Too easy, too hard: can AI detect boredom and cognitive overload?
Adaptive learning systems promise to adjust difficulty in real time using behavioral data. But can they really detect boredom or cognitive overload? This article shows that these deeply subjective and motivational states largely escape metrics. Adjustment "on its own" cannot be purely algorithmic: it presupposes a hybrid regulation combining data, pedagogical interpretation and learner metacognition.
The configuration of the training space
There is something in common between the organization of space in the school of Jules Ferry and the organization of work in the factory of Taylor. Should we see an implicit intention beyond the objective of producing school knowledge: the intention of structuring a behavior of subordination necessary to hold a position in a company?
When the school becomes a subject of social movement
For nearly a year, Quebec has been experiencing a peaceful social movement involving elementary school parents for the protection of public schools. Yet, in other corners of the world, even worse situations of insalubrity are taking place without provoking any protest. What explains school-related social movements?
Body language, between inner compass and social bond
Non-verbal communication is what we express through gestures, looks and voice, independently of words. This form of expression has been the subject of much study, and manuals encourage us to master it in order to communicate more effectively.
The will and desire to learn tested by scientific facts: key points
Ten beliefs about the desire to learn in the light of scientific knowledge on the subject. What does the will to learn really depend on? How can we create the best conditions?