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Conversational bots as electronic performance support system for the professional development of teacher educators
Citation
Shamini Thilarajah & Divaharan, S. (2019). Conversational bots as electronic performance support system for the professional development of teacher educators. In S. Y. W. Chew, K. M. Chan, & A. Alphonso (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 577-581). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. https://2019conference.ascilite.org/assets/papers/Paper-043.pdf
Abstract
With the increased demand and interest in designing technology-enhanced lessons for 21st Century learners, ways to empower and enable teacher educators to use educational technologies effectively underpinning sound instructional strategies had to be reinvented. Teacher educators may require on-demand support in order to have the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the rapidly changing learning landscape. A learning intervention or a job aid had to be developed to provide just-in-time bite-sized knowledge in time of need. This conceptual paper elaborates the design and development of a next generation electronic performance support system for teacher educators and outlines a possible approach of using a rules-based chatbot as a means of empowering teacher educators to become active designers of meaningful technology-enhanced lessons.
Date Issued
2019
Publisher
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Description
This paper was published in the 2019 proceedings of the 36TH International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2019: Personalised Learning. Diverse Goals. One Heart, held at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, 2 - 5 December 2019.