Designing for Robot-Mediated Interaction among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children

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  • Author(s): Kim, Yanghee (ORCID Kim, Yanghee (ORCID 0000-0002-0611-6253); Marx, Sherry; Pham, Hung Viet; Nguyen, Tung
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Educational Technology Research and Development. Dec 2021 69(6):3233-3254.
  • Publication Date:
    2021
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      22
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • Contract Number:
      IIS1623561
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Robotics; Computer Mediated Communication; Ethnography; Interpersonal Communication; Bilingualism; Kindergarten; English Language Learners; Cultural Differences; Child Development; Instructional Design
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s11423-021-10051-2
    • ISSN:
      1042-1629
    • Abstract:
      This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that mediated collaborative interactions among culturally and linguistically diverse kindergarten children in a US school. The robotic mediation was designed to help children have positive interactions with one another. The study was grounded in theories of childhood development, intercultural communication, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Design research and ethnographic qualitative research methods were used to design, test, and improve the robot's mediation skills over a ten-week period of active use in a real-world classroom setting. Findings describe the challenges we faced in designing robot-mediated interaction activities as well as the solutions we implemented through repeated ethnographic observations, summarized as (1) anticipating children's communication styles with flexible design, (2) inviting children to participate with personalized, friend-like communication, (3) enhancing engagement with familiar contexts, and (4) embracing language diversity with a bilingual robot.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1319898