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Nye, Benjamin D.; Okado, Yuko; Shiel, Aaron; Carr, Kayla; Rosenberg, Milton; Rice, Enora; Ostrander, Luke; Ju, Megan; Gutierrez, Cassandra; Ramirez, Dilan; Auerbach, Daniel; Aguirre, Angelica; Swartout, William
MentorStudio: Amplifying diverse voices through rapid, self-authorable virtual mentors Journal Article
In: 2023, (Publisher: Zenodo).
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title = {MentorStudio: Amplifying diverse voices through rapid, self-authorable virtual mentors},
author = {Benjamin D. Nye and Yuko Okado and Aaron Shiel and Kayla Carr and Milton Rosenberg and Enora Rice and Luke Ostrander and Megan Ju and Cassandra Gutierrez and Dilan Ramirez and Daniel Auerbach and Angelica Aguirre and William Swartout},
url = {https://zenodo.org/record/8226275},
doi = {10.5281/ZENODO.8226275},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-07-01},
urldate = {2024-01-11},
abstract = {Mentoring promotes underserved students' STEM persistence but it is difficult to scale up. Virtual agents can amplify mentors' experiences to larger audiences, which is particularly important for mentors from under-represented backgrounds and for underserved students with less access to mentors. This paper introduces MentorStudio, an online platform that allows real-life mentors to self-record and publish video-based conversational virtual agents. MentorStudio's goals are to increase speed, scheduling flexibility, and autonomy in creating intelligent virtual mentors. MentorStudio platform components are introduced, along with initial feedback regarding usability and acceptance collected from 20 STEM mentors who recorded virtual mentors. Overall, the MentorStudio platform has good ease-of-use and acceptance among mentors and offers a platform capable of recording large number of mentors to expand their reach to an unlimited number of students.},
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Mentoring promotes underserved students' STEM persistence but it is difficult to scale up. Virtual agents can amplify mentors' experiences to larger audiences, which is particularly important for mentors from under-represented backgrounds and for underserved students with less access to mentors. This paper introduces MentorStudio, an online platform that allows real-life mentors to self-record and publish video-based conversational virtual agents. MentorStudio's goals are to increase speed, scheduling flexibility, and autonomy in creating intelligent virtual mentors. MentorStudio platform components are introduced, along with initial feedback regarding usability and acceptance collected from 20 STEM mentors who recorded virtual mentors. Overall, the MentorStudio platform has good ease-of-use and acceptance among mentors and offers a platform capable of recording large number of mentors to expand their reach to an unlimited number of students.
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Nye, Benjamin D.; Okado, Yuko; Shiel, Aaron; Carr, Kayla; Rosenberg, Milton; Rice, Enora; Ostrander, Luke; Ju, Megan; Gutierrez, Cassandra; Ramirez, Dilan; Auerbach, Daniel; Aguirre, Angelica; Swartout, William
MentorStudio: Amplifying diverse voices through rapid, self-authorable virtual mentors Journal Article
In: 2023, (Publisher: Zenodo).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Learning Sciences, UARC, Virtual Agents
@article{nye_mentorstudio_2023,
title = {MentorStudio: Amplifying diverse voices through rapid, self-authorable virtual mentors},
author = {Benjamin D. Nye and Yuko Okado and Aaron Shiel and Kayla Carr and Milton Rosenberg and Enora Rice and Luke Ostrander and Megan Ju and Cassandra Gutierrez and Dilan Ramirez and Daniel Auerbach and Angelica Aguirre and William Swartout},
url = {https://zenodo.org/record/8226275},
doi = {10.5281/ZENODO.8226275},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-07-01},
urldate = {2024-01-11},
abstract = {Mentoring promotes underserved students' STEM persistence but it is difficult to scale up. Virtual agents can amplify mentors' experiences to larger audiences, which is particularly important for mentors from under-represented backgrounds and for underserved students with less access to mentors. This paper introduces MentorStudio, an online platform that allows real-life mentors to self-record and publish video-based conversational virtual agents. MentorStudio's goals are to increase speed, scheduling flexibility, and autonomy in creating intelligent virtual mentors. MentorStudio platform components are introduced, along with initial feedback regarding usability and acceptance collected from 20 STEM mentors who recorded virtual mentors. Overall, the MentorStudio platform has good ease-of-use and acceptance among mentors and offers a platform capable of recording large number of mentors to expand their reach to an unlimited number of students.},
note = {Publisher: Zenodo},
keywords = {Learning Sciences, UARC, Virtual Agents},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Mentoring promotes underserved students' STEM persistence but it is difficult to scale up. Virtual agents can amplify mentors' experiences to larger audiences, which is particularly important for mentors from under-represented backgrounds and for underserved students with less access to mentors. This paper introduces MentorStudio, an online platform that allows real-life mentors to self-record and publish video-based conversational virtual agents. MentorStudio's goals are to increase speed, scheduling flexibility, and autonomy in creating intelligent virtual mentors. MentorStudio platform components are introduced, along with initial feedback regarding usability and acceptance collected from 20 STEM mentors who recorded virtual mentors. Overall, the MentorStudio platform has good ease-of-use and acceptance among mentors and offers a platform capable of recording large number of mentors to expand their reach to an unlimited number of students.