Systems, methods, and software for online courses

• US 20080286741A1
• Filed: 01/11/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Patrick Call
• Original Assignee: Patrick Call
• Inventors: Call, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US12/008,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20080286741A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• 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 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

A system for online courses. The system includes a database of course work items, including a set of one or more documents of an online textbook, with the documents being logically associated with first and second feedback modes. The system also includes functionality for providing the one or more documents to a first client device in response to a first user request and to a second client device in response to a second user request, with the one or more documents provided to the first client device logically associated with the first feedback mode and those provided to the second client device logically associated with the second feedback mode.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a database of course work items, including a set of two or more active tutorial items;

means for associating one or more of the active tutorial items with one or more of the active course work items;

means for providing one or more of the course work items to a client device in response to a user request; and

means, responsive to user interaction with the one or more of the provided course work items, for providing one or more of the associated active tutorial items to the client device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the course work items is logically associated with first and second user feedback options.

3. A system comprising:

a database of course work items, including a set of one or more documents of an online textbook, wherein one or more of the documents is logically associated with first and second feedback modes; and

means for providing the one or more documents to a first client device in response to a first user request and to a second client device in response to a second user request, with the one or more documents provided to the first client device logically associated with the first feedback mode and those provided to the second client device logically associated with the second feedback mode.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

means, responsive to user interaction with the one or more of the provided course work documents, for providing one or more of the associated active tutorial items to the client device.