Participants required GSR user-knowledge of learning goals, progress, learning type, emotions, and background, with privacy safeguards and informed consent¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? All participants agreed the robot needs access to user information related to learning, including goals, progress, learning type, and grades. → S. Vonschallen 2026 q2 i? Support for emotion detection was divided: some participants wanted the robot to understand user emotions, while others opposed it as not useful or too intrusive for privacy. → S. Vonschallen 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

S. Vonschallen 2026¶

S. Vonschallen, D. Oberle, T. Schmiedel, and F. Eyssel. (2026). Knowledge-Based Design Requirements for Generative Social Robots in Higher Education. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12873 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.12873

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Results-section interview finding: participants specified learning goals, learning progress, learning type, and grades, and stressed that technical privacy and security standards and informed consent must accompany user-related information.

"There was consensus among all participants that the robot needs to have access to user information related to learning in order to effectively support students."

S. Vonschallen 2026 (2)¶

S. Vonschallen, D. Oberle, T. Schmiedel, and F. Eyssel. (2026). Knowledge-Based Design Requirements for Generative Social Robots in Higher Education. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12873

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Results-section interview finding showing non-consensus: while some participants wanted the robot to gauge motivation and stress, others were "against emotion detection" for usefulness or privacy reasons, so this requirement did not replicate across the sample.

"However, other participants were against emotion detection, as it was not deemed particularly useful (L2) or too intrusive in terms of privacy (S6)."

Discussion¶

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