design principles to facilitate the group during it and through its thinkLets. Our results show positive perception of the CA’s capability as a facilitator for a group within its limitations and its neutrality during group discussions perceived as one strengths compared to human facilitators.

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A conversational agent as facilitator: Guiding groups through collaboration processes. / Tavanapour, Navid; Theodorakopoulos, Daphne; Bittner, Eva A.C.
Learning and Collaboration Technologies. : Human and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Panayiotis Zaphiris; Andri Ioannou. 2020. S. 108-129 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Band 12206 LNCS).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Tavanapour, N, Theodorakopoulos, D & Bittner, EAC 2020, A conversational agent as facilitator: Guiding groups through collaboration processes. in P Zaphiris & A Ioannou (Hrsg.), Learning and Collaboration Technologies. : Human and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Bd. 12206 LNCS, S. 108-129, 7th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Dänemark, 19 Juli 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50506-6_9
Tavanapour, N., Theodorakopoulos, D., & Bittner, E. A. C. (2020). A conversational agent as facilitator: Guiding groups through collaboration processes. In P. Zaphiris, & A. Ioannou (Hrsg.), Learning and Collaboration Technologies. : Human and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings (S. 108-129). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Band 12206 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50506-6_9
Tavanapour N, Theodorakopoulos D, Bittner EAC. A conversational agent as facilitator: Guiding groups through collaboration processes. in Zaphiris P, Ioannou A, Hrsg., Learning and Collaboration Technologies. : Human and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. 2020. S. 108-129. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50506-6_9
Tavanapour, Navid ; Theodorakopoulos, Daphne ; Bittner, Eva A.C. / A conversational agent as facilitator : Guiding groups through collaboration processes. Learning and Collaboration Technologies. : Human and Technology Ecosystems - 7th International Conference, LCT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Panayiotis Zaphiris ; Andri Ioannou. 2020. S. 108-129 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).
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