The third testing phase for Project MaTHiSiS - Managing Affective-learning THrough Intelligent atoms and Smart InteractionS (Horizon 2020 Programme) is coordinated by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale in Roman schools.
The on-line platform provides custom-tailored learning tracks based on the emotional analysis of students and monitors their learning and progress until a given learning objective is achieved.
Yesterday, tests involved teachers and students at the Istituto comprensivo F.lli Cervi, headed by Ida Paladino. Today, tests will involve the Istituto comprensivo Rita Levi Montalcini, directed by Cristina Costarelli, with the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the University of Maastricht. In particular, the tests will concern didactic engineering tracks for students with special needs on the MaTHiSiS Platform. Teachers and students will work with TurtleBot, a robotic platform that can perform a range of tasks independently.
The MaTHiSiS learning process emphasizes the importance of interconnections in different areas of learning. The learning objectives are designed together with teachers to explicitly link different contents and areas of knowledges, which are acquired and applied to develop a range of non-linear student-centred learning processes.
Student interaction with the learning objectives is multimodal and takes place via TurtleBot: visual-spatial (graphics and their relations to text, shapes and measures), language (choice of words, combinations of symbols and figures) and gestures and movement (dynamic interactions, cause and effect).
