Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach

Harm op den Akker; Rieks op den Akker; Tessa Beinema; Oresti Banos; Dirk Heylen; Björn Bedsted; Alison Pease; Catherine Pelachaud; Vicente Traver Salcedo; Sofoklis Kyriazakos; Hermie Hermens

Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach

Harm op den Akker, Rieks op den Akker, Tessa Beinema, Oresti Banos, Dirk Heylen, Björn Bedsted, Alison Pease, Catherine Pelachaud, Vicente Traver Salcedo, Sofoklis Kyriazakos, Hermie Hermens

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Abstract

A modern way of life needs a modern way of coaching. Despite the proliferation of ICT solutions for personalized health care, there is still no easy way to provide older adults with integrated coaching services. In this paper we introduce the concept of Council of Coaches — a radically new virtual coaching concept based on multiple autonomous, embodied virtual coaches, which form together a personal council that fulfills the needs of older adults in an integrated way. In this concept, coaching takes the form of an open dialog in which clients co-construct together with a selected number of coaches their own plans to go for a healthier lifestyle. Virtual coaches are presented to users by means of embodied conversational social characters. We discuss technical and social challenges on the path towards realizing the Council of Coaches concept, a radically new view of health coaching that involves the state of the art in human-computer interaction, natural dialogue, and argumentation technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICT4AWE 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health
Editors	M. Ziefle, L. Maciaszek, P. D. Bamidis
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	219-226
Number of pages	8
Volume	2018-March
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897582998
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2018 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Duration: 22 Mar 2018 → 23 Mar 2018

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2018
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Funchal, Madeira
Period	22/03/18 → 23/03/18

Keywords

Behavior Change
Embodied Agents
Virtual Coaching

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Health Informatics

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Akker, H. O. D., Akker, R. O. D., Beinema, T., Banos, O., Heylen, D., Bedsted, B., Pease, A., Pelachaud, C., Salcedo, V. T., Kyriazakos, S., & Hermens, H. (2018). Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach. In M. Ziefle, L. Maciaszek, & P. D. Bamidis (Eds.), ICT4AWE 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (Vol. 2018-March, pp. 219-226). SciTePress.

Akker, Harm op den ; Akker, Rieks op den ; Beinema, Tessa et al. / Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach. ICT4AWE 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. editor / M. Ziefle ; L. Maciaszek ; P. D. Bamidis. Vol. 2018-March SciTePress, 2018. pp. 219-226

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Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach. / Akker, Harm op den; Akker, Rieks op den; Beinema, Tessa et al.
ICT4AWE 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. ed. / M. Ziefle; L. Maciaszek; P. D. Bamidis. Vol. 2018-March SciTePress, 2018. p. 219-226.

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Akker HOD, Akker ROD, Beinema T, Banos O, Heylen D, Bedsted B et al. Council of coaches a novel holistic behavior change coaching approach. In Ziefle M, Maciaszek L, Bamidis PD, editors, ICT4AWE 2018 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. Vol. 2018-March. SciTePress. 2018. p. 219-226

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