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    Desarrollo de un plugin de recomendaciones tipo chatbot orientado a estudiantes para la plataforma Moodle
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2022-05-31) Calle Morales, Darwin Mauricio; Narváez Miranda, Edwin David; Maldonado Mahauad, Jorge Javier
    Face-to-face learning is the educational model that has lasted the longest in the history of mankind, however, the emergence and use of virtual spaces such as education platforms or learning spaces have increased in recent years. These platforms, known as learning management systems, bring several benefits, such as ease of access, availability and, as a consequence, the storage of large amounts of data regarding student interactions. Data alone do not provide the expected information, that is why by processing and generating indicators it is possible to improve and understand the learning process of students. In this context appears Moodle, which is a very popular learning management system that offers the possibility of creating courses in virtual mode for free, it is also characterized by collecting and storing a large amount of data on student interactions and by creating plugins to add more functionality to the platform. Moodle has a repository of plugins, most of them are free and open source, however, in the literature reviewed there is no plugin that recommends concrete actions or strategies to improve the learning process. Similarly, in this review there are no plugins that employ novel technologies such as chatbots or conversational agents, which are already being used in different industries as interactive sources of information with high availability and that curiously in education have not been sufficiently explored. That is why, in this degree work we present the development of Miranda, a chatbot-like recommendation plugin oriented to students. The proposed tool helps students in the self-regulation of their learning, providing recommendations of time and sessions, resources and actions within the Moodle platform. Also, with the development of this chatbot plugin we try to fill the technological gap regarding the use of these technologies in the Moodle platform. Miranda's development demonstrates that it is possible to deploy a chatbot plugin that provides various recommendations to students using both Moodle-generated and Moodle-generated learning analytics indicators.