Device,system, and method of educational content generation

• US 20110065082A1
• Filed: 09/15/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Time To Know Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Time To Know Ltd.
• Inventors: Gal, Michael, Hendel, Michal
• Application Number:
  US12/923,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20110065082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/365
• 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

Device, system, and method of educational content generation. For example, a method of generating digital educational content comprises: (a) creating a digital learning object by: receiving user selection of a template from a repository of templates of digital learning objects, the template representing a composition of one or more digital educational content elements within a screen; receiving user selection of a layout from a repository of layouts of digital learning objects, the layout representing an on-screen arrangement of said one or more educational content elements within said screen; receiving user input of data for said template; receiving user input of parameters for said template; inserting the user input of data into said template; inserting the user input of parameters into said template; receiving user input of meta-data for said template; (b) applying said layout to said template containing therein (i) said user input of data and (ii) said user input of parameters and (iii) said user input of meta-data; (c) storing said digital learning object in a repository of digital learning objects.

Claims

1. A method of generating digital educational content, the method comprising:

(a) creating a digital learning object by;

receiving user selection of a template from a repository of templates of digital learning objects, the template representing a composition of one or more digital educational content elements within a screen;

receiving user selection of a layout from a repository of layouts of digital learning objects, the layout representing an on-screen arrangement of said one or more educational content elements within said screen;

receiving user input of data for said template;

receiving user input of parameters for said template;

inserting the user input of data into said template;

inserting the user input of parameters into said template;

receiving user input of meta-data for said template;

(b) applying said layout to said template containing therein (i) said user input of data and (ii) said user input of parameters and (iii) said user input of meta-data;

(c) storing said digital learning object in a repository of digital learning objects.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user selection of the template comprises:

receiving the user selection of the template from a group comprising at least (a) a first template having a single atomic digital educational content element, and (b) a second template having two or more atomic digital educational content elements.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the user input of data comprises one or more operations selected from the group consisting of:

producing instructions for the digital educational content;

producing questions for the digital educational content;

producing possible answers for the digital educational content;

producing written feedback options with regard to correctness or incorrectness of the possible answers, for the digital educational content;

producing rubrics for assessment for the digital educational content;

producing a hint for solving the digital educational content;

producing an example helpful for solving the digital educational content;

producing a file helpful for solving the digital educational content;

producing a hyperlink helpful for solving the digital educational content;

providing a media file associated with the digital educational content;

providing an alternative modality for at least a portion of the digital educational content;

importing an instance of an under-development digital educational content from an in-work storage unit;

importing an instance of a published digital educational content from a storage unit for published content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the producing comprises performing an operation selected from the group consisting of:

writing;

copying;

pointing to an item in an assets repository.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the user input of parameters comprises one or more operations selected from the group consisting of:

producing metadata parameters;

producing pedagogic metadata parameters;

producing guidance parameters;

producing interactions parameters;

producing feedback parameters;

producing advancing parameters;

producing a parameter indicating a required student input as condition to advancing;

producing scoring parameters;

producing one or more rules for behavior of content elements on screen;

producing one or more rules indicating a behavior of a first on-screen content element in upon a user'"'"'s interaction with a second on-screen content element;

producing parameters for a managerial component indicating one or more rules of handling a communication between two on-screen content elements.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user selection of the layout comprises:

receiving the user selection of the layout from a group comprising at least;

(a) a first layout in which two or more atomic digital educational content elements are arranged in a first arrangement; and

(b) a second layout in which said two or more atomic digital educational content elements are arranged in a second, different, arrangement

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying said layout in response to a user drag-and-drop input which moves one or more atomic digital educational content elements within said screen, to create a modified layout; and

applying the modified layout to said template.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying said template in response to a user input which adds an atomic digital educational content element into said screen, to create a modified template.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said user input which adds said atomic digital educational content element into said screen comprises a user selection of a new atomic digital educational content element from a repository of atomic digital educational content elements available for adding into said template.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying said layout in response to a user input which resizes one or more atomic digital educational content elements within said screen, to create a modified layout; and

applying the modified layout to said template.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising:

setting one or more rules indicating an operational effect of a first on-screen content element on a second, different, on-screen content element.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising:

setting one or more rules indicating an operational effect of a user interaction on one or more content elements.

13. A computerized system for generation of digital educational content,

wherein the computerized system implemented using at least one hardware component,

wherein the computerized system comprises:

a template selection module to select a template for the digital educational content;

a layout selection module to select a layout for the digital educational content;

an asset selection module to select one or more digital atomic content items from a repository of digital atomic content items;

an editor module to edit a script, represented using a learning modeling language, the script indicating behavior of a first on-screen content element in response to one or more of;

(a) user interaction;

(b) action by a second on-screen content element.

14. The computerized system of claim 13, further comprising:

an asset organizer module to spatially organize one or more of the selected digital atomic content items.

15. The computerized system of claim 14, wherein the asset organizer module is to automatically (a) resize one or more of the selected digital atomic content items based on screen resolutions constraints, and (b) reorder one or more of the selected digital atomic content items based on pedagogical goals reflected in metadata associated with said one or more of the selected digital atomic content items.

16. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a gradual exposure module to (a) initially expose on screen the first content element, and (b) subsequently expose on screen the second content element, based on a sequencing scheme associated with said first and second content elements.

17. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a knowledge estimator to determine an educational need of a student, based on one or more of;

(a) responses of the student in a pre-administered test;

(b) a personal knowledge map which is associated with said student and is updated based on ongoing performance of said student;

an automated content builder to automatically create educational content tailored for said student, based on output of the knowledge estimator, by utilizing an automatically-selected template, an automatically-selected layout, educational data and parameters obtained from an assets repository.

18. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a wizard module (a) to guide a content developer step-by-step through a process of creating educational content, (b) to show to said content developer only selectable options which are relevant in view of pedagogical goals and rules, and (c) to hide from said content developer options which are irrelevant in view of pedagogical goals and rules.

19. The computerized system of claim 18, wherein the pedagogical goals and rules are represented as metadata associated with education content items.

20. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a flow control editor to define pedagogic rules for determining the behavior of an educational content element upon creation of a digital learning object based on a pedagogical need of a student.

21. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a tagging module to create pedagogical metadata associated with educational content items; and

an asset retrieval module (a) to retrieve content elements from an assets repository; and

(b) to place the retrieved content elements in a learning flow based on pedagogical meta-data, wherein the pedagogical metadata (i) indicates relevancy of said retrieved content elements to a pedagogical goal, and (ii) indicates suitability of said retrieved content elements to a pedagogical context.

22. The computerized system of claim 13, comprising:

a dynamic layout modifier module (a) to determine that a digital learning object was originally intended to be executed on a first screen having a first resolution;

(b) to determine that the digital learning object is requested to be executed on a second screen having a second, smaller, resolution;

(c) to re-construct the digital learning object by re-organizing educational content elements according to (i) the second resolution and (ii) one or more pedagogical rules for determining interactive behavior of one or more of the educational content elements.