METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING LOCATION SERVICES TO TEACH CONCEPTS

• US 20150339952A1
• Filed: 05/22/2015
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nirit Glazer
• Original Assignee: Nirit Glazer
• Inventors: GLAZER, NIRIT
• Application Number:
  US14/720,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20150339952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/24 for chemistry
• 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

Abstract

A learning system includes a server configured to associate mobile devices with participants such that locations of the participants serve as a life-size model of a learning activity. The learning system also includes a server configured to track the locations of the mobile devices to determine progress of the participants in performing the learning activity. The learning system also includes a display of the locations of the mobile devices on a screen visible to the participants to provide feedback to the participants regarding the progress in performing the learning activity. A mobile device for use in the learning system is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A learning system comprising:

an application server configured to

associate mobile devices with participants such that locations of the participants serve as a life-size model of a learning activity;

track the locations of the mobile devices to determine progress of the participants in performing the learning activity; and

display the locations of the mobile devices on a screen visible to the participants to provide feedback to the participants regarding the progress in performing the learning activity.

2. The learning system of claim 1, further comprising a real-time location server in communication with the application server and configured to:

determine the locations of the mobile devices; and

send the locations of the mobile devices to the application server.

3. The learning system of claim 2, wherein the real-time location server is further configured to determine the locations of the mobile devices periodically according to one or more of:

triangulation of the mobile devices, multilateration of the mobile devices, and signal strength of the mobile devices.

4. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the application server is further configured to:

identify a location adjustment to be made by one of the participants to further the progress of the participants in performing the learning activity; and

send information descriptive of the location adjustment to a respective mobile device associated with the one of the participants for display to the participant via the mobile device.

5. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the application server is further configured to:

assign an element of the model to one of the participants; and

send information descriptive of the element to a respective mobile device associated with the one of the participants for display to the participant via the mobile device.

6. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the server is connected to a remote data store over a communications network, and the server is further configured to provide the progress in performing the learning activity over the communications network to the remote data store.

7. The learning system of claim 1, wherein the mobile devices include smartwatches worn by the participants.

8. The learning system of claim 1, wherein each of the mobile devices is associated with an atom of a chemical reaction, and the learning activity includes the participants moving the mobile devices to locations to cause the life-size model to illustrate chemical bonds of the chemical reaction.

9. The learning system of claim 1, wherein each of the mobile devices is associated with an atom of a molecule, and the learning activity includes the participants moving the mobile devices to locations to cause the life-size model to illustrate ordering and spatial distance of the atoms of the molecule.

10. The learning system of claim 1, wherein each of the mobile devices is associated with an element of a sequence, and the learning activity includes the participants moving the mobile devices to locations to cause the life-size model to illustrate the elements in sequence order.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a mobile device configured to

receive, from an application server, information descriptive of an assignment of a participant associated with the mobile device to an element of a life-size model of a learning activity;

display the information to the participant to inform the participant of the element of the life-size model to which the participant is assigned; and

send, to a real-time location server, information indicative of a current location of the mobile device to cause the server to determine progress of the participant in performing the learning activity.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is further configured to:

receive information descriptive of a proposed location adjustment to be made by the participant to further the progress of the participant in performing the learning activity; and

display the proposed location adjustment to the participant.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is one of a smartwatch or a mobile phone.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is associated with an atom of a chemical reaction, and the learning activity includes the participant moving the mobile device to a location to cause the life-size model to illustrate chemical bonds of the chemical reaction.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is associated with an element of a sequence, and the learning activity includes the participant moving the mobile device to a location to cause the life-size model to illustrate the elements in sequence order.

16. A method comprising:

associating mobile devices provided with a locator with a plurality of participants involved in a multi-participant learning activity conducted in a learning environment, so that locations of the participants can be monitored during the learning activity;

at least periodically tracking the locations of the mobile devices and determining the progress of the participants in performing the learning activity using the location information; and

providing feedback to the participants relating to their performance of the learning activity.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

identifying a location adjustment to be made by one of the participants to further the progress of the participants in performing the learning activity; and

sending information descriptive of the location adjustment to a respective mobile device associated with the one of the participants for display to the participant via the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending the progress in performing the learning activity over a communications network to a remote data store.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying the locations of the mobile devices on a monitor within the learning environment visible to the participants to provide feedback to the participants regarding their progress in performing the learning activity.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising creating reports of the progress of the participants by aggregating the progress from the data store.