Robot That Can Promote Learning by Observing in Collaborative Learning

This study sought to examine how behavior of a robot can prompt learning by observing in collaborative learning. We designed the robot to learn in the same way as a human learner at the when learning begin. Moreover, the robot changes the way of learning to a more effective one as the learning progresses. Ten college students with low level English learned using an English vocabulary learning system with robot for two months and were videoed during that time to see how they learned. We found that learners came to imitate the learning method of the robot and change their way of learning to the more effective one. This suggests that the robot that changes the learning method as the learning progresses prompts learners to learn by observing in collaborative learning.