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When Alpha Mini Meets Navel

Learntec is the leading e-learning trade fair and conference in Europe. For decades, it has been the meeting place for education managers, HR staff, heads of e-learning institutions, university lecturers, teachers, and all interested parties. It is shaped by experts such as Sünne Eichler and Prof. Dr. Peter A. Henning. In the Future Lab “Social Robots and GPTs” on June 6, 2024 at LEARNTEC, you can interact and communicate with Navel and Alpha Mini. For example, you can make them move their bodies, admire their gestures and facial expressions or have a conversation with them. Both models are state-of-the-art social robots that can be used in a learning context. The three sessions will be introduced by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel from the FHNW School of Business with his keynote speech “Social robots and GPTs in the learning sector”. The contact persons for the two robots are Claude Toussaint from navel robotics in Munich and Rainer E. Becker from BECKER ROBOTICS in Wuppertal. You will also have the opportunity to communicate with a GPT called Social Robotics Girl, which Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel uses in his teaching.

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Holograms in Teaching

Some universities strive to use holograms in their teaching. Through this technology, the lecturer’s representative would have a physical presence in space. Even interactions and conversations would be possible if the holograms or projections were connected to speech systems. Dr. David Lefevre, director of Imperial’s Edtech Lab, told the BBC one year ago: “The alternative is to use video-conferencing software but we believe these holograms have a much greater sense of presence”. American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has now switched on a digital platform that will stream 3D holograms of University of Hawaiʻi faculty members to deliver classes and engage with ASCC students in real-time. According to the website, students at the HoloCampus launch on August 20 received a lecture by UH Mānoa Water Resources Research Center researcher Chris Shuler on the subject of “sustainability and resilience” – a theme “with special significance for the people of American Samoa and Pacific Islands nations as they face challenges such as increasing plastic waste and more dramatic weather systems brought about by climate change” (Website University of Hawaiʻi). Holograms could play a role in all sorts of areas, including social and sexual relationships.