Methods and systems for dynamically generating a training program

• US 9,728,096 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Breakthrough Performancetech LLC
• Original Assignee: Breakthrough Performancetech LLC
• Inventors: DiGiantomasso, John, Cohen, Martin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, JUSTIN S
• Application Number:
  US14/530,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20150154875A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• 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

Abstract

Learning content management systems and processes are described that enable a user to independently define or select learning content, frameworks, styles, and/or protocols. The frameworks may be configured to specify a flow or an order of presentation to a learner with respect to a learning content presentation. The style definition may define an appearance of learning content. At least partly in response to a publishing instruction, the received learning content and the received framework definition are merged and then rendered in accordance with the defined style. The rendered merged learning content and framework definition are packaged in accordance with the defined/selected protocol to provide a published learning document.

Claims

1. A learning content management system comprising:

one or more processing devices;

non-transitory machine readable media that stores executable instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processing devices, are configured to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising;

providing for display on a terminal a learning content input user interface configured to receive learning content;

receiving learning content via the learning content input user interface and storing the received learning content in machine readable memory;

providing for display on the terminal a framework user interface configured to receive a framework definition, wherein the framework definition defines at least an order of presentation to a learner with respect to learning content;

receiving from a user, independently of the received learning content, a first framework definition via the framework user interface and storing the received first framework definition in machine readable memory, wherein the first framework definition specifies a first presentation flow;

receiving, independently of the received learning content, a second framework definition via the framework user interface and storing the received second framework definition in machine readable memory, wherein the second framework definition specifies a second presentation flow;

providing for display on the terminal a style set user interface configured to receive a style definition, wherein the style definition defines an appearance of learning content,

receiving, independently of at least a portion of the received learning content, the style set definition via the style set user interface and storing the received style set definition in machine readable memory;

receiving from the user a first publishing instruction for a first device type via a publishing user interface;

at least partly in response to the received first publishing instruction;

accessing from machine readable memory the received learning content, the received first framework definition, and the received style set definition;

merging the received learning content and the received first framework definition;

rendering the merged received learning content and the received first framework definition in accordance with the received style set definition;

packaging the rendered merged learning content and the first framework definition to provide a first published learning document for the first device type, wherein packaging the rendered merged learning content and the first framework definition comprises saving space or enabling the first device type to display the published learning document by converting at least one content item from a first format to a second format;

receiving from the user a second publishing instruction for a second device type via the publishing user interface;

at least partly in response to the received second publishing instruction;

accessing from machine readable memory the received learning content, the received second framework definition, and the received style set definition;

merging the received learning content and the received second framework definition;

rendering the merged received learning content and the received second framework definition in accordance with the received style set definition;

packaging the rendered merged learning content and the second framework definition in accordance with the selected protocol to provide a second published learning document for the second device type.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising providing a target device menu for display on the terminal, the target device menu including at least:

a tablet, and

a desktop computer;

wherein the first device type corresponds to a first target device selected by the user from the target device menu, and second device type corresponds to a second target device selected by the user from the target device menu.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first framework definition specifies the first presentation flow for the first device type and the second framework definition specifies the second presentation flow for a second device type, the second device type having a smaller display than the first device type.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first style set definition comprises a first font set, and

rendering the merged received learning content and the received first framework definition in accordance with the received style set definition renders the merged received learning content and the received first framework definition utilizing the first font set.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein converting at least one content item from a first format to a second format comprises converting at least one content item from a first file type to a second file type.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein converting at least one content item from a first format to a second format comprises converting at least one content item from a first image file format to a second image file format.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein converting at least one content item from a first format to a second format comprises converting at least one content item from a first audio file format to a second audio file format.

8. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein converting at least one content item from a first format to a second format further comprises selecting the second format based at least in part on the first device type.

9. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the learning content management system comprises a multi-tenant Internet-based server system that enables multiple entities to utilize the learning content management system, and wherein a given entity is provided a private, secure space inaccessible to other entities provided access to the system, and certain resources are public and shared and are available to all entities or a plurality of selected entities that utilize the learning content management system.

10. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the learning content management system comprises a multi-tenant Internet-based server system that enables multiple entities to utilize the learning content management system, and wherein a given entity is provided a private, secure space inaccessible to other entities provided access to the system, and certain resources are public and shared and are available to all entities or a plurality of selected entities that utilize the learning content management system, where the system enables a given entity to specify which resources of the given entity are public and which resources of the given entity are private.

11. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

providing a user interface enabling the user to select at least an avatar face and an audio track;

generating a user selected animated avatar whose lips and/or body motions are synchronized with a user selected audio track.