Assessable natural interactions in formal course curriculums
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor for designing an academic course, comprising:
- using the computing device having the processor to perform the following;
selecting a natural interaction forum;
attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a template used for assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic;
assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment in the selected natural interaction forum to assess the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic;
creating tags for the learner'"'"'s posts in the natural interaction forum that matches information in the learner'"'"'s posts to topics in the rubric;
assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic with the natural interaction assignment to generate assessment results based at least in part on the created tags for the learner'"'"'s posts; and
computing a final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment from the assessment results.
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Abstract
A natural interactions academic course designer system and method that allows an educator to integrate a natural interactions forum (such as discussion boards, blogs, and collaborative wikis) into a formal curriculum. Embodiments of the system and method include a natural interactions integration module, which allows an educator to select a type of natural interaction forum and attaches a rubric, and a natural interactions provisioning module that creates the forum, determines the participants, and the learners to be assessed. Embodiments of the system and method also include an assessment module that assesses a validated learner using one or more of three different metrics. These metrics include a participation metric, a tagging metric, and a natural language processing metric. The assessment module then creates a raw score from the metrics used. Embodiments of the system and method also include a learner tracking module that generates a single final score for the assignment.
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25 Claims
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1. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor for designing an academic course, comprising:
using the computing device having the processor to perform the following; selecting a natural interaction forum; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a template used for assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment in the selected natural interaction forum to assess the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic; creating tags for the learner'"'"'s posts in the natural interaction forum that matches information in the learner'"'"'s posts to topics in the rubric; assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic with the natural interaction assignment to generate assessment results based at least in part on the created tags for the learner'"'"'s posts; and computing a final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment from the assessment results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor for determining a learner'"'"'s final grade in an academic course, comprising:
using the computing device having the processor to perform the following; selecting a type of natural interaction forum to assess a learner'"'"'s knowledge of subject matter; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, the rubric being used as a benchmark for assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment that uses the selected natural interaction forum; assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge based on the learner'"'"'s posts in the selected natural interaction forum using a participation metric that measures both statistically and visually a participation of the learner in the natural interactions forum to generate assessment results for the learner; computing a single score from the assessment results corresponding to the learner'"'"'s grade on the natural interaction assignment; integrating the learner'"'"'s grade on the natural interaction assignment into a formal gradebook; and producing a final grade for the learner based at least on the learner'"'"'s grade on the natural interaction assignment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method for integrating a natural interaction forum into a formal curriculum for an academic course, comprising:
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selecting a natural interaction forum to use in an assessment of a learner'"'"'s knowledge of subject matter taught in the academic course; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a benchmark to assess a learner'"'"'s posts in the selected natural interaction forum; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment that uses the natural interaction forum; provisioning the selected natural interaction forum to the learner and other participants; seeding the natural interaction forum with a topic for discussion by participants in the selected natural interaction forum; assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic to generate assessment results by using any combination of one or more of a participation metric, a tagging metric, and a natural language processing metric; creating a communication network visualization that graphically visualizes a communication network of the selected natural interaction forum; displaying the communication network visualization; computing a single score corresponding to the learner'"'"'s grade on the natural interaction assignment using the assessment results; and integrating the learner'"'"'s grade on the natural interaction assignment into a formal gradebook. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor, comprising:
using the computing device having the processor to perform the following; selecting a natural interaction forum; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a template used for assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment in the selected natural interaction forum to assess the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic; assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge of the topic with the natural interaction assignment to generate assessment results based at least in part on the attached rubric, wherein assessing the learner'"'"'s knowledge includes using at least one of a participation metric, or a tagging metric, or a natural language metric to assess the learner and generate the assessment results; and computing a final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment from the assessment results, wherein computing the final score includes computing a single score from the assessment results and normalizing the single score to obtain the final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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