Computer implemented education system

• US 6,507,726 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2000
• Issued: 01/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DHM Arcadia Management, LLC
• Original Assignee: Educational Standards And Certifications, Inc.
• Inventors: Atkinson, Mark, Pea, Roy, Sands, Michael, Glasse, Jeff, Skorski, Mike, Spaihts, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOSSER, KATHLEEN MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US09/609,204
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• Field of Search: 434/350, 434/322, 434/323, 434/307.R, 434/219, 434/262, 434/362, 707/500, 707/512
• US Class Current: 434/350
• 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

A curriculum scheduling method includes receiving input data identifying target subject matter, processing the input data to determine an educational standard associated with the target subject matter, querying a database to determine curricula that supports (i.e., contains lessons relevant to) the educational standard, receiving from the user a selection of at least one curricula item from among the determined curricula, and allocated time periods for participation in presentation of the selected curricula item(s). The educational standard may include a group of requirements and the database may be queried based on a requirements selected by the user. A computer-based method of displaying curricula also may include receiving curricula data that includes a sequence of presentation segments and segment marker data, processing the segment marker data to determine information context associated with the presentation segments, and coordinating a display of other curricula data with a display of the presentation segments based on the determined information context. The ordering of the presentation segments may be changed based on a user'"'"'s comprehension of curricula. The method can also include displaying an interface that includes, e.g., images representing chat rooms associated with particular presentations segments. By selecting one of the images, a user'"'"'s terminal can be connected to a chat room messaging database to enable chat message exchange. Other method and systems are further disclosed herein.

Claims

1. In a computer-based learning system, a method of displaying curricula comprising:

receiving at a computer terminal first curricula data comprising a first plurality of presentation segments, the presentation segments each being delimited by marker data;

synchronizing a display of curricula annotation data comprising a second plurality of presentation segments with a display of the first presentation segments based on the marker data;

wherein;

the curricula annotation data comprises data previously generated based on input from a student responsive to a presentation of the first curricula data;

each presentation segment comprises motion video data;

the curricula annotation data comprises text; and

coordinating a display of the curricula annotation data with a display of presentation segments comprises;

processing presentation segment motion video data and the curricula annotation data to simultaneously display motion video and annotation text; and

emphasizing different segments of the displayed annotation text based on a change in information context associated with the displayed motion video.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein emphasizing different segments comprises changing a text display attribute.

3. In a computer-based learning system, a method of displaying curricula comprising:

displaying at a computer terminal curricula data comprising a plurality of motion video segments;

displaying a selection interface comprising a plurality of different images, each image being associated with a different one of the motion video segments;

receiving selection data in response to the displayed selection interface, the selection data identifying a user selection of one of the images; and

accessing a participant interaction area associated with the selected image;

wherein each participant interaction area comprises a chat room configured to enable exchange of messages between participants.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein accessing a participant interaction area comprises operatively coupling the computer terminal to a chat room messaging database to enable chat message exchange by a user of the computer terminal.