When Generative AI Meets Workplace Learning: Creating A Realistic & Motivating Learning Experience With A Generative PCA

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Main Authors: Bucher, Andreas, Schenk, Birgit, Dolata, Mateusz, Schwabe, Gerhard
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Published: 2024
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author Bucher, Andreas
Schenk, Birgit
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
author_facet Bucher, Andreas
Schenk, Birgit
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
contents Workplace learning is used to train employees systematically, e.g., via e-learning or in 1:1 training. However, this is often deemed ineffective and costly. Whereas pure e-learning lacks the possibility of conversational exercise and personal contact, 1:1 training with human instructors involves a high level of personnel and organizational costs. Hence, pedagogical conversational agents (PCAs), based on generative AI, seem to compensate for the disadvantages of both forms. Following Action Design Research, this paper describes an organizational communication training with a Generative PCA (GenPCA). The evaluation shows promising results: the agent was perceived positively among employees and contributed to an improvement in self-determined learning. However, the integration of such agent comes not without limitations. We conclude with suggestions concerning the didactical methods, which are supported by a GenPCA, and possible improvements of such an agent for workplace learning.
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spellingShingle When Generative AI Meets Workplace Learning: Creating A Realistic & Motivating Learning Experience With A Generative PCA
Bucher, Andreas
Schenk, Birgit
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Workplace learning is used to train employees systematically, e.g., via e-learning or in 1:1 training. However, this is often deemed ineffective and costly. Whereas pure e-learning lacks the possibility of conversational exercise and personal contact, 1:1 training with human instructors involves a high level of personnel and organizational costs. Hence, pedagogical conversational agents (PCAs), based on generative AI, seem to compensate for the disadvantages of both forms. Following Action Design Research, this paper describes an organizational communication training with a Generative PCA (GenPCA). The evaluation shows promising results: the agent was perceived positively among employees and contributed to an improvement in self-determined learning. However, the integration of such agent comes not without limitations. We conclude with suggestions concerning the didactical methods, which are supported by a GenPCA, and possible improvements of such an agent for workplace learning.
title When Generative AI Meets Workplace Learning: Creating A Realistic & Motivating Learning Experience With A Generative PCA
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15561