Method and apparatus for providing instructional help, at multiple levels of sophistication, in a learning application
OwnerKaren A. McKirchyinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing instructional help, at multiple levels of sophistication, in a learning application includes assistance in the form to at least two optional levels of sophistication. The user can select any level of sophistication according to desire or need. The levels allow for flexibility in learning relative to the person involved, the amount of previous knowledge the person has about the subject matter, the differences in how different people learn. In one embodiment, the assistance is contained in programming on a CD-ROM which is used in an interactive computerized system.
Claims20
A method of providing instructional help to a user of an instructional program comprising:
- presenting an interactive instructional program to the user, the program having a plurality of sections related to a subject;
- presenting, at selected times, instructional help options to the user related to a section;
- the help options including
- information presented to the user in a form perceivable by the user at a first level of sophistication.
- information presented to the user in a form perceivable by the user at a second level of sophistication.
The method of claim one further comprising information presented to the user in a form perceivable by the user at at least a third level of sophistication.
An apparatus for providing instructional help to a user of an instructional program comprising;
- a computer including a digital information storage medium;
- a software program loaded on the digital storage medium;
- the program comprising:
- (a) audio visual instructional information relating to a subject matter;
- (b) a help module, the help module including audio visual help related to the subject matter oat two levels of sophistication.
An interactive learning system comprising:
- a lesson in the form of audio visual information on a CD-ROM that is viewable and perceivable by a user on a computer;
- learning assistance in the form of audiovisual information on the CD-ROM that is viewable and perceivable by a user on the computer;
- the learning assistance having two levels of sophistication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.