Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response – Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-25
2001-10-09
Martin-Wallace, Valencia (Department: 3713)
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or...
C322S066000, C322S066000, C322S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06301462
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
This invention comprises a software learning engine offered online via a network of multimedia nodes. The learning engine can provide an educational experience wherein, interactive lessons are utilized and content is designed in cooperation and partnership with academic institutions. Course content can include building blocks of knowledge and be delivered using multiple vehicles. Degrees are granted entirely through online courses. University functions such as registration, administrative tasks, and purchasing course materials are also accomplished online.
Traditional campus based universities are limited by their physical resources in the number of learners to whom they can market their intellectual property. Classroom and campus constraints dictate a relatively small consumer base embodied as learners.
In addition, fixed schedules, passive learning and an academic school year have limited traditional education models utilizing a physical campus with one teacher and many learners. One limitation of the prevailing model is manifested by it primarily being available only to people during the first stages of their life.
Known methods of offering distance learning have not been able to harness the teaching techniques and material of first tier higher education institutions. Existing methods generally require that a learner become self taught with periodic assessments by the distance learning institution.
There is a need for an educational forum that provides interactive lessons asynchronously such that a learner can participate in a lesson using an on demand schedule and also reap the benefits of an interactive learning environment. A learner should not be bound by geographical constraints. Preferably the educational forum would provide accredited courses and curriculums leading to a degree being granted. Other desirable embodiments can include learning modules directed to a specific need of a customer, for example, a corporation desiring internal education.
SUMMARY
Accordingly, the present invention provides a collaborative learning system and method for implementing innovative criteria fashioned into an electronic learning experience that can be utilized at great distance. Learners can participate in the learning experience asynchronously thereby taking advantage of diverse schedules.
In one aspect, the current invention provides a system for offering online WEB based education. In another aspect, the invention includes software running on a computer or a plurality of computers for delivering educational services online. The software can perform an adaptive assessment following the learning style and progress of an individual learner. The system can be responsive to an assessment with remediation and guidance. In one embodiment, the system can be accessed via a WEB interface.
Lessons implemented by executable code can be designed to challenge a learner with ever increasing sophisticated levels of encounter and interaction until the learner reaches their limit of knowledge and is forced to acquire additional skills.
In a preferred embodiment, the software is developed in modules to allow continuous updating and customization. Optionally, modules can be used in multiple learning courses. In one aspect of the invention, real time team exercises can be used to facilitate learners working collectively and cooperatively to perform projects. Team members or learners can participate from separate facilities.
In one aspect, the invention includes a computer communications system. The system can deliver, track progression of, assess work product relating to and certify completion of educational modules accessed by a learner. The system can include a computer communications network with a computer server and a network access device, each containing a processor, a storage medium, and a display and being connected to the computer network. Executable software can be stored on the server storage medium and executed on demand via a network access device. The software operative with the processors can cause a module included in a learning engine to display on the network access device. The module can include a means for motivating the learner relating to subject matter contained in an educational module, a means for selecting an element of subject matter comprising the educational matter, a means for facilitating understanding of the element of subject matter by the learner, a means for performing a task online by the learner, a means for evaluating the performance of the task performed online, a means responsive to the evaluation of performance, for explaining an aspect of the subject matter of the element, a means for assessing a learner's comprehension of subject matter presented in the module, and a means for certifying satisfactory comprehension of the subject matter presented in the learning engine.
In one embodiment, the task can include forming a lab team to role play a situation relating to the module subject matter. In another, the motivation means includes a multimedia segment of an expert detailing an actual scenario relating to the module subject matter. Interactive multimedia presentations can also be utilized in modules and students can be required to submit work products including online cognitive artifact.
In another aspect, the invention can include adaptive assessment and learning software. The adaptive assessment and learning software can track the number of attempts a learner makes to satisfactorily complete a task and branch to an alternative learning module when a threshold number of attempts is reached. It can also be utilized to track the amount of time that transpires during which a learner accesses a module and branch to an alternative learning module when a threshold amount of time has been reached.
In still another aspect, the present invention includes a method of interacting with a computer communications network so as to provide instruction to a learner. A learner can access a server with a network access device over the computer communications network and execute a software program comprising a learning engine wherein the learning engine can cause an education module to be presented to the learner. A learner may interact with the network access device such that the module will present motivational material to the learner and facilitate understanding of the subject matter. The software can also permit the learner to perform a task online and evaluate the online task, responding to frequently made mistakes. It can also assess the learner's comprehension of the subject matter and certify satisfactory comprehension of the module.
This invention can also embody a computer system, a programmed computer, a computer program residing on a computer-readable medium, a computer data signal or a method of interacting with a computer and embodying the concepts described above.
The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Implementations can provide advantages such as the capability to leverage intellectual capital and provide learning modules online. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description, the drawings and the claims.
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Eisendrath Edwin
Freeman Brian M.
Grant Maximilian A.
Keating Patrick
Ohmaye Enio
Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP
Harris Chanda
Kincart, Esq. Joseph P.
Levi, Esq. Joseph
Martin-Wallace Valencia
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