The goal is to have a system that is able to reshape adaptive learning environments with maximum impact in young children. Personalized learning is much more than technology evaluating what’s bad or wrong about a student performance. It means understanding how we all learn as humans, understanding that brains are not a motherboard with some engines placed in the same way. Adaptive learning can give equality of opportunities for all. The approach towards adaptive learning must be on Neuroscience, Experimental psychology and learning theory, together with AI like computer vision, affective neuroscience and neural networks.
With this system there’s a better communication between educators-students and families. That is, tracking emotions while learning, cognitive performance when interacting, to create personalized learning. This is to optimize motivation of students, including those with learning disabilities, identifying those students at risk and excelling (individually or groups). This will help teachers concentrate on what’s really important: teaching in smaller groups, and guiding their students to succeed. What’s is necessary to achieve the goal of the EU of reducing early school leavers in the future, and increase skills for growth and jobs in the future, starting from the youngest generation. This is even more important in individuals with challenging behavioral alterations and lack of emotional regulation like special needs (Down Syndrome, ADHD, autism, etc.): 1 billions of people have some kind of special needs representing a financial challenge for authorities and families. In caregiving, greater awareness and attunement to the internal state of an individual can lead to greater wellbeing of both the individuals and their families, overall, 1 billion people that could benefit from it.
Driven by the trends and facts mentioned above, the smart learning market is forecasted to reach $220bn23 by 2017 growing at 20.3 % from 2012 to 2017. It is clear that technology continues to disrupt entire industries, and INFANTIUM wants to be at the forefront of this shift. Currently, there is multiple educators and analysts that considers that the benefits of wearables like the one proposed by INFANTIUM will help classrooms to be more productive and efficient. In fact, a report25 by the NMC publications and cofounded by the EC, states that in four years wearables will foster on educational systems representing the same boom as happening currently on the health or fitness sector. The explosion of the wearable devices opens a wide new world for smart learning applications. Without any doubt, wearable sensors Hardware for emotion sensing at learning process together with interactive software will play a significant role to make the education more effective and pleasant. At Infantium, we want take advantage of this increasing trend and be the first company worldwide offering a wearable device to understand what are the motivations and reactions of each kid while learning.
