On-task learning system and method
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1. An on-task learning system, comprising:
- one or more portable devices;
a main training unit that communicates with the portable devices over a communications path;
the main training unit further comprising a manager unit having a selection unit that, based on educational information about a particular student, selects an assignment for the particular student, the assignment training a particular skill of the student, and an adaptive unit that interacts with the portable device to communicate the selected assignment to the portable device associated with the particular student;
the portable device associated with the particular student further comprising a processor that executes the selected assignment and uploads a set of results based on the selected assignment to the main training unit; and
wherein the educational information about the particular student is synchronized between the main training unit and the portable device associated with the particular student.
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Abstract
The on-task learning system (implemented as a training system and method) achieves the goal to keeping a student on a learning task for a longer period of time by providing a customized education program for each student. In one implementation, the training system uses one or more portable devices and a main training unit so that the student may utilize the portable device away from school to perform directed learning and stay on the learning task even while away from school.
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1. An on-task learning system, comprising:
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one or more portable devices;
a main training unit that communicates with the portable devices over a communications path;
the main training unit further comprising a manager unit having a selection unit that, based on educational information about a particular student, selects an assignment for the particular student, the assignment training a particular skill of the student, and an adaptive unit that interacts with the portable device to communicate the selected assignment to the portable device associated with the particular student;
the portable device associated with the particular student further comprising a processor that executes the selected assignment and uploads a set of results based on the selected assignment to the main training unit; and
wherein the educational information about the particular student is synchronized between the main training unit and the portable device associated with the particular student. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. The system of 8 further comprising a data storage unit associated with the server computer, the data storage unit storing the assignments and the educational information about the particular student.
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13. A computer-implemented on-task learning method that uses a central training unit and one or more portable devices that connect to the central training unit over a communications path to exchange educational information and assignments for a particular student, the method comprising:
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selecting, at the central training unit, based on a set of educational information about a particular student, a assignment for the particular student that trains a particular skill of the student;
delivering the selected assignment to a portable device associated with the particular student;
training the particular student using the assignment on the portable device; and
uploading, from the portable device to the central training unit, a set of results based on the selected assignment wherein the educational information about the particular student is synchronized between the main training unit and the portable device associated with the particular student. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A central training unit of an on-task learning system that interacts with one or more portable devices, used by students, to train the students, the central training unit comprising:
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a manager unit having a selection unit that, based on educational information about a particular student, selects an assignment for the particular student wherein the assignment trains a particular skill of the student;
an adaptive unit that is capable of interacting with a portable device to communicate the selected assignment to the portable device associated with the particular student; and
the manager unit further comprising a results unit that receives a set of results from the portable device when the selected assignment is completed wherein the educational information about the particular student is synchronized between the main training unit and the portable device associated with the particular student. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. The unit of 26 further comprising a data storage unit associated with the server computer, the data storage unit storing the training module and the educational information about the particular student.
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28. A main training unit that provides educational mass customization to a student, the main training unit comprising:
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a program having a plurality of assignments wherein each assignment trains one or more skills of a student;
a manager unit having;
an educational mass customization unit that determines a set of educational customization factors to associate with a particular student, the educational customization factors comprising one or more pieces of information about one or more of a score of the particular student on prior assignments, a time interval it took the student to complete a particular portion of the educational program, an age of the student, a native language of the student, a race of the student, a gender of the student, a geographic location of the student, a hobby of the student, an interest of the student, a game preference, a learning preference and an adaptive evolution of a character in the assignment; and
a selection unit that, based on a set of educational customization factors associated with a particular student, selects an assignment for the particular student to be delivered to the particular student wherein the selected assignment maintains a time on task of the particular student by engaging the particular student due to the educational customization factors. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An educational mass customization method that uses a main training unit to communicate an assignment to a particular student wherein the main training unit has a database with a plurality of assignments wherein each assignment trains a particular skill of a student, the method comprising:
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determining, using an educational mass customization unit, a set of educational customization factors to associate with a particular student, the educational customization factors comprising one or more pieces of information about one or more of a score of the particular student on prior assignments, a time interval it took the student to complete a particular portion of the educational program, an age of the student, a native language of the student, a race of the student, a gender of the student, a geographic location of the student, a hobby of the student, an interest of the student, a game preference, a learning preference and an adaptive evolution of a character in the assignment; and
selecting, using a selection unit, based on a set of educational customization factors associated with a particular student, an assignment for the particular student to be delivered to the particular student wherein the selected assignment maintains a time on task of the particular student by engaging the particular student due to the educational customization factors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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