Online education system and method
First Claim
1. An online education system, comprising:
- an educator provider system for transmission of at least one interactive lesson comprising an audio file;
at least one student system capable of receiving the at least one lesson and presenting the at least one lesson to at least one student;
network means for connecting the educator provider system with the at least one student system in bidirectional communication;
such that when the at least one lesson is transmitted over the network means from the educator provider system to the at least one student system, the presentation of the at least one lesson is controlled by an audio controlling means based on the received audio file.
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Abstract
A method and system for online education. The system of the present invention includes an educator provider system and at least one student system connected via a network means, such as the Internet, for bidirectional communication therebetween. The educator provider system is capable of transmitting, and the at least one student system is capable of receiving, at least one lesson for education purposes. In one embodiment, the lesson is interactive and includes at least one audio file used to control the pace of the presentation of the lesson to a student at the at least one student system. In another embodiment, the educator provider system also includes a mechanism for generating a lesson completion record and/or an electronic certificate of completion after a student has completed the lesson. The lesson completion record and/or electronic certificate may be transmitted to the at least one student system and/or to an education authority system, indicating and providing proof to the student and/or the education authority, respectively, that the student has completed the lesson. According to one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the pace of the presentation of the lesson to a student is controlled by playing of the at least one audio file at the at least one student system. In another embodiment of the method of the present invention, the lesson completion record and/or electronic certificate of completion is transmitted by the educator provider system and received by the student system at which the student completed the lesson and/or the education authority that has an interest in completion of the lesson by the student. By the use of the system and method of the present invention, an education authority can be assured that a student attends the online lesson for the requisite minimum time period, and that the student satisfactorily completes the lesson.
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30 Claims
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1. An online education system, comprising:
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an educator provider system for transmission of at least one interactive lesson comprising an audio file;
at least one student system capable of receiving the at least one lesson and presenting the at least one lesson to at least one student;
network means for connecting the educator provider system with the at least one student system in bidirectional communication;
such that when the at least one lesson is transmitted over the network means from the educator provider system to the at least one student system, the presentation of the at least one lesson is controlled by an audio controlling means based on the received audio file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30)
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17. An online education system, comprising:
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an educator provider system for transmission of at least one interactive lesson comprising at least one video file;
at least one student system capable of receiving the at least one lesson and presenting the lesson to at least one student;
network means for connecting the educator provider system with the at least one student system in bidirectional communication; and
a video controlling means operably connected to the network means, such that when the at least one lesson is transmitted over the network means from the educator provider system to that at least one student system, the presentation or the at least one lesson is controlled by the video controlling means based on the received video file. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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18. A system for online education comprising:
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an educator provider system for transmission of at least one lesson and for transmission of a lesson completion record;
at least one student system capable of receiving the at least one lesson and presenting the at least one lesson to at least one student; and
network means connected to the educator provider system and the at least one student system in bidirectional communication;
such that after completion of the transmission of the at least one lesson over the network means from the education provider system to the at least one student system, the lesson completion record is transmitted to the at least one student system. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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28. A method of online education of at least one lesson, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an online education system including an educator provider system for transmission of at least one lesson and for transmissions of a lesson completion record, a student system capable of receiving the at least one lesson and presenting the at least one lesson to a student using the student system, an education authority system capable of receipt of the lesson completion record; and
a network means operably connected to the educator provider system, the student system, and the education authority system;
transmitting one of the at least one lessons from the educator provider system to the student system;
receiving and presenting the transmitted lesson at the student system until the transmitted lesson is completed;
generating with the educator provider system the lesson completion record; and
transmitting the lesson completion record from the educator provider system to the education authority system.
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