Learning system and method for holding incentive-based learning

• US 20030059760A1
• Filed: 10/08/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Educate Online Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Anna Parmer, Joe Tojek, John Stuppy
• Inventors: Stuppy, John, Parmer, Anna, Tojek, Joe
• Granted Patent: US 6,733,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 with provision for individual teacher-student communication
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

A learning system includes a student station that holds a learning session for a student. An incentive controller delivers a redeemable electronic token to the student station when the student satisfies a predefined incentive criterion associated with the learning session.

Claims

1. A learning system, comprising:

at least one student station that holds a learning session for a student;

an incentive controller for delivering at least one redeemable electronic token to the at least one student station when the student satisfies a predefined incentive criterion associated with the learning session.

2. The learning system of claim 1, wherein said at least one redeemable electronic token is redeemable at a third party vendor web-site.

3. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the number of redeemable electronic tokens delivered to a student is stored in a student profile.

4. The learning system of claim 1, wherein a token balances information is automatically transferred to a third party vendor web-site.

5. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the predefined incentive criterion relates to at least one of an improvement, participation and effort during the learning session.

6. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the learning sessions comprise computer generated instructional material having a test for assessing at least one of a skill gap.

7. A method for giving incentives to students during a learning session, comprising:

holding a learning session at a student station for students; and

delivering at least one redeemable electronic token to the student station when the student satisfies a predefined incentive criterion associated with the learning session.

8. The learning system of claim 7, wherein said at least one redeemable electronic token is redeemable at a third party vendor web-site.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the number of redeemable electronic tokens delivered to a student is stored in a student profile.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein a token balances information is automatically transferred to a third party vendor web-site.

11. The learning system of claim 7, wherein the predefined incentive criterion relates to at least one of an improvement, participation and effort during the learning session.