Curriculum planning and publishing method

• US 5,173,051 A
• Filed: 10/15/1991
• Issued: 12/22/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Optical Data Corp (S&P Global Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Optical Data Corp (S&P Global Inc.)
• Inventors: Walker, Timothy, Clark, William, May, Theodore, Chalmers, Ronald, Dudley, Anne
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor, Cary E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHERICHETTI, CINDY
• Application Number:
  US07/776,174
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 434/307, 434/323, 434/433, 434/178, 434/118
• US Class Current: 434/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• 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 curriculum planning and publishing method and system is provided in which large quantities of information may be rearranged to produce a customized learning tool. This learning tool may embody a variety of formats ranging from a simple book to a computer and video multisensory presentation. Providing a customized learning experience maximizes effective learning time, places the teacher in better control of the classroom, and allows a school or school district to cater to the needs of the community while maintaining a uniform curriculum.

Claims

1. A method of curriculum planning and publishing which comprises:

(a) providing recallable information capable of being conveyed from an information source to an information repository;

(b) selecting and segregating portions of the information to be conveyed from an information source to an information repository;

(c) ordering the selected and segregated portions of information;

(d) translating the ordered information into a curriculum that can be conveyed from an information source to an information repository; and

(e) providing coded material onto the curriculum to prompt a computer or videodisc player.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the coded material comprises a bar code.