Abstract
Within a Smart Learning Environment (SLE) learners are involved in a new learning process tailored to create a continuum of education by extending the current educational formal settings to real-life informal learning context. The goal of this paper is to describe the Cognitive Architecture (CA) of a Personal Intelligent Coach able to manage learning tasks and interactions within a complex Smart Learning Environment (SLE). PICo has two possible embodiments: humanoid robot, and an avatar on mobile device. We argue that the proposed intelligent coach can adapt to the contents, to the students needs and can evolve its strategies according the learning process.
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Augello, A. et al. (2016). A Personal Intelligent Coach for Smart Embodied Learning Environments. In: Pietro, G., Gallo, L., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39345-2_56
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