Computerized repositories applied to education
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorDavid M. Siefert
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Abstract
The invention concerns computer-assisted education, in which a school curriculum is stored in computer repositories. A learning profile is maintained for every student, which indicates the student's capabilities, preferred learning style, and progress. Based on the profile, an Intelligent Administrator (IA) selects appropriate material for presentation to the student during each learning session. The IA then assesses whether the student has mastered the material. If not, the material is presented in a different way. If repeated different presentations fail to instill mastery, the IA establishes a video conference between the student and a professor.
Claims14
A system for instructing students, comprising:
- a) multiple computers, which store a plurality of educational programs,
- b) communication means for
- i) allowing a remotely located student to select and run one of the educational programs on a selected one of the computers, and
- c) profile means which
- i) contains information about preferred learning characteristics of the remotely located student
- wherein the system presents the selected educational program in a manner compatible with the student's preferred learning characteristics.
A system for instructing students, comprising:
- a) multiple computers, which store a plurality of educational programs;
- b) communication means for
- i) allowing a remotely located student to select and run an educational program on a selected one of the computers;
- c) profile means which
- i) contains information about preferred learning characteristics of each student, and
- d) means for establishing a conference between at least one of a teacher and a selected student,
- wherein the system presents the selected educational program in a manner compatible with the student's preferred learning characteristics.
A method of instructing students, comprising the following steps:
- a) storing instruction programs in a plurality of computers;
- b) allowing a remotely located student to link with the computers, and to run a selected instruction program in one of the computers;
- and
- c) presenting the selected instruction program in a manner compatible with the remotely located student's preferred learning characteristics.
A training system for students, comprising:
- a) repository means
- i) for storing training programs in a plurality of computers;
- and
- ii) having a storage capacity which is expandable, without practical limit, by addition of more computers;
- b) remote computers, linkable with the repository means,
- c) software means, for
- i) displaying, on a remote computer, an inventory of all stored training programs on the plurality of computers;
- and
- ii) allowing a user to select a training program on a selected one of the computers and run it;
- and
- d) profile means which
- i) contains information about preferred learning characteristics of the user
- wherein the system presents the selected educational program in a manner compatible with the user's preferred learning characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.