Hierarchical relationships between learners in a modular learning system

An apparatus for establishing hierarchical relationships between learners in a modular learning system, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• a non-volatile memory including:
• the instructions for execution on the processor comprises the instructions to perform steps comprising:
• maintaining a learning application database including a plurality of learning applications, each learning application associated with metadata defining performance metrics;
• maintaining a learning user database including a plurality of learning users;
• maintaining a performance database including performance measurements, each performance measurement associated with a learning user of the plurality of learning users and the learning application of plurality of learning applications, the performance measurements based on performance metrics associated with the learning application;
• receiving a tutoring request from a first learning user, the tutoring request comprising a request for services offered by a second learning user and associated with one or more learning applications;
• determining a relative ranking of the first learning user and the second learning user, the relative ranking based on the performance measurements associated with the first and the second learning users;
• displaying the tutoring request to the second learning user, provided that the relative ranking of the second learning user is higher than the relative ranking of the first learning user;
• granting to the second learning user an access to a tutoring management interface;
• receiving an application performance completion report from the first learning user;
• and
• revoking the access to the tutoring management interface from the second learning user in response to receiving the application performance completion report.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by a processor for performing a computer-implemented method for establishing hierarchical relationships between learners in a modular learning system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• maintaining a learning application database including a plurality of learning applications, each learning application associated with metadata defining performance metrics;
• maintaining a learning user database including a plurality of learning users;
• maintaining a performance database including performance measurements, each performance measurement associated with a learning user of the plurality of learning users and the learning application of the plurality of learning applications, the performance measurements based on performance metrics associated with the learning application;
• receiving a tutoring request from a first learning user, the tutoring request comprising a request for services offered by a second learning user and associated with one or more learning applications;
• determining a relative ranking of the first learning user and the second learning user, the relative ranking based on the performance measurements associated with the first and the second learning user;
• responsive to a determination displaying the tutoring request to the second learning user, provided that the relative ranking of the second learning user is higher than the relative ranking of the first learning user;
• granting to the second learning user an access to a tutoring management interface;
• receiving an application performance completion report from the first learning user;
• and
• revoking the access to the tutoring management interface from the second learning user in response to receiving the application performance completion report.