Qualitative Analysis for Visual Attention of Students by Using the Technology of ICT
ICT tools and machine learning tools are used to analyze the visual attention of the student. The student's attention score is calculated for the analysis of the visual attention of the student. For this purpose, the authors have developed a software package (i.e., Visual Attention Tool [VAT]) based on the ICT that extracts the frames from a video stream that is taken through the webcam attached to the student's laptop. Each image is converted into a grayscale image, enhanced by image processing, then face detection is performed by following eye detection. This real-time processing of video produces a dataset by tracking the faces and eyes. It measures the attention level of the student with the timestamp. A manual observer also calculates the student's attention score focusing face and eye contact and produces a dataset manually. Then a comparative analysis of both datasets is performed in statistical and machine learning tools.