Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
  • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
  • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
  • H04N5/765—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B7/00—Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers
  • G09B7/02—Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers 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
  • G09B7/04—Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers 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 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Definitions

• the invention describes a method for developing a flexible and efficient distributed educational system with the opportunity to protect instructions and data, or distributed systems alike in a computer environment consisting of a network of user and server computer devices, as 'for example computer devices connected to the Internet or other type of sending/receiving devices, such as CD-ROM, network computers, interactive television etc.
• the purpose of the invention is enabled by the systems being developed of instruction sets, stored in a user computer device, server computer or other type of sending devices, and which can both be distributed in total or partly separated from data, or together with data, wail the instruction sets is used to manage both data, being distributed from server computer devices and/or other sending devices, and data, being stored in the user computer devices .
• the method is characterized by, the instruction sets being user specified and stored in the users computer device in a way, that the opportunity of copying instruction sets and data optionally can be prevented.
• An advantage of using such an approach is that the supplier of an educational system is able to develop static structures of instructions, related to individual courses, which cannot be copied, at the same time preventing the educational system and course content to be pirate copied resulting in a loss for the supplier.
• a suitable method of developing an educational system is, as specified in claim 3, that the instructions sets is related to managing and executing educational topics, such as "overview map”, “self - study” , “lecture”, “group collaboration”, “browse” and "general instructions”.
• This method of seperating the instruction sets primarily has the advantage, that development of courses with different contents to some extend becomes standardized, hereby minimizing the cost of developing different courses to the lowest possible extend.
• the topics are being presented as multimedia objects based on integration of one or more information types, such as a video, a series of sounds and pictures, a series of slides, a text, a graphic or a sound program.
• the topics is presented as multimedia objects
• the invention is further flexible by presenting these as a dialog between one or more users and the multimedia object, or as a dialog between one or more users through the multimedia object.
• fig. 1 illustrates a normal computer environment, which can be used when implementing the invention
• fig. 2 illustrates a flowchart of a normal educational system, where a user/server communication are used
• fig. 3 illustrates a flowchart of a user/in connection with implementation of the invention
• fig. 4 illustrates a flowchart of the most important sub elements, which according to the invention is included in the educational system, wail
• fig. 5 illustrates an example of a user interface in a display.
• On fig. 1 is an example of a computer system illustrated in a flowchart, which consists of a microprocessor 12, to which, by a bus 18, is connected storage's 14, 16 in the form of ROM- storage and RAM- storage. Furthermore, to the bus, is connected a display 20, a speaker 22, a disc drive 24, a CD-ROM drive 26 and an input- and output device 28, which also is connected to a, not illustrated, modem or other type of communication device, for example for an Internet connection.
• Such systems is also known as multimedia systems and is in itself well-known, therefore not being further explained in more detail here.
• On fig. 2 is illustrated a normal computer based learning environment, which consists of a computer environment, such as a PC-environment 100, for example as the one illustrated on fig. 1. This can be executed as illustrated in the box 104. Afterwoulds instructions can be selected by 106, which as illustrated schematically can consist in showing and retrieving instructions and data from a user computer, server computer or another type of sending device illustrated by 120, 121 or directly from the application and the user computer illustrated by 110, 111 and 112. Instructions and data can be printed, this means copied illustrated in 122. A process, which can be continued as, illustrated by the backwoods connection from the box 122 to box 106.
• On fig. 3 is illustrated a flowchart of the elements included in the educational system according to the invention.
• This system is differentiated from the system illustrated on fig. 2 by, containing the same elements as illustrated on fig. 2, but also including other boxes according to the invention than the boxes illustrated on fig. 2. Boxes, which on fig. 2 start with reference, number 1, starts on fig. 3 with 5.
• This instructions set can, as illustrated by 610, retrieve data related to the instructions, from both the user computers, server computers, such as computer connected to the Internet, or other type of sending devices.
• the instruction sets can execute general or user specific instructions, illustrated by 510, or retrieve instructions and data, illustrated by 520, from the user computer, server computers or other type of sending devices.
• the instruction set can controll other instructions by box
• data possibly instruction sets, can, depending on the in 610 retrieved instruction data, be printed to external devices, illustrated in 622, such as a disc drive, a printer or alike, meaning the distributed object being copied.
• the process continuous so that it is possible to retrieved and execute new instructions and distribute new data from the user computer, the server computer or other sending devices .
• On fig. 4 is illustrated in more detail how educational systems are being developed by a supplier.
• the system allows a supplier to develop and make it possible to execute an educational system, illustrated by 300, by choosing a number of topics illustrated in the boxes 310, 320, 330, 340, 350.
• the box 310 provide the supplier with the opportunity to choose instruction sets, being divided into topics, such as "overview map", illustrated by 311, "self - study” illustrated by 312, "lectures” illustrated by 313, " group collaboration” illustrated by 314, "browse” illustrated by 315 and "general instruction” .
• an educational system By suitable structuring of contents in these boxes the overall structure of an educational system, according to the invention, is generated.
• box 312 it is possible by box 312 to insert a multimedia document, an index, an appendix, etc.
• box 313 it is for example possible to insert a video or a sound channel and possibly slides, create study groups, administer questions and answers between participants, and create lists of participants, which is related to a lecture.
• box 314 it is possible to insert messages or slides, among other about study groups, and questions and answer between participants.
• the box 315 it is possible to choose instructions, which connects the educational system and course contents to the Internet.
• the next column, named 320 is illustrated an administration system, divided into a number of sub functions, such as inserting and removing parts of a course.
• box 322 it is possible in box 322 to insert, edit and remove instructions, which are user related.
• box 323 different administration data is handled, such as registration of the use of the educational system, payment etc.
• the boxes 340 and 350 on fig. 4 illustrated the more user specific part, used for the course.
• the box 340 illustrates classifications into overview maps of, what among other is included in the course system, and as it is illustrated contents of the boxes 341-346 is analog with that found in the boxes under 310, more specifically the boxes 311-316, except from box 340 being total or partly protected against editing and development of the educational system and course contents.
• 350 illustrated a box for execution of the system. After which in box 300 is illustrated choosing-courses, and here after in box 302 choose- the- instruction- sets .
• the boxes 351-355 are analog to the boxes 341-345.
• the difference between the boxes, which is under 340, and the boxes, which is under 350, is, that the boxes under 350 total or partly is protected from editing, developing and copying of the educational system and course contents, besides being total or partly protected from use of instructions related to user performance.

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