Remote teaching system
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1. An electronic teaching system comprising:
- (a) at least two learning centers having a plurality of participant alpha-numeric terminals, each with a common computer and a common communication control unit;
(b) a group leader terminal, located within a teacher'"'"'s center, wherein the group leader terminal includes a keyboard, screen, memory and logic means for displaying multi-character response information from the memory onto the screen;
(c) communication distribution means within the teacher'"'"'s center for communicating with learning centers via a plurality of communication channels;
(d) a transmission buffer within the memory of the common computers in the learning centers for continuously transmitting the multi-character responses, and adapted for storing at least the keystrokes of all the participant terminals in the relevant learning center together with terminal identifying information for the keystrokes for at least the time period between successive communications from the communication distribution means;
(e) means in the communication channels for transmitting the information from each transmission buffer to the memory of the group leader terminal, the information then being displayed on the screen of the group leader terminal, contemporaneously with the multi-character responses being entered at the participant terminals; and
(f) social mode means for coordinating participant terminals within the learning centers to collectively respond to a particular question indicated by the group leader terminal.
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Abstract
A computerized teaching system is described including an interactive group communication system, wherein students interact with a teacher and the teacher can obtain quantitative reports on student performance without preprogrammed lessons and where a lesson program can be constructed from the responses of the students. The teaching system may be spread over a large geographic area comprising a multiplicity of learning centers with a multiplicity of students at each center, wherein the students interact with a teacher who is remotely located from one or more learning centers.
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21 Claims
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1. An electronic teaching system comprising:
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(a) at least two learning centers having a plurality of participant alpha-numeric terminals, each with a common computer and a common communication control unit; (b) a group leader terminal, located within a teacher'"'"'s center, wherein the group leader terminal includes a keyboard, screen, memory and logic means for displaying multi-character response information from the memory onto the screen; (c) communication distribution means within the teacher'"'"'s center for communicating with learning centers via a plurality of communication channels; (d) a transmission buffer within the memory of the common computers in the learning centers for continuously transmitting the multi-character responses, and adapted for storing at least the keystrokes of all the participant terminals in the relevant learning center together with terminal identifying information for the keystrokes for at least the time period between successive communications from the communication distribution means; (e) means in the communication channels for transmitting the information from each transmission buffer to the memory of the group leader terminal, the information then being displayed on the screen of the group leader terminal, contemporaneously with the multi-character responses being entered at the participant terminals; and (f) social mode means for coordinating participant terminals within the learning centers to collectively respond to a particular question indicated by the group leader terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic teaching system, comprising:
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(a) at least one group leader terminal; (b) a plurality of participant terminals connected to the group leader terminal, wherein the participant terminals collectively address a frame without a particular programmed correct response; (c) communication control means for receiving multi-character responses from the participant terminals; (d) means for storing student responses in a student response storage means; (e) data processing logic means for simultaneously displaying the participant terminal multi-character responses on the group leader terminal as the participant terminal multi-character responses are received by the communication control means; and (f) means for selecting from the group leader terminal one of the displayed participant terminal multi-character responses and immediately comparing the participant terminal multi-character response with other responses from the student response storage means, the responses being scored correct where a match occur. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An electronic teaching system, comprising:
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(a) at least one group leader terminal; (b) a plurality of participant terminals connected to the group leader terminal, wherein the participant terminals collectively address a frame without a particular programmed correct response; (c) communication control means for receiving multi-character responses from the participant terminals; (d) means for storing student responses in a student response storage means; (e) data processing logic means for simultaneously displaying the participant terminal multi-character responses on the group leader terminal as the responses are received by the communication control means; (f) means for selecting from the group leader terminal one of the participant terminal multi-character responses and comparing the response with other responses from the response storage means; and (g) means for displaying the number of participant terminal responses that are similar.
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21. An electronic teaching system comprising:
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at least one group leader terminal; (b) a plurality of participant terminals connected to the group leader terminal; (c) subject matter storage means for storing a lesson program comprising a plurality of frames; (d) communication control means for receiving multi-character responses from the participant terminals; (e) means for storing student responses in a student response storage means; (f) data processing logic means for simultaneously displaying the participant terminal multi-character responses on the group leader terminal as the responses are received by the communication control means; and (g) means for selecting from the group leader terminal one of the participant terminal multi-character responses and storing it as part of a frame in the subject matter storage means.
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