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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Autonomous learning"”.
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State discovery for autonomous learning
… to the study of algorithms for early perceptual learning for an autonomous agent in the presence of feedback. In the framework of associative perceptual learning with indirect supervision, three learning techniques are examined in detail: * short-term on-line memory-based model learning; * …
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Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling with Autonomous Learning Effects
… scheduling. This thesis considers the idea that learning effects could allow selected activities to be completed within reduced time, if they're scheduled after activities where workers learn relevant skills. This paper computationally explores the effect of this autonomous, intra-project …
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Autonomous learning of action-word semantics in a humanoid robot
… fashion. Presented is a method for online learning of word and action lexicons based on the hidden Markov model. The model is then evaluated through action-word learning experiments implemented on a humanoid robot.
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Reflection And The Distance Language Learner
… examines the role of critical reflection in learning theories and the relationship between Kolb's learning cycle and notions of the 'good' language learner, the deep approach to learning and autonomous learning in the context of adult, part-time, distance language learning. This group of …
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Bayesian Learning for Data-Efficient Control
… robotics, to finance, to industrial processing, autonomous learning helps obviate a heavy reliance on experts for system identification and controller design. Often real world systems are nonlinear, stochastic, and expensive to operate (e.g. slow, energy intensive, prone to wear and tear). …
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Student experiences of problem-based learning in engineering: learning cultures of PBL teams
… to a newly implemented engineering problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Victoria University; its effects on their approaches to learning and their learning outcomes. This qualitative study, which uses ethnographic approaches for data collection and analysis, focuses on the learning cultures …
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An evaluation of the impact of gaming technology on learning
… become one of the most important resources for learning. The majority of university students today use e-books to perform their tasks and research. In addition to e-books, gaming technology is frequently thought of as a promising technology that can have a substantial effect on future learning. …
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Abraham Lincoln as an Adult Learner
… and well being with important implications for learning and performance. Much of the research is concerned with intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation and autonomous versus non-autonomous learning environments. The data suggests that learning and performance are often significantly enhanced in …
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Learning to Handle High -Risk Environmental Situations
… emergent value was found to be social-cognitive learning supplemented by reception learning. Most of the interviewees experienced reception learning supplemented by autonomous learning and were caught on one or the other horns of the dilemma. A few interviewees had learned to handle high-risk …
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Autonomy in foreign language learning: An exploratory analysis of Japanese learners
… attention: in the recent language teaching and learning literature. Although Holec (1981) proposed a somewhat categorical definition of learner autonomy, this concept can be viewed in various ways depending on factors such as context and culture. One may posit, for example, that learner autonomy …
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Design and development of a context-aware collaborative autonomous real-time vehicle systems framework
… in eight scientific papers investigating autonomous systems’ efficacy and efficiency. Our study proposes the Context-Aware Collaborative Autonomous Real-Time Vehicle Systems (CARVS) Framework and focuses on improving context awareness, simplifying remote task processing, and quantifying …
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Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL), Learner Autonomy, and Learning Achievement: The Use of CALL Software in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Tertiary Education in Thailand
… be constraints to the development of students' autonomous learning. These values and practices may contribute to poor achievement in students' acquisition of English as a foreign language (EFL). With a view to improving the situation, educational reform in Thailand has placed use of technologies …
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Breaking the shackles of rote learning: towards a transformative ELT pedagogy in a Saudi University English language programme
… teaching approaches to English language learning, rote learning persists. The English Language Institute (ELI) at Star University (pseudonym) in Saudi Arabia, the site of this study, encourages rote learning because it has to adhere to pacing guides, follow pre-selected textbooks, and …
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Design, development, implementation and evaluation of a purilingual ICALL system for romance languages aimed at advanced learners
Plurilingual teaching and learning of Romance languages exploits the similarities between these languages to teach them contrastively and to raise the language awareness of the learner. Several European projects have been devoted to plurilingual teaching and learning of Romance languages. The …
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Computational Models for Binaural Sound Source Localization and Sound Understanding
… under real-world environments. A multimodal learning scheme is proposed with the aid of vision to realize autonomous learning for the 3D binaural localization. No human instructors need to be involved. A generic model is presented for sound source understanding. No labelled training data is …
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The student-teacher relationship in a one-to-one technology classroom: a case study
… that the one-to-one environment creates an autonomous learning environment for students, teachers and students, have a relatedness that extends beyond the traditional boundaries of a school, and a higher level of competency in both teachers and students creates a more engaging classroom. As …
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Student Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Skill Building, Equity and Empowerment through Arts Education and Technology During a Pandemic
… of all backgrounds, language skills, and learning levels toward access and development of acumen for learning in all subjects and disciplines. This research is situated in a theoretical framework encompassing theories of learning styles (Dunn, 2000), art education and equity (Kalin, 2012), …
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End-to-end Learning for Robust Decision Making
… world is complex, ambiguous, and unpredictable, autonomous agents must be engineered to exhibit a human-level degree of flexibility and generality — far beyond what we are capable of explicitly programming. Such realizations of autonomy are capable of not only reliably solving a particular …
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Teach Yourself? Language Learning through Self-Instruction Manuals in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia
… is established that they turned to self-directed learning as a consequence of social and economic developments in the region. At the time, early globalisation was felt in terms of increased travel and trade. As a consequence, people needed to acquire foreign languages for the purpose of everyday …
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