Category: Presentation
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Presentation: How Embodiment Changes AI Tutoring: Comparing Student Perceptions of Text and AI Human Avatar-Based Chatbot Systems
Slides from our presentation at HCII 2026 conference. In this research, we investigate how a human-like avatar influences students’ perceptions and use of an AI tutoring system. The results show that embodiment strengthens the AI tutor’s role as a communication partner, while information seeking remains the dominant learning behaviour. Audio was perceived as more useful…
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Master’s thesis: A comparison of educational videos featuring AI avatars and real people in a school context
On 24 June 2026, Belinda Uhl successfully defended her Master’s thesis. As part of her research, she investigated how lower secondary school pupils perceive educational videos presented by different characters: their own teacher, a digital robot character, or an AI-generated personal avatar of an unknown person. To this end, nine educational videos were produced on…
