Biosensor technology for adaptive intelligent education systems to enhance personalized English learning
Abstract
The integration of biosensor technologies, like electroencephalography (EEG), has extended the limits of adaptive, intelligent education systems, offering real-time, personalized learning knowledge. This study explores the use of EEG to track and assess students’ cognitive states, allowing for the improvement of an active, adaptive English learning system that tailors content according to every student’s participation and improvement. Students’ cognitive states serve as the foundation for personalized education responses that motivate and enhance their participation. EEG data are gathered during English language testing to assess the correlation between learners’ cognitive states and their performance. Noise reduction is one of the preprocessing stages that ensures clear and pertinent data for analysis. Power spectral density (PSD) for feature extraction approaches is used to identify key cognitive patterns. Based on real-time EEG data, the personalized education feedback system constantly modified the course material, enhancing motivation and learning results. This research proposed a novel Dynamic Osprey Optimized Intelligent Gradient Boosting Machines (DOO-IGBM) to assess and improve the efficiency of an adaptive intelligent education system. The findings suggest that EEG-based adaptive systems make it possible to significantly progress English learning by offering personalized education paths based on brain activity to other conventional algorithms with 98.5% accuracy, 97.7% precision, 98% recall, and 98.6% F1-score. These outcomes provide precious insights and data to support the future development of adaptive, intelligent education systems for language learning.
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