INTERNET BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS

• US 20080160491A1
• Filed: 12/29/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Realtime Learning Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Realtime Learning Systems, LLC
• Inventors: Allen, Rex J., Carman, Jared M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,358,965 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• 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 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

Abstract

A learning system is adapted to provide a learning management system adapted to present an exercise environment to the user in which the user is able to practice skills through a combination of presented media and practice areas. The learning system is adapted to provide feedback to the user during the practice session to allow the user to improve performance while in the exercise environment. Additionally, the learning system is adapted to track the user'"'"'s performance in terms of practice time and in terms of accuracy percentage to allow the student and the educator to monitor performance related to effort. Still additionally, the learning systems of the present disclosure may be adapted to track the types of errors committed by the users to enable the users and educators to provide more directed educational experiences and practice sessions to overcome recurring problems.

Claims

1. A learning system, comprising:

a learning management system in communication with an activity module adapted to present data to a user; and

a network-based exercise environment having

an analysis module for analyzing the skill-based performance of a user, and

a reporting module for reporting the skill-based performance of the user;

wherein the exercise environment interfaces with the learning management system;

wherein the exercise environment is adapted to present educational media to the user; and

wherein the exercise environment is adapted to receive data input from the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein learning management system presents learning progress and performance data of an individual or group of individuals.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the exercise environment presents feedback to the user and communicates skill-based learning performance data to and from the learning management system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein performance includes psychomotor skill performance.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the learning management system includes additional modules, the additional modules including at least one of a mentoring module, a personal reports module, an administrative reports module, an administrative options module, an incentive module, and a location trail module.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the location trail module includes a location trail indicator that indicates the specific location of the user within the learning management system.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the analysis module compares the data input from the user to comparison data and wherein the reporting module reports the comparison from the analysis module to a user.

8. The system of claim 7,

wherein the learning management system reports time spent and accuracy attained by the user during a given exercise;

wherein the exercise environment reports accuracy attained and number of errors committed by the user during a given exercise;

wherein the reporting module reports the comparison from the analysis module to a user by at least one of audible signals and visible signals;

wherein the visible signals include at least one of color, font, text format, and text; and

wherein the analysis module compares the data input from the user to comparison data on at least one of a word-by-word basis during input of the data by the user and an entire exercise basis after the user has input the data for an entire exercise.

9. The system of claim 8,

further comprising a content engine;

wherein the content engine at least in part produces the exercise environment;

wherein the content engine, upon receiving error-related feedback from the analysis module, is adapted to interrupt an exercise of a user; and

wherein the exercise environment is adapted to present focused repractice to the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the focused repractice includes repractice of specific errors by at least one of word, phrase, and error type.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the exercise environment provides adaptive remediation to the user based upon the error-related feedback.

12. The system of claim 4,

wherein at least one of the learning management system and the exercise environment is adapted to report the most common errors of the user;

and

wherein at least one of the learning management system and the exercise environment is adapted to generate exercises for the user based upon the most common errors of the user.

13. The system of claim 4, wherein the learning management system is adapted to report the rate at which the user improves certain skills.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein the learning management system is adapted to report data input from multiple users.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the exercise environment is adapted to present educational media to the user at a rate determined by the user, wherein the learning system includes a Shareable Content Object Reference Model conformant learning management system, and wherein the exercise environment is Web-based.

16. A method for coaching a student, comprising:

presenting an exercise environment to a user;

presenting educational content within the exercise environment;

receiving psychomotor skill-based performance data from the user during an exercise by the user relating to the educational content;

analyzing the psychomotor skill-based performance data of the user;

reporting the analyzed psychomotor skill-based performance data;

coaching the user in real-time based upon the analyzed psychomotor skill-based performance data; and

tracking the progress of the user relating to the exercise.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein coaching and reporting includes checking for and reporting on errors in the psychomotor skill-based performance data of the user and at least one of checking on a word-by-word basis, checking on an entire exercise basis, identifying errors, identifying types of errors, grouping errors by type, providing advice regarding certain errors, and providing focused repractice relating to certain errors.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein tracking includes tracking at least one of practice time logged, accumulated practice hours, percentage of accuracy, high score, most common errors, and rate of improvement.

19. A learning system, comprising:

means for managing the learning environment of a user; and

means for providing an exercise environment to the user;

wherein means for managing includes means for analyzing the progress of the user and means for reporting the analysis.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein means for managing includes at least one of means for mentoring, means for personal reporting, means for administrative reporting, means for providing incentive to the user, and means for trailing location.