MobiAxis: An Embodied Learning Task for Teaching Multiplication with a Social Robot

TL;DR

MobiAxis leverages a social robot's physical embodiment to teach multiplication concepts through an interactive, multi-modal learning task, aiming to enhance educational engagement and understanding.

Contribution

This paper introduces MobiAxis, a novel embodied learning task utilizing a Pepper robot's physical and social capabilities for teaching multiplication.

Findings

Design of a physically embodied multiplication teaching task

Integration of social robot behaviors to enhance learning

Proposed framework for future empirical evaluation

Abstract

The use of robots in educational settings is growing increasingly popular. Yet, many of the learning tasks involving social robots do not take full advantage of their physical embodiment. MobiAxis is a proposed learning task which uses the physical capabilities of a Pepper robot to teach the concepts of positive and negative multiplication along a number line. The robot is embodied with a number of multi-modal socially intelligent features and behaviours which are designed to enhance learning. This paper is a position paper describing the technical and theoretical implementation of the task, as well as proposed directions for future studies.