A key challenge for software that supports asynchronous distance education is to engage and guide students who are not interacting in real-time. We describe a first study of two a...
Empathy is a fundamental component of positive and productive human relationships. In the context of civic engagement, the ability to "stand in the shoes of another" inc...
Computer and multimedia technology play an increasingly important role in education. However, current educational multimedia systems suffer from a major drawback that they don’t...
In recent years information systems such as digital repositories, built to support research practice, have struggled to encourage participation partly due to inadequate analysis of...
This paper presents a novel application of speech emotion recognition: estimation of the level of conversational engagement between users of a voice communication system. We begin...