Nicole Dillen
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Nicole Dillen is a researcher at the intersection of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence in education, with a primary focus on how conversational agents can transform learning. Her most influential work centers on the design and evaluation of interactive platforms that leverage the "learning by teaching" paradigm, where students teach AI agents to deepen their own understanding. Dillen’s landmark paper, "Curiosity Notebook: A Platform for Learning by Teaching Conversational Agents" (2020, 24 citations), introduced a novel system that addresses a longstanding challenge in educational technology: making the cognitive processes behind teaching-based learning visible and measurable. By creating a teachable agent that acts as a curious student, Dillen’s platform enables researchers to track how learners structure knowledge, ask questions, and refine explanations—offering unprecedented insight into metacognition and knowledge-building. Her work has been recognized for bridging pedagogical theory with practical, scalable AI tools, and she continues to explore how curiosity-driven agents can personalize instruction. Dillen’s contributions are shaping the next generation of intelligent tutoring systems, making her a key voice in the movement toward more interactive, learner-centered AI.
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