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490 – R'ODYSSEY: AI-Powered Interactive Storytelling and Analytics for Engaged Learning Across Subjects

R'ODYSSEY is an innovative AI-driven platform transforming education through interactive storytelling and real-time analytics. Its core features include:
- Animated Interactive Stories: Teachers input topics (e.g., English, STEM), and R'ODYSSEY’s AI selects 3D characters to craft animated narratives with audio. Students shape the story through choices or engage via activities like drawing and speaking.
- Chat with Character: Powered by AI natural language processing (NLP), students converse with characters, exploring subjects like language or science deeply.
- AI-Generated Learning Reports: During lessons, R'ODYSSEY analyses interactions, providing teachers with class-wide and group-wide insights into engagement and interests.

Built with Unity for iPad and PC compatibility, R'ODYSSEY ensures accessibility. Pilots at The EdUHK Jockey Club Primary School showcased its impact: English students improved vocabulary, sentence patterns, and topic comprehension, while STEM learners explored scientific theories and real-world applications. Teachers valued the in-class reports, noting, “I can track engagement and tailor lessons effectively.”

With a cloud-based, scalable design, ethical data practices, and inclusive representation, R'ODYSSEY offers a versatile tool for modern education. A planned "learning at home" feature, set for May 2025, will extend these analytics to individual student progress outside the classroom, enhancing its future potential.

Disengagement in traditional education limits active learning across subjects. R'ODYSSEY, a collaboration between AI-R Metaverse Limited and The EdUHK Jockey Club Primary School, addresses this with an AI-powered platform blending interactive storytelling, real-time dialogues, and in-class analytics.

Through choice-driven narratives and AI character chats, R'ODYSSEY makes learning engaging. Pilots showed English students improving vocabulary, sentence patterns, and topic comprehension, while STEM learners explored scientific theories and real-world applications. Teachers gained actionable insights from AI-generated reports, which analyse class-wide and group-wide engagement during lessons. One teacher remarked, “I see what excites them and where they struggle.” R'ODYSSEY’s subject-agnostic design and analytics-driven feedback make it a transformative tool for education, with proven results from classroom pilots.

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R'ODYSSEY integrates:
- Story Generation: AI processes teacher inputs to create interactive stories with 3D characters and choice-based scenarios.
- Character Chat: AI NLP enables adaptive, real-time conversations.
- Learning Analytics: AI records and analyses in-class interactions, generating reports on class-wide and group-wide engagement.

Workflow:
1. The teacher enters a topic.
2. AI builds an interactive story with characters.
3. Students engage via choices, activities, or chats.
4. AI produces in-class learning reports for teachers.

Timeline:
- Q3 2024: Concept and character library built.
- Q4 2024: Unity prototype completed.
- Q1 2025: Pilots in English and STEM.
- Q2 2025: Pilots in learning at home module.
- Q3 2025: AI-powered Learning Management System launch.

Performance Metrics:
- Engagement: In-class interaction frequency.
- Learning Outcomes: Gains in vocabulary, sentence patterns, topic comprehension (English), and scientific theories and applications (STEM).
- Analytics Utility: Teacher usage of reports.

Implementation Plan: Expand subjects, refine analytics with pilot data.

Technical Table:
Function Point | Technical Application | Progress
Story Generation | AI-driven character selection | Fully implemented, fine-tuning in progress
Character Animation | 3D modelling, Unity | Fully implemented, fine-tuning in progress
Character Dialogue | Microsoft Azure NLP | Fully integrated, fine-tuning in progress
In-Class Analytics | AI interaction analysis/reports | Training in progress
User Interface | Unity (iPad/PC compatible) | Fully implemented, fine-tuning in progress

This delivers a seamless, analytics-rich classroom experience.

R'ODYSSEY's "One Prompt Story" system represents a revolutionary innovation in educational technology by seamlessly integrating multiple AI technologies into a unified learning ecosystem. Unlike traditional edtech tools that segregate content generation from analytics, our platform creates a complete educational environment from a single prompt. The platform stands out by merging:
- AI-crafted 3D character stories with branching narratives
- Context-aware dialogue systems for student-character interactions
- Real-time learning analytics providing actionable teacher insights
- Dynamic content generation spanning text, audio, images, and interactives

The innovative fusion of interactive storytelling with robust analytics creates a feedback loop that continuously improves the educational experience for individual students offering personalised learning with their pace. By integrating storytelling, real-time engagement, and data-driven insights, R'ODYSSEY transcends traditional boundaries between technology and pedagogy, establishing a new paradigm for AI-enhanced learning that's both effective and engaging.

Teachers praised the reports: “I can personalise lessons based on solid data.” This innovative blend surpasses traditional tools, enhancing both engagement and outcomes in the classroom.

R'ODYSSEY scales via:
- Multi-Model Framework: Supports updating different latest AI models with ease.
- Fine-tune AI models for school: Supports school to fine-tune their own AI model with ease.
- Modular Design: Adds subjects like Chinese, General Studies or Humanities effortlessly.
- AI Automation: Streamlines story creation and report generation.

A planned "learning at home" feature (May 2025) will extend analytics to individual progress outside class, further scaling impact and broadening its reach.

Bottleneck Solutions:
- Upgrade servers for high demand.
- Expand the character library for broader topics.

Sustainability is ensured by:
- Business Viability: Subscription models for schools and districts provide steady revenue, while partnerships with educational institutions (e.g., The EdUHK Jockey Club Primary School, The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, Hong Kong Society for Education in Art) expand market reach and credibility.
- Ongoing Engagement: Regular updates keep content fresh.
- Continuous Improvement: Pilot feedback refines features.
- Global Expansion: We're launching in Hong Kong now, then going global.
- Environmental Impact: Digital platform reduces resource use.

This holistic approach ensures R'ODYSSEY’s long-term educational, environmental, and economic sustainability.

R'ODYSSEY fosters equity by potentially offering free access to underserved communities through partnerships, enhancing educational access across subjects. Pilots at The EdUHK Jockey Club Primary School showed benefits for diverse learners, promoting inclusion. It builds digital literacy and critical thinking, key for global citizenship.
Metrics:
- Engagement (in-class).
- Learning gains (e.g., language, STEM).
- Report utilisation.
- Accessibility feedback.

With minimal data collection, diverse characters, and transparent analytics, R'ODYSSEY ensures ethical, impactful education with a strong foundation from its current implementation.

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