Method for displaying instructional material during a learning session

• US 6,592,379 B1
• Filed: 10/03/2000
• Issued: 07/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Educate Online Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Sylvan Learning
• Inventors: Stuppy, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rovnak, John Edmund
• Application Number:
  US09/678,030
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 434/307.R, 434/322, 434/323, 434/350, 434/356, 434/359, 434/362
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 with provision for individual teacher-student communication
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

This invention is a computer based system for the assessment, management and instruction of students, and for the delivery of work pages and other instructional materials in the form of electronic student workbooks. The computer based assessment of the student produces a student profile including skill gaps or learning objectives. Teacher (21) and student (23) workstations are networked CPUs with pen-based tablet inputs, and displays network with a central processor (10) and data base. A director workstation may also be networked with the central processor. The central processor generates a teacher workbook either directly or with input from the director workstation. The teacher, or teacher and director together, assemble an electronic student workbook containing instructional materials correlated with the student profile. The system tracks useful data such as instructional material (e.g., textbook pages, work sheets, software, simulations, tests, etc.) delivered to students.

Claims

1. A system for electronic instructional delivery, comprising;

a central database containing instructional material, wherein the central database comprises at least one storage area for storing a student profile data;

a central processor connected to the central database for generating electronic teacher workbooks based on the instructional material and for generating electronic student workbooks based on the instructional material;

a teacher workstation connected to the central processor, including a display for displaying the teacher workbooks generated by the central processor, an input device for inputting the teacher input data; and

a student workstation connected to the teacher workstation, including a display for displaying the student workbooks, an input device for inputting student response data generated by a student in response to the student workbooks, said student workstation forwarding the student response data to the central processor, wherein said display of the teacher station and said display of the student workstation concurrently display the student response data for viewing by both the student and the teacher.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the student workstation and the teacher workstation communicate with each other utilizing TCP/IP.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the teacher workstation is connected to at least three student workstations.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the central processor further tracks the instructional material provided to the students, and calculates charges based on the provided instructional material.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said student workbooks contain selected instructional material from said instructional material, the selection being made by a teacher using the teacher workstation.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the teacher workbooks and the student workbooks are generated based on student profile data.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the central processor updates the student profile data in response to the forwarded student response data.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the central database comprises at least one storage area for the student response data.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the student profile data includes skill gaps.

10. A system for electronic instructional delivery, comprising;

a central database containing instructional material;

a central processor connected to the central database for generating electronic teacher workbooks based on the instructional material and for generating electronic student workbooks based on the instructional material;

a teacher workstation connected to the central processor, including a display for displaying the teacher workbooks generated by the central processor, an input device for inputting the teacher input data; and

a student workstation connected to the teacher workstation, including a display for displaying the student workbooks, an input device for inputting student response data generated by a student in response to the student workbooks, said student workstation forwarding the student response data to the central processor, wherein said display of the teacher station and said display of the student workstation concurrently display the student response data for viewing by both the student and the teacher; and

wherein the central processor further analyzes the stored student profile data to monitor student progress.

11. A method of automated delivery of instructional material in learning sessions between a teacher and students comprising the steps of:

(a) generating an electronic teacher workbook containing instructional material;

(b) generating electronic student workbooks based on said instructional material;

(c) collecting student response data from student workstations, said student response data being generated by the students in response to the electronic student workbooks; and

(d) displaying the student response data from one of the students at a teacher workstation for the teacher and concurrently at a corresponding one of the student workstations for viewing by both the student and the teacher, wherein the teacher workbook and the student workbooks are generated based on student profiles.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said student workbooks contain selected instructional material from said instructional material, the selection being made by a teacher using the teacher workstation.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the instructional material is selected based on state education system requirement.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the instructional material is selected based on local education system requirement.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

tracking the instructional material provided to the students; and

calculating charges based on the provided instructional material.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the instructional material includes multimedia presentations.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the student profiles comprise skill gaps.

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising updating the student profiles based on the student response data.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising updating the student profiles based on the student response data to reflect mastery of skills.

20. The method according to claim 17, further comprising determining student'"'"'s mastery of skill based on the student response data.

21. The method according to claim 20, further comprising selecting additional instructional material based on the step of determining the student'"'"'s mastery of skill.

22. A method for displaying instructional material over a network comprising the steps of:

establishing a learning session for at least one student having a student profile in connection with the learning session;

generating a teacher workbook at a teacher workstation

generating a student workbook at a student workstation;

receiving instructional material based on the student profile;

selecting the instructional material using the teacher workbook; and

concurrently displaying the instructional material using the teacher workbook and the student workbook.

23. The method of claim 22 further including forwarding the instructional material to the student workbook in response to a teacher command.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the student workbook is used for at least one of accessing the instructional material, delivering the instructional material to the student workstation, storing a student input, retrieving a student input, forwarding a student input to the teacher workbook and forwarding a student input to a central station.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the student input is a student response.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein establishing a learning session includes logging in to a system at the start of the learning session to establish a teacher privilege with respect to the student.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein the student profile includes information relating to a collected student input.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein the student profile includes at least one of a swdent identity parameter aid a skill gap.

29. The method of claim 22, wherein the skill gap is detennined by administering a test.