# US 2005/0164154 A1 · Demand initiated customized e-learning system

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- Number: US 2005/0164154 A1
- Document ID: US20050164154A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/040,920
- Filed: 2005-01-21
- Published: 2005-07-28
- Earliest claimed: 2004-01-23
- Assignees: Geodesic Dynamics
- Inventors: Neal Solomon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20050164154A1

## CPC

- G09B 7/00: Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers (mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F)
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

A system, methods and apparatus are described involving modular customized e-learning components. After an individual requests an e-learning process, databases are customized for him or her, thereby implementing just-in-time learning. The learner generates questions by using problem finding approaches and may use a personal learning agent. Collaboration between individuals is performed. In addition, a method is presented for conducting distributed classes both with and without (a teacher's) mediation. Part of the system involves a method featuring a dialectical learning process for problem solving. There is an automatic method to assess individual abilities.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A customized demand-initiated e-learning system architecture having a plurality of system layers interconnected to one another, comprising:
A first layer including a hardware and software system including microprocessors and pushed databases for just-in-time (JIT) teaching;
A second layer including problem finding and question generation;
A third layer including personal learning agents (PLAs);
A fourth layer including collaboration using intelligent mobile software agents (IMSAs);
A fifth layer including distributed interactive classes with mediation;
A sixth layer including distributed interactive classes without mediation;
A seventh layer including dialectical learning processes for problem solving in a distributed interactive system;
An eighth layer including a mechanism for the assessment of individual abilities.