TRACKING LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR ONLINE COURSES
First Claim
1. In a computing environment for online courses, a method for tracking learning objectives, the method comprising:
- creating course objectives that correlate with course materials for an online course, the course objectives including a description stored on an educational management system;
associating course objectives with learning objects and learning assessments;
distributing the course materials from the educational management system to a user'"'"'s computer through a network connection;
tracking the outcome of a student'"'"'s performance, the outcome including a grade associated with the student; and
comparing the outcome to the course objectives to provide comparison data.
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Abstract
A method and system track learning objectives in a computing environment for online courses. The method and system include creating course objectives that correlate with course materials for an online course. The course objectives include a value stored on an educational management system. A parameter is set for the course objectives and associating the parameter with the value. The parameter is stored on the educational management system. The course materials are distributed from the educational management system to a user'"'"'s computer through a network connection. The outcome of a student'"'"'s performance is tracked. The outcome includes a grade associated with the student. The outcome is compared to the course objectives to provide comparison data.
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22 Claims
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1. In a computing environment for online courses, a method for tracking learning objectives, the method comprising:
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creating course objectives that correlate with course materials for an online course, the course objectives including a description stored on an educational management system; associating course objectives with learning objects and learning assessments; distributing the course materials from the educational management system to a user'"'"'s computer through a network connection; tracking the outcome of a student'"'"'s performance, the outcome including a grade associated with the student; and comparing the outcome to the course objectives to provide comparison data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for tracking learning objectives in a computing environment for online courses, the system comprising:
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a content provider including course materials for an online course to be accessed by a user'"'"'s computer; an educational management system including a server and a database, the educational management system being configured to associate data with the course materials and correlate course objectives with the course materials, the course materials having a value, the educational management system including parameters set for the course objectives and associated with the value; and a network connection linked to the educational management system and configured to distribute the course materials from the content provider to the user'"'"'s computer, the network connection providing a link to transfer information between the educational management system and the user'"'"'s computer, wherein the information transferred between the educational management system and the user'"'"'s computer is associated with a particular online course and user in the database, the outcome of a student'"'"'s performance is stored on the server, the outcome includes a grade associated with the student, the outcome is compared to the course objectives to provide comparison data stored on the server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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