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Main Authors: Posada, Jennifer, Hassan, Taha, Chen, Lujie Karen, Yarnall, Louise, Gong, Jiaqi
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16271
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author Posada, Jennifer
Hassan, Taha
Chen, Lujie Karen
Yarnall, Louise
Gong, Jiaqi
author_facet Posada, Jennifer
Hassan, Taha
Chen, Lujie Karen
Yarnall, Louise
Gong, Jiaqi
contents Data storytelling workflows ask learners to integrate analytical, design, and narrative skills, but instructors rarely have the capacity to provide detailed feedback at each step. Computational and AI-assisted storytelling offers opportunities to support student learning, but how feedback should be structured effectively remains unclear. To address this gap, we conducted a two-phase participatory design study. Through participant observations (N=8) and interviews (N=6), the first phase explored learners and educators' feedback needs and challenges in a data storytelling course. The second phase conducted two design workshops (N=8/10) to design and evaluate feedback strategies (frequency, seamlessness, accountability) for Story Studio: an AI-assisted narrative storytelling application. Our findings show that participants perceived on-demand and process feedback modes as effective, but automatic and outcome feedback as slightly more persuasive. We discuss implications for designing AI-augmented storytelling systems that adapt their feedback modes to the diverse needs and expectations of students.
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spellingShingle Exploring Student Feedback Needs and Design Opportunities in Data Storytelling Education
Posada, Jennifer
Hassan, Taha
Chen, Lujie Karen
Yarnall, Louise
Gong, Jiaqi
Human-Computer Interaction
Data storytelling workflows ask learners to integrate analytical, design, and narrative skills, but instructors rarely have the capacity to provide detailed feedback at each step. Computational and AI-assisted storytelling offers opportunities to support student learning, but how feedback should be structured effectively remains unclear. To address this gap, we conducted a two-phase participatory design study. Through participant observations (N=8) and interviews (N=6), the first phase explored learners and educators' feedback needs and challenges in a data storytelling course. The second phase conducted two design workshops (N=8/10) to design and evaluate feedback strategies (frequency, seamlessness, accountability) for Story Studio: an AI-assisted narrative storytelling application. Our findings show that participants perceived on-demand and process feedback modes as effective, but automatic and outcome feedback as slightly more persuasive. We discuss implications for designing AI-augmented storytelling systems that adapt their feedback modes to the diverse needs and expectations of students.
title Exploring Student Feedback Needs and Design Opportunities in Data Storytelling Education
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16271