Team name: Team 4
Team members: Rita Cosoli, Andrea Giovani, Roberto Laricchia, Antonio Soda, Elisa Taddei, Giulia Zoffoli
Challenge: DigiEduHack Reggio Emilia 2020
Challenge host: THE HUB Reggio Emilia Soc. Coop., Reggio Emilia, Italy
Challenge theme: Emerging Technologies for Education

Solution description: 
Beyond lessons conducted by a teacher, education usually involves autonomous studying as well. While there are many different ways of studying on one’s own, external support can undoubtedly be helpful in the process. The present solution proposes the development of a Learning Assistant Bot (LAB), which supports the user in planning and managing time for studying.

From analysing the context, we noted that students (in particular the younger ones) do not have the tools to deal with unexpected events and hitches that may occur in their school path, partly because sometimes the school is unable to provide solution strategies.

OK Prof is born from a consideration of the difficulties that can be encountered throughout one’s education, with particular attention to learning disorders that affect the student's performance. The goal we set ourselves with the creation of this solution is to optimize the learning processes and the study methods. We plan to achieve this by helping users to focus on what they need effectively and efficiently, and by helping the users to manage study cycles and breaks. The LAB provides exercises to relax and concentrate, make students aware of their abilities, and learn problem-solving methodologies.

We aim to work on transversal skills typical of both work and study environments, in order to create a bridge between the students’ educational and future professional life, and the LAB is aimed both at students in high school and in higher education.

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