Method and system for providing online distance learning
First Claim
1. A method for presenting educational material to a user, the educational material being arranged in a course comprising a series of classes, the method comprising:
- for at least one class of the series of classes;
presenting one or more preparatory modules to the user, the preparatory module including preparatory information relating to at least a portion of the educational material;
presenting one or more lecture modules to the user, each of the lecture modules corresponding to a topical segment of the portion of the educational material covered in the class;
presenting one or more interactive modules to the user, the interactive module requesting input from the user; and
presenting one or more test modules to the user, the test module testing the user on subject matter relating to the portion of the educational material.
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Abstract
A system and method for presenting a student user a modularized course via a network, such as the Internet. The course is segmented into modules. A course preferably includes the following categories of modules: preparatory, lecture, interactive and test. Alternate embodiments of the present invention provide users, professors and teachers with an interface by which they can search modules by topic or subject matter. The system of such embodiments identifies modules related to the topic or subject matter being searched. Having identified the modules, the users, professors and teachers can select some or all of the identified modules and rearrange such modules into a new course. The new course may be stored in the system and offered as a separate course to students. Accordingly, the system allows new, customized courses to be created from existing courses.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for presenting educational material to a user, the educational material being arranged in a course comprising a series of classes, the method comprising:
for at least one class of the series of classes;
presenting one or more preparatory modules to the user, the preparatory module including preparatory information relating to at least a portion of the educational material;
presenting one or more lecture modules to the user, each of the lecture modules corresponding to a topical segment of the portion of the educational material covered in the class;
presenting one or more interactive modules to the user, the interactive module requesting input from the user; and
presenting one or more test modules to the user, the test module testing the user on subject matter relating to the portion of the educational material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for creating an online course for delivering educational material to a user, the method comprising:
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segmenting a lecture into topical lecture modules;
creating a preparatory module including preparatory information for the lecture;
creating an interactive module requesting input from the user relating to the educational material; and
creating a test module testing the user on subject matter related to the educational material or initiating discussion on subject matter related to the educational material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for delivering educational material to a user via a network, the system comprising:
a server system having at least a processor and a data storage device, the server system being communicatively connected to a computer accessible by the user, and the processor of the server system operative with software to;
present a preparatory module to the user, the preparatory module including preparatory information relating to the educational material;
present one or more lecture modules to the user, each of the lecture modules corresponding to a topical segment of the educational material;
present an interactive module to the user, the interactive module requesting input from the user; and
present a test module to the user, the test module testing the user on subject matter relating to the educational material.
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24. A method of creating a customized course from modules comprising one or more courses, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a topic to search;
identifying one or more related modules based on the topic;
receiving a selection of one or more of the related modules, the selection identifying selected modules; and
associating the selected modules. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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