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A Systematic Review of Voice-based Intelligent Virtual Agents in EFL Education
Since its debut in the field of education nearly three decades ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been considered as a powerful tool to facilitate new paradigms for instructional design and innovative educational practice in the form of intelligent tutoring systems, chatbots, teaching robots and adaptive learning systems among others. Recent technological advances in the adjacent areas of natural language processing, machine learning and computer graphics focusing primarily on design features that can improve their human-like qualities of naturalness and believability as human interlocutors have also amplified new application opportunities for Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) or Animated Pedagogical Agents (APAs) within the area of Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL). Although AI-powered IVAs hold the potential to enhance the learning process in nearly any knowledge domain and personalize automation in teaching by embodying different roles in the learning environment, strikingly few studies have empirically attempted to assess IVAs impact on L2 learners’ academic achievement when learning English as a Foreign (EFL) so far. This study addresses this issue via a systematic review of relevant interventionist IVA studies that were conducted in EFL settings and published within the 2015-2020 timeframe examining IVAs key affordances, major barriers in their adoption for language learning purposes, and the CALL research trends currently prevalent on the topic. Pedagogical implications for the effective implementation of IVA technology in L2 contexts are discussed and future research avenues in the area are highlighted
Diseño de una safe house, mediante un sistema de asistente virtual
Este proyecto plantea la solución a la problemática de salud y seguridad de personas mayores en su propio hogar a través del diseño. Una de cada tres personas mayores de 65 años se ha caído en su propio hogar. Existen diversos sistemas de teleasistencia actualmente, pero no siempre son cien por cien eficaces y muchos de ellos están actualmente obsoletos tecnológicamente.
En este proyecto se centrará en diseñar un asistente virtual que cuide y vigile a las personas mayores en su propio hogar, con un sistema de elementos IoT y sensores que le den soporte. Con este asistente virtual, se busca garantizar más tiempo de cuidado al usuario, mientras se le garantiza una independencia en su propio hogar. Para lograr este objetivo se establecerá una relación empática entre el usuario y el asistente virtual.This project proposes a solution to the health and safety problems of elderly people in their own homes through design. One in three people over the age of 65 has fallen in their own home. There are currently various telecare systems, but they are not always one hundred percent effective and many of them are currently technologically obsolete.
This project will focus on designing a virtual assistant to care for and monitor elderly people in their own home, with a system of IoT elements and sensors to support it. With this virtual assistant, the aim is to guarantee more care time for the user, while guaranteeing independence in their own home. To achieve this goal, an empathic relationship will be established between the user and the virtual assistant