ONLINE VIRTUAL CAMPUS
First Claim
1. An online educational campus accessible with a network access device via a computer communications network, the campus comprising:
- a computer system hosting a network interface;
software operative on the computer system and responsive to commands entered via the network access device, the software providing;
an interactive work plan specific to a student and charting that students academic progression; and
a listing of skills demonstrated by the student through successful completion of online coursework.
10 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A Virtual Campus including interactive work plans and administrative resources presented online through a WEB interface. Through the Virtual Campus a learner can communicate with others, create and update an individual work plan, access required resources, store work, and be apprised of Virtual University announcements. While online, learners may create work groups with other learners, use a suite of business tools, interact with a registrar, or open a library data base. In addition, an online Virtual Campus can assess those skills a student has successfully mastered by analyzing progress through the aggregate of course modules completed. Academic and career guidance can be formulated referencing the accumulated detail of the students learning experience. Each software module and element can have a list of skills associated with it. The database of skills can reflect a students capabilities in greater detail than is possible using only a final course grade or grade point average.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. An online educational campus accessible with a network access device via a computer communications network, the campus comprising:
-
a computer system hosting a network interface;
software operative on the computer system and responsive to commands entered via the network access device, the software providing;
an interactive work plan specific to a student and charting that students academic progression; and
a listing of skills demonstrated by the student through successful completion of online coursework. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method of providing university related services to a student via a computer communications network, the method comprising:
-
hosting an interactive network interface on the computer communications network, said interface accessible via a network access device;
identifying a student accessing the interface;
forming an interactive work plan specific to the student accessing the interface and charting that students'"'"' academic progression;
serving an education module specified in the students interactive work plan to the student;
databasing accumulated skills demonstrated by the student through successful completion of online coursework. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. Computer executable program code residing on a computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
-
host an interactive network interface on the computer communications network, said interface accessible via a network access device;
identify a student accessing the interface;
form an interactive work plan specific to the student accessing the interface and charting that students'"'"' academic progression;
serve an education module specified in the students interactive work plan to the student; and
database accumulated skills demonstrated by the student through successful completion of online coursework. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
-
-
19. A computer data signal embodied in a digital data stream comprising an online campus, wherein the computer data signal is generated by a method comprising the steps of:
-
hosting an interactive network interface on the computer communications network, said interface accessible via a network access device;
identifying a student accessing the interface;
forming an interactive work plan specific to the student accessing the interface and charting that students'"'"' academic progression;
serving an education module specified in the students interactive work plan to the student;
databasing accumulated skills demonstrated by the student through successful completion of online coursework. - View Dependent Claims (20)
-
Specification