Counseling via Avatar: Professional Practice in Virtual Worlds

Witt, Karl J.; Oliver, Marvarene; McNichols, Christine

doi:10.1007/s10447-016-9269-4

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“…In the digital era, taking benefit from Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with its recent development has been emerged widely amongst society's daily life for instance virtual interaction [1], virtual counselling [2,3,4], business [5,6], online tourism service [7,8] and public service online system [9,10]. It can be viewed that this rapid growth has been a keystone in underlying such activities to enhance the easiness and convenience.…”

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Exploring Adaptive Teaching Competencies in Big Data Era

Huda¹,

Maseleno

Shahrill³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

129

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Abstract-in the last decade, the adoption of digital tool to support educational process has been emerged among the universities around the world. In big data era, the demand to utilize it in adaptive teaching should be considered to enable the teaching performance especially in accessing the resources. This paper aims to explore the framework model as a way for teachers in adapting big data to help their teaching performance especially in accessing the resources. The literature review was conducted from peer review journals, books and conferences. The findings reveal that process and management skills should be engaged into adaptive teachings competencies. It included commitment in planning, time management, and technology skills. This study is expected to contribute in strengthening teaching performances in the application guideline in the big data era to support assessing the multi-channels of sources of knowledge to extract new insights of value in exploring the adaptive teaching competencies.Keywords-Adaptive teaching competency, big data, Process and management skills 68

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Adaptive Teaching Competencies in Big Data Era

Huda¹,

Maseleno

Shahrill³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

129

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“…Conditions that should be signs of online counseling service seen from various sectors, including information with regard to the limitation of service, service advantages, competence of counselors, a variety of problems that may arise during the counseling session online, the possibilities for further face-to-face sessions, and various other things that may need to be known by the client (Kanani & Regehr, 2003;Musiat et al, 2014;Witt et al, 2016). Principles in counseling who became the core of online counseling process should also be the consideration for counselors who provide online services ethics of counseling online.…”

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“…One of the counseling format that has great potential in the use and development of online counseling service is using the internet technology as a communication media between client and counselor (Ardi & Yendi, 2013; Avery, Meng, & Mills, 2014; Hertlein, Blumer, & Smith, 2014;Robinson, Hill, & Kivlighan Jr, 2015;Witt, Oliver, & McNichols, 2016). This is would be able to encourage and support communication continuously and create an atmosphere and counseling relationships that can be developed further in conjunction with the evolution of technology and the practice of counseling itself (Ardi & Yendi, 2013;Avery et al, 2014;Pruthi et al, 2013;Robinson et al, 2015).…”

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Ethics And Legal Issues In Online Counseling Services: Counseling Principles Analysis

Ardi

Putra

Ifdil

2017

j. psikol. pendidik.

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Challenges of living and dynamics modern society has spawned complex problems experienced by individuals. Counseling process with a variety formats attempt to develop the optimization of the individual. The development of the counseling process format formed a variety of alternative media that are capable to accommodating the communication process between the counselor and the client. The Media creates an atmosphere of counseling in long-distance (distance) condition has some advantages as well as disadvantages. One of the distance counseling forms is counseling online. With one form of service with fairly new developments, online counseling has had a significant positive impact on easing the client's problems. But on the other hand, this service also has some weaknesses that must be understood and controlled, especially for a counselor. This manuscript uses a documentary study approach on ethical conditions, counseling issues in Indonesia and discusses some of the ethical issues that must be understood by counselors during the process of online counseling in keeping some of the important principles in the counseling process.

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“…Currently, the prevalence of VH in health applications appears to lag behind that in other areas, such as education and training [ 118 , 119 ] or serious games [ 120 ], which is not surprising given the concerns about patient safety [ 121 ], ethical and legal issues [ 122 ], and perception of professional counselors [ 123 ]. Technological advancements will continue to augment VH capabilities; equally important is identifying the design tradeoffs associated with those capabilities in patient-facing systems.…”

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Computer-Controlled Virtual Humans in Patient-Facing Systems: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chattopadhyay¹,

Ma²,

Sharifi³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Virtual humans (VH) are computer-generated characters that appear humanlike and simulate face-to-face conversations using verbal and nonverbal cues. Unlike formless conversational agents, like smart speakers or chatbots, VH bring together the capabilities of both a conversational agent and an interactive avatar (computer-represented digital characters). Although their use in patient-facing systems has garnered substantial interest, it is unknown to what extent VH are effective in health applications. Objective The purpose of this review was to examine the effectiveness of VH in patient-facing systems. The design and implementation characteristics of these systems were also examined. Methods Electronic bibliographic databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles with relevant key terms. Studies were included in the systematic review if they designed or evaluated VH in patient-facing systems. Of the included studies, studies that used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate VH were included in the meta-analysis; they were then summarized using the PICOTS framework (population, intervention, comparison group, outcomes, time frame, setting). Summary effect sizes, using random-effects models, were calculated, and the risk of bias was assessed. Results Among the 8,125 unique records identified, 53 articles describing 33 unique systems, were qualitatively, systematically reviewed. Two distinct design categories emerged — simple VH and VH augmented with health sensors and trackers. Of the 53 articles, 16 (26 studies) with 44 primary and 22 secondary outcomes were included in the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis of the 44 primary outcome measures revealed a significant difference between intervention and control conditions, favoring the VH intervention (SMD = .166, 95% CI .039-.292, P=.012), but with evidence of some heterogeneity, I2=49.3%. There were more cross-sectional (k=15) than longitudinal studies (k=11). The intervention was delivered using a personal computer in most studies (k=18), followed by a tablet (k=4), mobile kiosk (k=2), head-mounted display (k=1), and a desktop computer in a community center (k=1). Conclusions We offer evidence for the efficacy of VH in patient-facing systems. Considering that studies included different population and outcome types, more focused analysis is needed in the future. Future studies also need to identify what features of virtual human interventions contribute toward their effectiveness.

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Counseling via Avatar: Professional Practice in Virtual Worlds

Cited by 15 publications

References 34 publications

Exploring Adaptive Teaching Competencies in Big Data Era

Exploring Adaptive Teaching Competencies in Big Data Era

Ethics And Legal Issues In Online Counseling Services: Counseling Principles Analysis

Computer-Controlled Virtual Humans in Patient-Facing Systems: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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