Patent Document ID: 20180018540
Application ID: 15649384
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for integrating affective based user data with traditional cognitive data in computer adaptive learning comprising: presenting to a learner one or more instructional components comprising full instructional component metadata for the adaptive learning system to reference; capturing affective data in a learning profile for each learner in reaction to the one or more instructional components, wherein the affective data includes facial expression data captured while the one or more instructional components are presented; inferring emotional states, using one or more processors to analyze the facial expression data which was captured; capturing cognitive data for the learner based on the learner's correct or incorrect answer to the one or more instructional components, wherein the cognitive data is indicative of the learner's performance in responding to the one or more instructional components; assigning a positive or negative adaptivity score based on the individual's emotional state as well as the cognitive data, wherein the negative adaptivity score is based on a negative emotional state and/or a negative cognitive score based on incorrect answers to the one or more instructional components and indicates a need to provide an alternative learning pathway relating to the one or more instructional components, and the positive adaptivity score is based on a positive emotional state and/or a positive cognitive score based on correct answers to the one or more instructional components and indicates that the individual is prepared for advancement to a higher level of learning; populating the learner profile with the adaptivity score; and generating supplemental learner profile data by combining the cognitive data and affective data and comparing the supplemental learner profile data to a normed learner population data to select an adaptive instruction to provide to the learner; populating the learner profile with the cognitive score to provide a learner profile containing learning modalities for the learner; and providing alternative remedial instructional components to the learner relating to the one or more instructional components in the event of a negative adaptivity score, and presenting advanced instructional components to the learner in the event of a positive adaptivity score, wherein the step of providing alternative remedial instructional components and presenting advanced instructional components further takes into account the supplemental learner profile data and the learning modalities for the learner.