A Method of Enhancing User's Motivation Using Experts' Life Logs

Abstract

This paper describes a method of enhancing a user's motivation to improve his/her skill level in a given field. Currently, the number of “expert” users, who record their knowledge and release it in the form of a life log in an attempt to achieve certain aims, is increasing. Users, who are affected by such experts and who also make efforts in achieving their own aims, are also increasing. We report on the development of a method of enhancing user's motivation to begin making self-active efforts. The method should automatically select experts who can inspire users and be a good reference for them and present the experts' life logs to the users. To achieve these functions, we propose a quantitative evaluation index between the life logs of experts and users. Through experiments we verify the possibility that the higher the proposed index of experts, the higher the rate of motivating users.