NDLI: Giving Eyesight to the Blind: Towards Attention-Aware AIED

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	D’Mello, Sidney K.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	There is an inextricable link between attention and learning, yet AIED systems in 2015 are largely blind to learners’ attentional states. We argue that next-generation AIED systems should have the ability to monitor and dynamically (re)direct attention in order to optimize allocation of sparse attentional resources. We present some initial ideas towards achieving this goal, starting with a 2 × 2 (direction of attention × content of thoughts) organizational framework that encapsulates a range of attentional states including overt inattention, covert inattention, zone outs, tune outs, and focused, alternating, and divided attention. We then sketch out a three component attentional computing architecture consisting of: (1) devices to monitor where attention appears to be directed; (2) mechanisms for real-time attentional state diagnosis; and (3) interventions to dynamically (re)direct attention. We describe two closed-loop attention-aware AIED systems to serve as concrete renditions of these ideas. We conclude by arguing that AIED can achieve the dual goals of advancing basic research on the science of learning while simultaneously developing highly-effective AIED systems by “attending to attention.”
Starting Page	645
Ending Page	659
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15604292
Journal	International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Volume Number	26
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15604306
Language	English
Publisher	Springer New York
Publisher Date	2016-02-16
Publisher Institution	International AIED Society
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Attention-aware learning Mind wandering Attentional computing Educational Technology User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Attentional awareness Computers and Education Eye tracking
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computational Theory and Mathematics E-learning

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