Towards a Mixed Reality Agent to Support Multi-Modal Interactive Mini-Lessons That Help Users Learn Educational Concepts in Context

The discipline of education and training is in a state of transformation currently and is shifting toward more online learning environments as such, researchers are beginning to explore and apply new emerging technologies for online education. However, the current online learning platforms face new challenges in presenting learning content. There is a need for ways to support self-directed learning using new technological resources to create personally meaningful curiosity-driven learning experiences. In this work, an architectural framework for a mixed reality learning system is designed and presented to address this need. This is presented as an approach toward building tools for future educators to enable them to create multi-modal interactive mini-lessons in mixed reality that students can experience when they are within the appropriate learning contexts. Two proof-of-concept use case scenarios are presented using this framework. Together, this provides a step toward future multi-modal interactive educational agents that help users learn educational concepts in mixed reality.