Method and system for distance education based on asynchronous interaction
AssigneeTata Consultancy Services Limited
InventorsHiranmay Ghosh, Gautam Shroff, Arpan Pal, Ranjan Dasgupta, Tavleen Oberoi, Sujal Subhash Wattamwar, Kingshuk Chakravarhy
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Abstract
The invention facilitates asynchronous interaction between a geographically separated facilitator and at least one user. The said invention provides asynchronous interaction between rural classrooms (teacher-student community) and expert teachers to increase the outreach of the expert teachers much beyond that is permitted with the teachings of the prior art.
Claims21
A method for enabling asynchronous interaction between a first station and a second station, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the second station, a multimedia-based message via a first network having a first bandwidth, the second station being geographically separated from the first station, wherein the multimedia-based message comprises embedded metadata, wherein the metadata comprises a media time point during a duration of the display of the multimedia-based message for at least one rhetoric question hierarchy (RQH);
- obtaining, based on the embedded metadata, via a second network having a second bandwidth, at least one RQH associated with the multimedia-based message from a content repository, wherein the first bandwidth is larger than the second bandwidth;
- displaying the multimedia-based message and the information request at the media time point included in the metadata;
- receiving a first response to a first question in the at least one RQH;
- and
- evaluating the first response.
A method for enabling asynchronous interaction between an authoring station and at least one remote student station associated with a plurality of students, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the at least one remote student station, a lecture via a first network having a first bandwidth, wherein the lecture comprises embedded metadata, wherein the metadata comprises a media time point during a duration of the display of the multimedia-based message for at least one question;
- obtaining, based on the embedded metadata, via a second network having a second bandwidth, at least one question associated with the lecture from a content repository, wherein the first bandwidth is larger than the second bandwidth;
- displaying the lecture and the at least one question at the media time point included in the metadata;
- receiving, a first response with respect to the at least one question;
- evaluating the first response;
- and
- displaying a second response based on the evaluation of the first response.
A system for enabling asynchronous interaction between an authoring station and at least one remote student station associated with a plurality of students, the system comprising:
- a student station configured to:
- receive a lecture via a first network having a first bandwidth, wherein the lecture comprises embedded metadata, wherein the metadata comprises a media time point during a duration of the display of the multimedia-based message for at least one question;
- obtain, based on the embedded metadata, via a second network having a second bandwidth, at least one question associated with the lecture from a content repository, wherein the first bandwidth is larger than the second bandwidth;
- display the lecture and the at least one question at the media time point included in the metadata;
- receive a first response with respect to the at least one question;
- evaluate the first response, and
- display a second response based on the evaluation of the first response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.