Jan de Wit
Biographic Data
| ID | 5125668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan de Wit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | de Wit |
| SIGNATURE | DE WIT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7299-7992 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Generative AI-powered social robots in education
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) is accelerating the integration of social robots into education. These technologies enhance robots' abilities in natural language interaction, adaptive behaviour, and personalised learning support. To advance real-world implementation, it is essential to identify the main challenges and opportunities in this field. We conducted a two-round Delphi study with 16…
Patient Perspectives on a Digital Assistant for Medication Reconciliation
Medication reconciliation, the process of documenting a patient’s medication, is currently a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. To make medication reconciliation more efficient, digital assistants (DAs) offer a promising solution. Especially since human-like digital interfaces tend to be appreciated by more vulnerable populations such as patients in a low socioeconomic position (SEP). Despite the potential of DAs for low-SEP populations …
Co-Creating with a Robot Facilitator
Social robots can be designed to facilitate co-creation. The impact of mood expressions displayed by human facilitators can elicit similar moods in others, fostering collaboration, process satisfaction, and co-creation performance. However, the extent to which robot mood expressions can influence such group dynamics to the same effect remains an open question. To address this, we conducted an experiment ( N = 110) in which small groups engaged in…
The Design and Observed Effects of Robot-performed Manual Gestures
Communication using manual (hand) gestures is considered a defining property of social robots, and their physical embodiment and presence, therefore, we see a need for a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in social robots that use gestures. This systematic literature review aims to address this need by (1) describing the gesture production process of a social robot, including the design and planning steps, and (2) providing a survey o…
Predictors of contact tracing app adoption
Contact tracing apps (CTAs) have been introduced as a means to identify and isolate possible cases infected with COVID-19. Since the adoption rate determines the effectiveness of CTAs, it is important to examine what factors contribute to a higher CTA uptake. This study aimed to use an integrative approach to explain early CTA adoption, whereby three perspectives are distinguished: technology-related (derived from the Unified Theory of Acceptance…
A toy or a friend? Children's anthropomorphic beliefs about robots and how these relate to second‐language word learning
This study investigates the degree to which children anthropomorphize a robot tutor and whether this anthropomorphism relates to their vocabulary learning in a second‐language (L2) tutoring intervention. With this aim, an anthropomorphism questionnaire was administered to 5‐year‐old children ( N = 104) twice: prior to and following a seven‐session L2 vocabulary training with a humanoid robot. On average, children tended to anthropomorphize the ro…
Teaching Turkish‐Dutch kindergartners Dutch vocabulary with a social robot
Providing first language (L1) translations in L2 vocabulary interventions may be beneficial for L2 vocabulary learning. However, in linguistically diverse L2 classrooms, teachers cannot provide L1 translations to all children. Social robots do offer such opportunities, as they can be programmed to speak any combination of languages. This study investigates whether providing L1 translations in a robot‐assisted L2 vocabulary training facilitates ch…
Origins of Aggression
Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors
Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors
Predictors of contact tracing app adoption
Contact tracing apps (CTAs) have been introduced as a means to identify and isolate possible cases infected with COVID-19. Since the adoption rate determines the effectiveness of CTAs, it is important to examine what factors contribute to a higher CTA uptake. This study aimed to use an integrative approach to explain early CTA adoption, whereby three perspectives are distinguished: technology-related (derived from the Unified Theory of Acceptance…
Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors
Origins of Aggression
A toy or a friend? Children's anthropomorphic beliefs about robots and how these relate to second‐language word learning
This study investigates the degree to which children anthropomorphize a robot tutor and whether this anthropomorphism relates to their vocabulary learning in a second‐language (L2) tutoring intervention. With this aim, an anthropomorphism questionnaire was administered to 5‐year‐old children ( N = 104) twice: prior to and following a seven‐session L2 vocabulary training with a humanoid robot. On average, children tended to anthropomorphize the ro…
Teaching Turkish‐Dutch kindergartners Dutch vocabulary with a social robot
Providing first language (L1) translations in L2 vocabulary interventions may be beneficial for L2 vocabulary learning. However, in linguistically diverse L2 classrooms, teachers cannot provide L1 translations to all children. Social robots do offer such opportunities, as they can be programmed to speak any combination of languages. This study investigates whether providing L1 translations in a robot‐assisted L2 vocabulary training facilitates ch…
Predictors of contact tracing app adoption
Contact tracing apps (CTAs) have been introduced as a means to identify and isolate possible cases infected with COVID-19. Since the adoption rate determines the effectiveness of CTAs, it is important to examine what factors contribute to a higher CTA uptake. This study aimed to use an integrative approach to explain early CTA adoption, whereby three perspectives are distinguished: technology-related (derived from the Unified Theory of Acceptance…
The Design and Observed Effects of Robot-performed Manual Gestures
Communication using manual (hand) gestures is considered a defining property of social robots, and their physical embodiment and presence, therefore, we see a need for a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in social robots that use gestures. This systematic literature review aims to address this need by (1) describing the gesture production process of a social robot, including the design and planning steps, and (2) providing a survey o…
Patient Perspectives on a Digital Assistant for Medication Reconciliation
Medication reconciliation, the process of documenting a patient’s medication, is currently a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. To make medication reconciliation more efficient, digital assistants (DAs) offer a promising solution. Especially since human-like digital interfaces tend to be appreciated by more vulnerable populations such as patients in a low socioeconomic position (SEP). Despite the potential of DAs for low-SEP populations …
Co-Creating with a Robot Facilitator
Social robots can be designed to facilitate co-creation. The impact of mood expressions displayed by human facilitators can elicit similar moods in others, fostering collaboration, process satisfaction, and co-creation performance. However, the extent to which robot mood expressions can influence such group dynamics to the same effect remains an open question. To address this, we conducted an experiment ( N = 110) in which small groups engaged in…
Generative AI-powered social robots in education
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) is accelerating the integration of social robots into education. These technologies enhance robots' abilities in natural language interaction, adaptive behaviour, and personalised learning support. To advance real-world implementation, it is essential to identify the main challenges and opportunities in this field. We conducted a two-round Delphi study with 16…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Robot Interaction and HRI (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Robot (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · AI in Service Interactions (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Human–computer interaction (2 works)