System, method and apparatus for managing education and training workflows

A computer-implemented system for managing education and training workflows comprising:

• (a) a hardware layer comprising a processor, user-input hardware configured to receive input from a user, user-output hardware configured to provide information to the user, a mass storage media configured to store data and processing instructions, a memory configured to store data and processing instructions, and a network interface configured to support communication with other devices;
• (b) an application program layer;
• (c) an operating system layer that is configured to provide basic instructions to the processor, to provide a web services framework, and to present an application program interface to the application program layer;
• (d) a learning management server that is configured to transmit data to and from one or more publisher servers, regulator servers and school servers, the one or more school servers being configured to interact with one or more teacher clients, lectern clients, audiovisual system, student mobile clients and student home clients;
• the learning management server is configured to provide application services and route data between nodes of the one or more publisher servers, regulator servers and school servers;
• the regulator servers are configured to regulate a curriculum including requirements for programs and subjects that are taught in the programs, wherein the curriculum includes the learning outcomes from content to achieve as part of a program;
• the learning management server configured to divide data or services onto distinct servers, based on requirements, wherein the requirements include privacy laws and protection and control of publisher content using digital rights management technologies and techniques;
• the learning management server determining, based on internetwork transport requirements, that teacher data, student data and applications be handled by the learning management server or the school server;
• the learning management server configured to associate a class object with a student object for each student in a class, associate a class object with a teacher object for each teacher teaching the class and associate the class object with a subject object comprising regulator-specified requirement attributes and a content object that satisfies the regulator-specified requirement attributes;
• the audiovisual system comprising playback and recording functionality configured to play content in a classroom and record content of class interactions within the classroom via an interaction object that is associated with the class object, including a history object and a metrics object of the class interactions;
• the learning management server configured to facilitate, via the interaction object, interactions of a class of students with a subject having the regulator-specified requirement attributes, wherein the interactions are controlled by the teacher object;
• wherein an auditor class is configured to audit the interaction object of a class of students or individual students for compliance with the regulator-specified requirement attributes of the subject object and audit for performance or propriety of a teacher based on a record of experiences and teaching outcomes;
• the learning management server configured to interact with student groups comprising the class of students or the individual students;
• the learning management server interfacing with the teacher clients to incorporate teacher-created and third-party licensed content to prepare lessons in compliance with curriculum requirements;
• the learning management server interfacing with the teacher clients to provide the teacher clients with lessons learned to show accomplishments and lessons remaining to be learned by the students;
• wherein the learning management server comprises a web server, an application server configured to provide lectern clients with access to a lectern software application and student mobile clients with access to a student software application, wherein the lectern clients are configured for class administration and lesson planning, and
• a first database management system configured to maintain, access and update objects comprising a curriculum package, a people package and an experience package, the curriculum package comprising a requirements package, a pedagogy package, an information package and an assessment package, the people package comprising a regulator class configured to regulate requirements for programs, a publisher class configured to manage publisher content and publish publications that support a curriculum, a teacher class configured to help prepare lessons in compliance with curriculum requirements, a student class configured to experience the curriculum and personalize aspects of the curriculum, a guardian class configured to provide access to guardians of the students and the auditor class configured to audit compliance with the regulator-specified requirement attributes, the experience package comprising an interaction class, an audit package, a history package, and a metrics package, the audit package comprising an audit class, and the interaction class being comprised of interaction objects that represent collaborative activities and that are associated with multiple student objects;
• wherein the publisher server is configured to publish publications that support the curriculum or provide extra-curricular content, wherein the publisher server comprises a second database management system configured to maintain, access and update objects comprising a pedagogy package, an information package, and an assessment package, the pedagogy package including a lesson class that is an aggregation of topics, and the information package including a content class that is an aggregation of an exposition class, a demonstration class, and a test class, the test class being included in the assessment package;
• wherein the school server comprises a third database management system configured to maintain, access and update objects comprising a lesson package, the people package, and a results package representing a student success with test queries by documenting responses and an associated mark awarded in accordance with the test scheme;
• and
• wherein the regulator server comprises a fourth database management system configured to maintain, access and update objects comprising the requirements package, the results package, and the audit package, the requirements package including a program class that is an aggregation of subjects with subject objects, the program class having at least one requirements attribute specified by a regulator, and each subject object having at least one requirements attribute, specified by the regulator.