Code Free Chatbot Development: An Easy Way to Jumpstart Your Chatbot!

Advancement in technology and innovation in teaching such as chatbot and extended reality can be daunting for teachers but as an educator, we need to leverage on these advancements to respond to the changes and challenges in the teaching and learning landscape. There are a number of tools available for teachers to use to overcome the challenges, and one of them is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) but creating a chatbot requires complex computer programming skills, and it is usually built from scratch to fit the intended educational purpose. This practice makes it difficult for teachers to adapt existing systems or to attempt in creating a similar version. In this workshop, we will be sharing our experiences gained from developing various chatbots for higher education using a commercial platform that can jumpstart your chatbot.

Call for Participation

Advancement in technology and innovation in teaching such as chatbot and extended reality can be daunting for teachers,
but as an educator, we need to leverage on these advancements to respond to the changes and challenges in the teaching and learning landscape. There are a number of tools available for teachers to use to overcome the challenges, and one of them is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbot. However, creating a chatbot requires complex computer programming skills, and it is usually built from scratch to fit the intended educational purpose, which makes it difficult for teachers. In this workshop, we will be sharing our experiences gained from developing various chatbots for higher education in our work, and will guide the participants to adopt widely used chatbot engines to develop code-free chatbots. This workshop is suitable for teachers, instructional designers, and other educational practitioners who don’t have a technical or coding background, but wants to develop and adopt chatbot in the teaching and learning process and/or for the course management purposes.

Organizers

  • Crystal Jing Luo, University of Hong Kong
  • Victor Yiu Lun Wong, University of Hong Kong
  • Donn Emmanuel Gonda, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Registration

To register for this workshop, please select this workshop when registering for Learning @ Scale 2020.