Interactive employee training system and method
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1. A method for electronically educating trainees, comprising:
- compiling computerized training materials having multi-media training content, said multi-media training content being compiled into one or more courses specifically customized for various combinations of activity sites and activity types, said multi-media content in each said course being customized for each said combination of activity sites and activity types by containing video files having instructional images of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined activity site;
determining an activity type associated with each trainee;
determining an activity site associated with said each trainee and said determined activity type; and
providing to each particular trainee multi-media training from an appropriate compiled course based on said determined activity types and said determined activity sites wherein said provided multi-media training has multi-media content specifically customized to provide for each said trainee instruction depicting video of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined activity site, said multi-media training being performed with a computing device operating software that incorporates said multi-media content.
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Abstract
The disclosed system and method for computer aided training and certification employs a central network for storing certification information and a plurality of training units. In preferred embodiments, the training units are individual systems comprising training software running on a turn-key based personal computer. An advantage of the invention is that the software is completely customized on each training unit to provide instruction using customized multi-media content, such as high quality digital video footage, taken of the trainee'"'"'s specific job tasks and work site, as well as questions and instructional scripts customized for the job tasks and work site.
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1. A method for electronically educating trainees, comprising:
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compiling computerized training materials having multi-media training content, said multi-media training content being compiled into one or more courses specifically customized for various combinations of activity sites and activity types, said multi-media content in each said course being customized for each said combination of activity sites and activity types by containing video files having instructional images of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined activity site;
determining an activity type associated with each trainee;
determining an activity site associated with said each trainee and said determined activity type; and
providing to each particular trainee multi-media training from an appropriate compiled course based on said determined activity types and said determined activity sites wherein said provided multi-media training has multi-media content specifically customized to provide for each said trainee instruction depicting video of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined activity site, said multi-media training being performed with a computing device operating software that incorporates said multi-media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
receiving answers from each said particular trainee in response to said testing; and
generating data in response to said received answers, said data being representative of a degree to which said answers evidence a proper understanding of said multi-media training.
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3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising after receiving said user input in response to said testing:
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evaluating whether said data evidences that said answers satisfy a predetermined certification criteria;
whenever said predetermined certification criteria is not satisfied, providing supplemental multi-media training based on said determined activity type and said determined activity site, and, following said supplemental multi-media training, providing supplemental testing to determine whether said supplemental multi-media training has been understood; and
transmitting a certification result to a certification data store depending upon results of said training and said supplemental training.
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4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said supplemental multi-media training is specifically adapted to provide additional training regarding subjects determined to be not understood from said input in response to said testing.
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5. The method according to claim 2, wherein said testing designed to identify whether a predetermined portion of said multi-media training has been understood is integrated with said multi-media content so as to be interspersed among video files relevant to topics of said testing.
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6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each said trainee is an employee having a job and said activity type is a work task associated with each said employee'"'"'s job, and wherein said activity site is a facility at which each said employee is to perform said task.
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7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said multi-media content comprises video files having images of said facility.
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8. An integrated method of training and certifying one or more individuals based on relevant activity types and relevant activity sites associated with said individuals, said method comprising:
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compiling computerized training materials having multi-media training content, said multi-media training content being compiled into one or more courses specifically customized for various combinations of activity sites and activity types, said multi-media content in each said course being customized for each said combination of activity sites and activity types by containing video files having instructional images of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined activity site;
determining an activity type for each individual;
determining an activity site associated with each said determined activity type for each said individual;
providing to each said individual multi-media training, customized to said determined activity type and said determined associated activity site wherein said provided multi-media training has multi-media content specifically customized to provide instruction to each said individual depicting video of said determined activity type being properly performed at said determined associated activity site, said multi-media training being performed with a computing device operating software that incorporates said multi-media content;
providing a certification interface configured to receive user input from each said individual in response to testing inquiries administered in conjunction with said provided multi-media training; and
transmitting results data evidencing a relative level of success for each said individual to a central storage medium based upon results of any testing performed in conjunction with delivered training. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
evaluating whether said received user input satisfies a predetermined criteria;
when the predetermined criteria is not satisfied, providing supplemental multi-media training based on the determined activity type and the determined activity site, and providing a certification interface configured to receive user input relating to supplemental testing; and
wherein said relative level of success is based upon results of said inputs relating to said testing and said supplemental testing.
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10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said determining steps are performed automatically by software that cross-checks identifiers of said individuals with a master roster.
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11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said testing is designed to identify whether a predetermined portion of said multi-media training has been understood, and wherein said testing is integrated and interspersed within said multi-media content.
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12. The method according to claim 8, wherein said determined activity type is a job, each said individual is an employee who needs to be trained and certified to perform said job, and said determined activity site is a location at which said employee needs to be certified to perform said job.
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13. A system for managing training and certification information pertaining to a plurality of individuals, each individual being associated with a need to have training and certification for a combination of an activity type to be performed at an associated activity site, said system comprising:
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a centralized data store configured to receive, store and transmit training and certification data;
server software in communication with said centralized data store and designed to enforce rules relating to the receipt, storage, and transmission of training and certification data;
a plurality of training units configured to provide multi-media training to said plurality of individuals and thereby generate said training and certification data, said plurality of training units also being configured to transmit said generated training and certification data with respect to said individuals to said centralized data store, wherein said training units contain computerized training materials having multi-media training content, said multi-media training content being compiled into one or more courses specifically customized for various pairs of activity sites and activity types associated with said plurality of individuals, each said course being specifically customized for a particular pair defined by one of said activity types and one of said activity sites associated with said one activity type, said multi-media content in each said course being customized for each said pair by containing video files having instructional images of said one activity type being properly performed at said one activity site, and wherein said training units provide said multi-media training to each said individual customized to a determined activity type and a determined activity site associated with that individual by selecting and providing an appropriate one of said courses that depicts video where said pair corresponds to said determined activity type and said determined activity site;
a plurality of network clients configured to receive training and certification data from said data store via said server software, said clients being operable upon direction of one or more training and certification data administrators;
a set of network connections providing connectivity between the centralized data store and the plurality of training units, and providing connectivity between the centralized data store and a plurality of network clients. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A turnkey system for training and certifying an individual for an associated relevant activity type to be performed at an associated facility, said turnkey system comprising:
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a touch screen monitor;
a computing device comprising a central processing unit and a storage device, said computing device being connected to said touch screen monitor and said auditory output device and being configured to identify said activity type and said associated facility from said individual and thereafter provide instruction customized to said determined activity type and said determined associated facility with multi-media content, said multi-media content being present on said storage device as one or more electronic courses specifically customized for various combinations of one or more possible activity sites and one or more possible associated facilities, said multi-media content in each said course being customized for each said pair of activity sites and facilities by each course containing video files having instructional images of one said possible activity type being properly performed at one said possible facility; and
said customized instruction being provided by said processing unit identifying and delivering an appropriate one of said courses that depicts video where said pair corresponds to said determined activity type and said determined associated facility.- View Dependent Claims (20)
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