An LLM-based chatbot that integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) and Self-Regulated Learning into one personalized coaching system — empathetic, context-aware, and grounded in real LMS data.
of college students suffer from procrastination. Online learning demands high self-regulation — so TimeWise merges SRL (planning, monitoring, reflection) with REBT (surfacing and disputing irrational beliefs) in one conversational loop.
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Each block replays an annotated conversation from the usability study, step by step. Inside, switch to “Try it” to take the student's seat and chat yourself.
Lab-based usability study: 6 undergraduates in a fully online chemistry course — think-aloud sessions, interviews, and chat-log analysis (222 coded excerpts, 84% positive).
“It feels like I'm talking to a person, not a bot.”
“I like that it's taking data from Canvas to analyze my habits.”
“It made me do some internal self-reflection on my study habits critically… observations perhaps I hadn't made before.”
“I was surprised that it could pull off a plot — it made everything make more sense visually.”
“It connects your emotions with your actions and your feelings — instead of just giving you broad generic responses.”
“ChatGPT just spews information. This one actually asks questions.”
“It's like chatting with a counselor.”
“It started with simple questions and gradually moved to more specific ones — which I liked.”
“The incorporation of the graph was pretty cool — a lot of AIs don't have that.”
“It flowed pretty naturally.”
“At first I was kind of confused — but it reads pretty well once you understand it.”
“At the beginning it was effective… but it became repetitive and lengthy.”
“I don't think the wait time is too bad — unless it's a whole minute, then it defeats the purpose.”
“I don't want to spend extra time answering questions — I'd rather get a quick solution.”
“It should provide specific examples after each question instead of quickly moving on.”