A Human-Computer Dialogue System for Educational Debate: A Computational Dialectics Approach

Educational Human-computer Debate: a Computational Dialectics Approach

Theories of learning suggest that dialogue is important in shaping conceptual development. However, there is widespread debate as to the forms of dialogue and which are effective in an educational context. In addressing these issues, we have analysed current knowledge concerning dialectics in philosophy and education. We propose to adopt a computational dialectical approach to study the issues ...

Development and Evaluation of a System for Educational Debate

This paper reports research concerning issues involved in adopting a computational dialectics approach to develop a computerised system for educational debate. In particular, we consider the construction and usability evaluation of a human computer debating system. The system has been fully implemented and an initial usability evaluation has been undertaken, from which the results are essential...

A human-computer debating system prototype and its dialogue strategies

This paper reports research concerning issues involved in adopting a computational dialectics approach to develop a human-computer debating system for educational debate. In particular, we propose a suitable dialogue model and a set of computationally usable strategic heuristics to enable the computer to engage its users in debate on a controversial issue. The system has been fully implemented....

Assessing debate strategies via computational agents

This paper reports our research concerning dialogue strategies suitable for adoption by a human– computer debating system. We propose a set of strategic heuristics for a computer to adopt to enable it to function as a dialogue participant. In particular, we consider means of assessing the proposed strategy. A system involving two agents in dialogue with each other and a human– agent debate syst...

Dialectics as Method and Approach in Educational Research