Affective learning: improving engagement and enhancing learning with affect-aware feedback

Grawemeyer, Beate; Mavrikis, Manolis; Holmes, Wayne; Gutiérrez-Santos, Sergio; Wiedmann, Michael and Rummel, Nikol (2017). Affective learning: improving engagement and enhancing learning with affect-aware feedback. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 27(1) pp. 119–158.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-017-9188-z

Abstract

This paper describes the design and ecologically valid evaluation of a learner model that lies at the heart of an intelligent learning environment called iTalk2Learn. A core objective of the learner model is to adapt formative feedback based on students’ affective states. Types of adaptation include what type of formative feedback should be provided and how it should be presented. Two Bayesian networks trained with data gathered in a series of Wizard-of-Oz studies are used for the adaptation process. This paper reports results from a quasi-experimental evaluation, in authentic classroom settings, which compared a version of iTalk2Learn that adapted feedback based on students’ affective states as they were talking aloud with the system (the affect condition) with one that provided feedback based only on the students’ performance (the non-affect condition). Our results suggest that affect-aware support contributes to reducing boredom and off-task behavior, and may have an effect on learning. We discuss the internal and ecological validity of the study, in light of pedagogical considerations that informed the design of the two conditions. Overall, the results of the study have implications both for the design of educational technology and for classroom approaches to teaching, because they highlight the important role that affect-aware modelling plays in the adaptive delivery of formative feedback to support learning.

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 48500
  • Item Type
  • Journal Item
  • ISSN
  • 1573-1391
  • Project Funding Details
  • Funded Project NameProject IDFunding Body
    iTalk2Learn318051European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
  • Keywords
  • affective learning; Bayesian networks; formative feedback; learner modelling
  • Academic Unit or School
  • Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
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  • © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
  • Depositing User
  • Wayne Holmes
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