Using Chatbot for Augmenting the Design of Virtual Lab Experiments

Abstract

There is a variety of conversational chatbots that aid in education and they aid students in the process of learning. Similarly, many online tools exist to aid teaching. However, there is a scarcity of tools that help in experimental design and hence to bridge the gap, this paper introduces a conversational agent (chatbot) to augment the design of virtual lab experiments. The chatbot was implemented to answer queries and to help the teachers while using SDViCE tool. The data analysis and results of the research carried on the instructors reveals that chatbots will be useful for designing of virtual lab experiments. The research question we are trying to answer is - Whether the engineering instructors find the chatbot helpful while designing virtual laboratory experiment in the online SDVIcE tool?