Chatbots for teacher training: new possibilities for network learning

Abstract:

The present text is the result of a research called “Fact-checking education: identification, production and combat against narratives in networks”, which aims to understand the context of the emergence of fake news and its repercussions, in order to develop research-training methodologies in cyberculture (Santos) in times of post-truth (Santaella). Here we present formative uses of chatbots for teaching mediation with cultural practitioners through the linking of narratives and images produced in the context of research. We started from the theoretical-methodological repertoire of research-training in cyberculture to propose the research device “Reglus chatbot” to subvert the uses of devices used in our daily lives and understand other formative environments in cyberspace. The field of research is the daily routine of the subject “Informatics in Education” of the Pedagogy course at a distance from Uerj, where we investigate new ways of thinking about teacher education in a network.course at Uerj, in wich we investigate new ways of thinking about networked teacher education.

Keywords:
Research-training in cyberculture; Online teaching; Fake news; Chatbots; Algorithms