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Title Robot Classroom Assistants Help Online Students Take Part in Lectures Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet DIGIT news Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/10/19 Description The four robots, named Alvin, Anna, Ahmed and Abha, are helping online students get involved in lectures and speak to students and tutors.
Online students at the University of Aberdeen are benefiting from robot classroom assistants as part of a pioneering new trial scheme.
The robot classroom assistants are helping to deliver teaching at the University’s Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), which provides short courses and Masters programmes to students in more than 100 countries around the world.
Named Alvin, Anna, Ahmed and Abha, the four robots are supporting online student experiences by acting as a webcam, microphone and speaker. They sit in on lectures, lab work and even field visits so that online students can stay up-to-date in real-time and learn alongside on-campus students from afar.Producer/Author Ross Kelly URL https://www.digit.fyi/robot-classroom-assistants/ Persons Kirsty Kiezebrink