OSCC: Multi-stage Dev of AI NPCs for undergraduate education

This presentation will give a brief description of the multi-stage development process over 17 years of AI chatbots in Second Life used as part of a Chinese language and culture traditional undergraduate curriculum currently still in use in a major Australian university.

We will also briefly touch on learner feedback at various stages of the development of the interactive NPCs and on published research related to the use of these NPCs in task-based learning within the formal undergraduate curriculum.