"Can you say more about the location?" The Development of a Pedagogical Reference Resolution Agent
This work addresses geographic literacy for the general public, but it is incremental as it adapts existing game-based learning methods to new platforms.
The paper tackled the problem of improving geographic literacy by developing a collaborative two-player game to help people locate countries on a world map, resulting in participants finding the game engaging and believing they gained lasting knowledge.
In an increasingly globalized world, geographic literacy is crucial. In this paper, we present a collaborative two-player game to improve people's ability to locate countries on the world map. We discuss two implementations of the game: First, we created a web-based version which can be played with the remote-controlled agent Nellie. With the knowledge we gained from a large online data collection, we re-implemented the game so it can be played face-to-face with the Furhat robot Neil. Our analysis shows that participants found the game not just engaging to play, they also believe they gained lasting knowledge about the world map.