Standards-based learning systems and methods
OwnerWilliam L. Lager, Jeremy J. Margesoninventors
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Abstract
A user creating or modifying a lesson in an LMS can indicate a standard, such as a state-defined educational standard, for which additional content is wanted and the LMS will automatically retrieve content from an external resource, such as an LOR, that corresponds to the standard.
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A system for accessing content external to a learning management system from within the learning management system, the system comprising:
- a content source for storing a plurality of content objects;
- a server for hosting the learning management system;
- and
- a client operable to access the server to interact with the learning management system,
- wherein the server is external to the content source and is operable to access the content source to retrieve the content objects;
- wherein each of the content objects is mapped to a related standard from a plurality of predefined standards;
- wherein if the client is used to select a particular content object displayed within the learning management system, the server automatically determines the related standard to which the particular content object is mapped and retrieves all of the content objects mapped to the same related standard from the content source.
A method of accessing content external to a learning management system from within the learning management system, the method comprising:
- selecting content of interest displayed within the learning management system;
- determining a predefined standard to which the content of interest is mapped;
- retrieving data mapped to the predefined standard from a content source external to the learning management system;
- and
- displaying the data in the learning management system.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying instructions readable by a computer for performing a method of accessing content external to a learning management system from within the learning management system, the method comprising:
- selecting content of interest displayed within the learning management system;
- determining a predefined standard to which the content of interest is mapped;
- retrieving data mapped to the predefined standard from a content source external to the learning management system;
- and
- displaying the data in the learning management system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.