CO-OPERA: A Human-AI Collaborative Playwriting Tool to Support Creative Storytelling for Interdisciplinary Drama Education
Xuejiao Ma, Haibo Zhao, Zinuo Guo, Yijie Guo, Guanhong Liu, and Bo Jiang

TL;DR
CO-OPERA is a collaborative AI-powered playwriting tool designed to enhance interdisciplinary drama education by supporting creative storytelling and iterative script development.
Contribution
It introduces a novel human-AI collaborative system tailored for educational playwriting, integrating discussion and agent-based script generation functionalities.
Findings
Improves focus on logical narrative development during playwriting
Supports iterative modifications and regenerations based on user input
Demonstrates usability with middle school students
Abstract
Drama-in-education is an interdisciplinary instructional approach that integrates subjects such as language, history, and psychology. Its core component is playwriting. Based on need-finding interviews of 13 teachers, we found that current general-purpose AI tools cannot effectively assist teachers and students during playwriting. Therefore, we propose CO-OPERA - a collaborative playwriting tool integrating generative artificial intelligence capabilities. In CO-OPERA, users can both expand their thinking through discussions with a tutor and converge their thinking by operating agents to generate script elements. Additionally, the system allows for iterative modifications and regenerations based on user requirements. A system usability test conducted with middle school students shows that our CO-OPERA helps users focus on whole logical narrative development during playwriting. Our…
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TopicsArtificial Intelligence Applications · Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
