INTELLIGENT CLASSROOM INFORMATION SYSTEM USING SENSING DATA AND PERSONAL RECORDS

摘要

The final purpose of this study is a development of an intelligent information system that activates useful interactions and increases mutual understanding in a classroom. For this purpose there necessary to use personal data of students such as histories of examination performances, lists of favorite and poor subjects, records of homework assignments, etc. In addition to these kinds of statistic information, we emphasize a need of dynamic and real-time information such as change of concentration degree to the lecture in a current classroom. In order to realize this idea, we need an automatic estimation mechanism of student behaviors and concentration degrees based on a real-time monitoring in the room or students. Several studies in educational engineering propose specially designed monitoring devices for a similar purpose. Most of these devices are fixed in the room and cost too much. We need a more flexible method for daily classrooms. Therefore this study uses the usual smart phones as a practical tool for carrying out this purpose. We in this paper, as the first step to the final purpose, show how to use the collected information through smart phones.