SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, DELIVERING AND MANAGING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

• US 20110039249A1
• Filed: 08/14/2009
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: K12 Incorporated
• Original Assignee: K12 Incorporated
• Inventors: Graff, Benjamin Patrick, Packard, Ronald Jay, Paul, Adam, Saxberg, Bror Valdemar Haug
• Application Number:
  US12/541,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20110039249A1
• 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 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/08 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying further information

Abstract

A computer system for delivering an educational material includes a delivery engine, a feedback engine and a notification engine. The delivery engine is configured to deliver to a student a portion of the educational material, including the content arranged to define a set of learning paths associated with a learning objective. The portion of the educational material includes a subset of the content associated with a subset of the set of learning paths. The feedback engine is configured to receive a datum associated with a number learning paths within the subset of the set of learning paths. Said another way, the datum represents the number of learning paths received by a student. The notification engine is configured to produce a notification in response to the datum.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

delivering to a student a portion of an educational material associated with a plurality of learning objectives, the educational material including a plurality of content arranged to define a plurality of learning paths associated with a learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives, the portion of the educational material including a subset of the plurality of content associated with a subset of the plurality of learning paths;

receiving a datum associated with a number learning paths within the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

producing a notification in response to the datum.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the datum is a first datum, the method further comprising:

receiving a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths,

the producing performed in response to the second datum.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of content includes a learning object, an assessment and a teaching strategy item, at least one of the learning object, the assessment or the teaching strategy item being associated with a physical learning activity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of content includes a learning object, an assessment and a teaching strategy item, at least one of the learning object, the assessment or the teaching strategy item including a visual depiction of a physical item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the datum is a first datum, the method further comprising:

receiving a second datum associated with a score of an assessment associated with the learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives,

the producing performed in response to the second datum.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the datum is a first datum, the method further comprising:

receiving a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health,

the producing performed in response to the second datum.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the educational material is a first portion, the datum is a first datum, the method further comprising:

receiving a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

delivering to the student a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the educational material is a first portion, the datum is a first datum, the method further comprising:

receiving a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health; and

delivering to the student a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.

9. A computer system for delivering an educational material, the computer system comprising:

a memory; and

a plurality of modules configured to deliver the educational material to a student, the educational material associated with a plurality of learning objectives, at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of modules being stored in at least a portion of the memory, the plurality of modules including;

a delivery engine configured to deliver to a student a portion of the educational material, the educational material including a plurality of content arranged to define a plurality of learning paths associated with a learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives, the portion of the educational material including a subset of the plurality of content associated with a subset of the plurality of learning paths;

a feedback engine configured to receive a datum associated with a number learning paths within the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

a notification engine configured to produce a notification in response to the datum.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the feedback engine is configured to receive a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

the notification engine is configured to produce a notification in response to the second datum.

11. The computer system of claim 9, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the feedback engine is configured to receive a second datum associated with a score of an assessment associated with the learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives; and

the notification engine is configured to produce a notification in response to the second datum.

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the feedback engine is configured to receive a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health; and

the notification engine is configured to produce a notification in response to the second datum.

13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the notification engine is configured to receive a raw notification file, transform a data within the raw notification file into the notification having a predetermined format and post the notification to a location for receipt by a user.

14. The computer system of claim 9, wherein:

the portion of the educational material is a first portion;

the datum is a first datum;

the feedback engine is configured to receive a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

the delivery engine is configured to deliver to the student a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.

15. The computer system of claim 9, wherein:

the portion of the educational material is a first portion;

the datum is a first datum;

the feedback engine is configured to receive a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health; and

the delivery engine is configured to deliver to the student a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.

16. One or more processor-readable media storing code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to:

deliver to a student a portion of an educational material associated with a plurality of learning objectives, the educational material including a plurality of content arranged to define a plurality of learning paths associated with a learning objective from the plurality of learning objectives, the portion of the educational material including a subset of the plurality of content associated with a subset of the plurality of learning paths;

receive a datum associated with a number learning paths within the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

produce a notification in response to the datum.

17. The one or more processor-readable media of claim 16, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the first datum includes code to receive a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to produce the notification includes code to produce the notification in response to the second datum.

18. The one or more processor-readable media of claim 16, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the first datum includes code to receive a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health; and

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to produce the notification includes code to produce the notification in response to the second datum.

19. The one or more processor-readable media of claim 16, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the portion of the educational material is first portion;

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the first datum includes code to receive a second datum associated with at least one of a length of time taken by the student to complete a content from the subset of the plurality of content, a length of time spent by the student within a learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths or a length of time spent by the student within each learning path from the subset of the plurality of learning paths; and

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to the first portion of the educational material includes code to produce a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.

20. The one or more processor-readable media of claim 16, wherein:

the datum is a first datum;

the portion of the educational material is first portion;

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to receive the first datum includes code to receive a second datum associated with a profile of the student including any one of a demographic characteristic of the student, an indicator of the student'"'"'s past educational performance, a status of the student'"'"'s family or a status of the student'"'"'s health; and

the code representing instructions to cause the one or more processors to the first portion of the educational material includes code to produce a second portion of the educational material in response to the first datum and the second datum.