Navigating Transitions: Envisioning Conversational User Interfaces to Support International Students
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| author | Xu, Yuhui Blijenburg, Isabel Moghe, Bhakti Houben, Maarten Tetteroo, Daniel IJsselsteijn, Wijnand Lee, Minha |
| author_facet | Xu, Yuhui Blijenburg, Isabel Moghe, Bhakti Houben, Maarten Tetteroo, Daniel IJsselsteijn, Wijnand Lee, Minha |
| contents | International students face struggles when adapting to the host country. They are more susceptible to mental health problems than domestic students. While Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs) are increasingly researched and implemented, research on how they may help international university students is still scarce. Thus, we conducted participatory design workshops with international students who shared their perspectives and struggles of studying abroad, in which they also envisioned CUIs as aids to support their transitions. Participants proposed features of a CUI to address uncertainty, loneliness, and misunderstandings of cultural differences. Our paper reveals international students' needs and provides design implications for CUIs to support their well-being. |
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| spellingShingle | Navigating Transitions: Envisioning Conversational User Interfaces to Support International Students Xu, Yuhui Blijenburg, Isabel Moghe, Bhakti Houben, Maarten Tetteroo, Daniel IJsselsteijn, Wijnand Lee, Minha Human-Computer Interaction International students face struggles when adapting to the host country. They are more susceptible to mental health problems than domestic students. While Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs) are increasingly researched and implemented, research on how they may help international university students is still scarce. Thus, we conducted participatory design workshops with international students who shared their perspectives and struggles of studying abroad, in which they also envisioned CUIs as aids to support their transitions. Participants proposed features of a CUI to address uncertainty, loneliness, and misunderstandings of cultural differences. Our paper reveals international students' needs and provides design implications for CUIs to support their well-being. |
| title | Navigating Transitions: Envisioning Conversational User Interfaces to Support International Students |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16677 |