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Telepresence Robots: Applications and Issues In Higher Education
Michael Paskevicius & Valerie Irvine
Image https://pixabay.com/en/robots-computers-bots-character-764951/License: CC0 Public Domain
Presented in CSC 586A: Topics in Computer Systems and Software: "Computer-Supported Collaborative Work“ October, 2015
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Face to face classrooms
Classroom – Wikipedia images from - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classroom Licensed with Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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Asynchronous Fully Online or Blended
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Video conferencing
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Synchronous online classrooms
http://www.blackboard.com/platforms/collaborate/products/blackboard-collaborate/web-conferencing.aspx http://atate.org/mscel/archive/hp-blog-2011.html
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Choice?Which configuration do you prefer? Where have you felt you had your best learning experiences?
Do you feel you have choice in the selection of the learning format?
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FACE TO FACE ONLINEOR
Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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FACE TO FACE ONLINE*AND*
BLENDEDIrvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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F2F ONLINEMULTI-ACCESS
Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Physical
Flickr@faultlesspajamo CCBYNCSA2.0Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Special Needs / Anxiety
Flickr@gregous CCBYNCND2.0 Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Remote or Rural
Flickr@Michel-Yves CCBYND2.0 Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Potential models for multiaccess
Shared portals
Personal portals
Autonomous telepresence robots
(Bell, Sawaya & Cain, 2014)
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Multiaccess - shared portals
http://designstudio.educ.msu.edu/virtual-flexibility-for-synchronous-hybrid-learning/
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Multiaccess - personal portals
http://designstudio.educ.msu.edu/research-and-practice/synchromodal/personal-portal-model/
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Mutiaccess - Autonomous telepresence robots
http://designstudio.educ.msu.edu/research-and-practice/synchromodal/personal-portal-model/
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http://www.doublerobotics.com/ https://revolverobotics.com/ http://www.vgocom.com/
Kubi vGoDouble
Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Remote participant’s view
Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Faculty and student perspectives on using telepresence robots to support multiaccess
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The argument against multiaccess• The technology to support this is costly and hard to setup
• It will a challenge facilitating both in person and distance learners
• This will have a negative impact on the sense of community in the classroom
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• “The robot to me is an interesting idea. Part of my thinking is thinking about who are we, so it’s ontological but what essence or what physicality is different to me. It wouldn’t bother me, if I had 10 of those it still wouldn’t bother me, it’s just another way of being.”
• “I can just teach normally to them and to them the same way as this face-to-face student. I don’t see that being an issue. ”
• “I would love to try it as a student. I would love to try it as a teacher. As long as I have no responsibility for moving their screens around.”
Irvine, V. 2015. Video Conferencing via Robots: Needs and Implications of Access by Cyber Proxy. BCNet Conference 2015, Vancouver, BC. http://www.slideshare.net/virvine/video-conferencing-via-robots-needs-and-implications-of-access-by-cyber-proxy
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Student feedback
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada License. To view a copy of this license, visit
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Prepared by: Michael Paskevicius [email protected]
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References • Bell, J., Sawaya, S., & Cain, W. (2014). Synchromodal classes: Designing
for shared learning experiences between face-to-face and online students. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 5(1).
• Herring, S. C. (2013). Telepresence robots for academics. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 50(1), 1-4.
• Irvine, V., Code, J., & Richards, L. (2013). Realigning higher education for the 21st-century learner through multi-access learning. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9(2), 172-186.
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Face to face Asynchronous text based
Video conferenced Multiaccess
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