ADAPTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A system for training a student, said system comprising:
- a training station configured to interact with the student, said training station displaying output to the student via at least one output device and receiving input via at least one input device;
a computer system having a rules engine operative thereon and computer accessible data storage operatively associated therewith and storing the following electronically accessible data;
learning object data comprising a plurality of learning objects each configured to provide interaction with the student at the training station, andrule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine, said rules data including, for each rule, respective if-portion data defining a condition of data and then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the training station,for at least some of said rules, the respective action comprising output of a respective one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student; and
said rules engine causing the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage.
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Abstract
A system and method for training a student employ a simulation station that displays output to the student and receives input. The computer system has a rules engine operating on it and computer accessible data storage storing (i) learning object data including learning objects configured to provide interaction with the student at the simulation system and (ii) rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine. The rules data includes, for each rule, respective (a) if-portion data defining a condition of data and (o) then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the simulation station. The rules engine causes the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. For at least some of the rules, the action comprises output of one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student. The system may be networked with middleware and adapters that map data received over the network to rules engine memory.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for training a student, said system comprising:
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a training station configured to interact with the student, said training station displaying output to the student via at least one output device and receiving input via at least one input device; a computer system having a rules engine operative thereon and computer accessible data storage operatively associated therewith and storing the following electronically accessible data; learning object data comprising a plurality of learning objects each configured to provide interaction with the student at the training station, and rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine, said rules data including, for each rule, respective if-portion data defining a condition of data and then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the training station, for at least some of said rules, the respective action comprising output of a respective one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student; and said rules engine causing the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing computerized training to a student, said method comprising:
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providing a training station connected with a computer system with computer-accessible data storage supporting a rules engine thereon; storing lesson data in the data storage so as to be accessed by the rules engine, said lesson data comprising learning object data defining a number of learning objects that each, when activated by the rules engine, cause the training station to output visual imagery, audio or other output, and rules data defining a plurality of rules on which the rules engine operates so as to administer the computerized training, said rules each having a data condition part and an action part, the data condition part defining a state of data in the data storage that, when present, causes the rules engine to direct the computerized system to take a predetermined action, at least some of said actions comprising activating at least some of the learning objects to interact with the student at the training station; storing student state data in the data storage, said student state data including data defining an assessment measure of training of the student; providing the computerized training to the student at the training station with the rules engine administering the training according to the rules stored in the data storage; determining repeatedly or continually the assessment measure for the student based on input received from the student at the training station; storing the determined assessment measure in the student state data; wherein the rules data defines at least one rule that initiates the action thereof when a data condition that the student state data in the data storage defines an assessment measure below a predetermined value is present, the action including initiating operation on the training station of one of the stored learning objects. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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