Learning Companion

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Learning Companion
Cognitive machine
that will recognize a learners affective state
and respond appropriately to those states
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Elements of Learning
Data
Information
Knowledge
QA
Integrate
Focus of modern day educational pedagogy
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Elements of Insightful Learning
story making
Wisdom
Anecdote
Values and disvalues
collection
insight
New focus of attention
Its a Loop!
Data
Knowledge
integration
QA pairs
Information
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Emotion Axes

• Anxiety - Confidence
• Boredom - Fascination
• Frustration - Euphoria
• Dispirited - Encouraged
• Terror - Enchantment
• Humiliation - Pride

6 candidate axes
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Emotions and Learning Cycle
Constructive Learning
satisfaction
confusion
curiosity
disappointment
investigate
diagnose
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II
Negative Affect
Positive Affect
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frustration
hopefulness
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IV
dispiritedness
determination
discard misconceptions
fresh research
Un-Learning
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Learning Companion
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