Compiling and distributing modular electronic publishing and electronic instruction materials
First Claim
1. A method for compiling and distributing electronic publications, said method comprising:
- creating a library containing a plurality of electronic content objects, each of said electronic content objects comprising self-contained units containing informational content relating to a topic or subtopic;
creating a topical outline designating topical levels for a desired publication, said topical outline detailing the order of one or more desired topics or desired subtopics in said desired publication according to said designated topical levels;
selecting a subset of electronic content objects relevant to said desired topics and desired subtopics;
assembling said selected electronic content objects according to said topical outline to create said desired electronic publication; and
publishing said desired electronic publication.
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Abstract
The disclosed systems and methods for computer aided instruction and electronic publishing employ modular design approaches whereby instructional and informational content is broken into multi-level objects including self-contained electronic learning and electronic content objects. The system and method facilitates the development, maintenance and modification of course and publication content because they may be advantageously located centrally in a large library of independent electronic learning and electronic content objects that serve as building blocks for electronic courses and publications. Modular CAI systems and methods of the invention can be used to monitor student progress both by administering examinations and tracking what content particular students have accessed and/or reviewed. In preferred embodiments, the invention includes authors using the Internet-accessed tools and templates to compile instructional and informational content, and the subsequent delivery of web-based instructional or informational content to end users such that the end users can receive and review such content using computing devices running standard web browsing applications.
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1. A method for compiling and distributing electronic publications, said method comprising:
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creating a library containing a plurality of electronic content objects, each of said electronic content objects comprising self-contained units containing informational content relating to a topic or subtopic;
creating a topical outline designating topical levels for a desired publication, said topical outline detailing the order of one or more desired topics or desired subtopics in said desired publication according to said designated topical levels;
selecting a subset of electronic content objects relevant to said desired topics and desired subtopics;
assembling said selected electronic content objects according to said topical outline to create said desired electronic publication; and
publishing said desired electronic publication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for dynamically compiling and distributing modular electronic publications, said system comprising:
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a database system for managing databases containing libraries of electronic content objects and libraries of modular electronic publications, each of said electronic content objects comprising one or more self-contained units containing informational content relating to topics or subtopics;
a server system for allowing a plurality of authors to access the contents to the database system, said authors communicating with said server system electronically with a client computing device hosting an authoring and administration tool;
wherein said authoring tool is adapted to allow authors to;
construct a topical outline designating topical levels for a desired publication, said topical outline detailing the order of one or more desired topics or desired subtopics in said desired publication according to said designated topical levels;
select a subset of electronic content objects relevant to said desired topics and desired subtopics from said object libraries; and
assemble each of said selected subset of electronic content objects into said topical outline to create said desired electronic publication. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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