Dialogic is a free, open-source app that lets teachers and professional trainers easily build custom role-play scenarios where students interact with a richly responsive, text-driven interlocutor modeled to meet specific learning goals. Students practice skills by chatting with the LLM within the parameters set by the teacher. Teachers create their own library of scenarios, stored on a Google Sheet, that they can deploy in the classroom. Students can share the chat with teachers via email.
Dialogic combines the pedagogical power of dialogue, role-play, and scenario-based learning with the sophisticated generative capabilities of large language models. It transforms the way students interact with educational content by introducing a new level of personalization and adaptability to the learning process.
Dialogic gives teachers the option to choose from one of three popular large language models: Llama (free), Google Gemini (mostly free) and OpenAI’s ChatGPT (not free). In the case of the last, the most versatile and reliable option of the three, Dialogic uses the entry-level 4o-Mini model, which is very inexpensive and more than adequate for educational purposes. A class of 30 students chatting for 10-20 minutes will cost 5-10 cents or less (total). A full school year could cost anywhere from $6-8.
Accessing Dialogic requires a password, which teachers set and can then communicate to their students as needed. We recommend changing this on a regular basis to protect against unwanted usage. Teachers can also set a maximum number of daily interactions. Once this threshold is breached, the app will alert the teacher and set itself to “Inactive.”
The Dialogic dashboard consists of four sheets: Scenarios, Scenario Builder, Settings, and About.
The “Scenarios” sheet is the heart of the app where you create, store, and edit scenarios deployed through Dialogic.
Explore example scenarios provided with the app to understand how different settings influence the AI’s responses and the overall flow of the conversation. Hands-on experimentation will help you master scenario design.
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