Ambient data collection to predict user knowledge

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• registering, at a network node, one or more sensors;
• storing, at the network node, information about respective sensors of the one or more sensors, wherein the storing information comprises receiving from respective sensor data and storing the respective sensor data in association with identification information for a respective sensor which provided the respective sensor data;
• receiving, at the network node, from the one or more sensors, sensor data about consumption of a first content item by a user;
• receiving, at the network node, from the one or more sensors, sensor data about a response to the first content item by the user;
• determining, at the network node, a predicted knowledge score for the user based on the sensor data about the response to the first content item by the user, wherein the predicted knowledge score reflects knowledge of a topic of the first content item by the user;
• selecting, at the network node, a further content item for presentation to the user at a user device, wherein the selecting is based on the predicted knowledge score for the user;
• and
• communicating, by the network node, the further content item to the user at the user device.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, sensor data from respective sensors of a plurality of sensors in an environment of a user;
• receiving, by the processing system, data consumption sensor data about consumption of a first content item by the user;
• receiving, by the processing system, user response sensor data about a response of the user to the first content item;
• determining, by the processing system, a predicted knowledge score for the user, the predicted knowledge score indicative of the response of the user to the first content item;
• selecting, by the processing system, a further content item to present to the user;
• modifying, by the processing system, the further content item, forming a modified content item, wherein the modifying the further content item is based on the predicted knowledge score for the user;
• and
• communicating, by the processing system, the modified content item to the user for consumption by the user.