JPH08235089A - Education support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an education support system in which a question can be efficiently asked from a pupil to a teacher and the teacher can impartially answer the question from the pupil. CONSTITUTION: A terminal equipment 1 for teacher and a terminal equipment 2 for pupil have the same constitution and these equipments are connected with a computer network 15. Each terminal equipment has a communication means 100 performing communication with other terminal equipment, an information input means 101 for inputting information, an information storage means 102 storing the data transmitted from other terminal equipment and the data inputted from the information input means 101 of the self-terminal, an information display means 103 displaying these transmitted data and input data and a question/answer control means 107 performing the controls of the questions and answers between a teacher and a pupil. The question/answer control means 107 of the terminal equipment 2 for pupil investigates the answering status of an answerer based on the priority of the answerer table in the information storage means 102 and transmits the question inputted from the information input means 101 to the answerer in an answering waiting state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education support system for supporting lessons and exercises conducted by teachers and students using a computer connected to a computer network, and more particularly to controlling questions / answers between teachers and students. It concerns the improvement of the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional education support system, for example, there is one shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 41251280. The configuration of this education support system is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 9, a teacher terminal device 1 having a server-side function 3 and a student terminal device 2 as a client include a baseband LAN 13 and a moving image LAN 14.
Connected with. The server-side function 3 includes a dictionary search unit 10, a moving image information control function 4, and a document creation function 5.
An image data control function 6, a message control unit 7 for controlling questions / answers between teachers and students and a message exchange between students, a personal electronic note management unit 8, and a window management unit 9. It is equipped. The teacher terminal device 1 further includes a video information processing device 11.
And a VTR device 12.

Classes and lectures are conducted by the teacher terminal device 1 and the student terminal device 2 via the baseband LAN 13 and the moving image LAN 14 using the multi-window of the window management unit 9 and the mouse. At that time, the student can use the electronic notebook managed by the personal electronic notebook management unit 8 or can search the dictionary via the dictionary search unit 10. Further, the teacher can use the video information processing device 11 to display a moving image on the student terminal. Furthermore, the teacher uses the moving image information control function 4, to create teaching materials.
The document creation function 5 and the image data control function 6 can be used.

When a student asks a question to the teacher during class, the student's question is asked from the student terminal device 2 through the baseband LAN1.
3 is sent to the message control unit 7 of the server-side function 3 in the teacher terminal device 1. The teacher who receives the question answers the student by the message control unit 7.

[0006]

Since the above-mentioned conventional education support system has a structure of merely exchanging messages, when a student asks a teacher, if another student asks a question. However, there was a problem that there was no way to know whether or not the question / answer was completed, and in order to know it, the student had to bother to ask or inquire the teacher again. There is also a problem that there is no way to input the question first and use the question later in order to remember the content of the question waiting for the questions of other students to be completed. On the other hand, from the teacher's side,
There was a problem that the same question had to be answered many times, or the same question was answered by the same student and other students could not ask.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. A student can ask a question without worrying whether the teacher is answering or not, and other students can obtain a similar content. If there is a question, link it to it to save questions / answers, enable efficient questions, and provide an educational support system that enables teachers to answer students' questions fairly. The purpose is to do.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an education support system according to the present invention is provided with a question / answer control means in each of a teacher terminal device and a student terminal device, so In the terminal device, multiple respondents with priorities can be set as respondent information, and based on this, the respondents can be inquired and questions can be asked to vacant respondents. Characterize.

Further, when all the set respondents are answering, a question is entered in the question waiting buffer of the student terminal device, a request event is transmitted to each respondent, and a request waiting time limit is set. It is characterized in that after this, the contents of the question waiting buffer are sent to the respondents by e-mail or a database of past questions and their answers can be provided.

In addition, the order of request events stored in the request queue in the device of the respondent is:
The feature is that it can be changed according to the number of questions of the students.

Further, when all the respondents set in the respondent information are responding, a question is entered in the response waiting buffer of the respondent's terminal device and kept waiting, or the capacity of this buffer is exceeded. In this case, it is characterized in that the capacity of the answer waiting buffer of another answerer's terminal device set in the answerer information is checked and the question is stored in the answer waiting buffer that can be stored.

If the question cannot be stored in the answer waiting buffers of all the respondents set in the respondent information,
Send questions by email to respondents or provide a database of past questions and their answers,
Characterized by allowing other respondents or students to refer to the question stored in the respondent's waiting buffer set in the respondent information and link to those questions .

Further, it is characterized in that the reference of the question stored in the answer waiting buffer can be set.

[0014]

In the question / answer control means of the education support system according to the present invention, when the student as the questioner makes an answer request,
The plurality of respondents who are set in the respondent information are arranged on the basis of the priority order, and the question is transmitted to the vacant respondents. Also, if all respondents are responding,
The request event is sent to all the respondents set in the respondent information, the question is stored in the question waiting buffer, the current answer process is waited for, and the respondents give a signal to start the question based on the request event. By asking a question when it is sent, the questioner can ask the respondent who wants it as much as possible, and if the time limit for waiting the request event is exceeded, the student will send the content of the question waiting buffer as an e-mail as it is. If there is a similar question, you can get the answer later by sending it to the respondent, or by searching for a similar question by looking up the past question and the database in which the answer is accumulated, at that time. You can get an answer. In addition, respondents
By changing the order of the student's request event, you can answer as fairly as possible.

Further, the question / answer control means of the education support system according to the present invention, when the student makes an answer request, sets a plurality of the respondents set in the respondent information based on the priority order of the respondents. Store the question in the reply waiting buffer,
Wait until the current answer process is completed, or if you cannot enter a question in the answer waiting buffer that has been set with a sufficient capacity, the answer waiting buffer of other answerers set in the answerer information has sufficient remaining capacity. Questions can be stored in.

If the answer waiting buffer of all the answerers set in the answerer information cannot be stored, this question can be sent to the answerer as an e-mail to obtain an answer later or in the past. It is possible to search for a similar question by referring to the database in which the question and the answer are stored. If there is a similar question, the answer can be obtained at that time.

Furthermore, the respondent can answer the same question at a time by simply linking the similar questions by referring to the questions stored in the reply waiting buffer.
In addition, the student can obtain the answer to the question without inputting the question.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the education support system of this embodiment. Reference numeral 1 is a teacher end device, and 2 is a student terminal device, which is configured to exchange data via a computer network 15 when conducting a lesson.

The teacher terminal device 1 and the student terminal device 2 have the same configuration, and in each terminal device, a communication means 100 for communicating with other terminal devices, a keyboard, a tablet, a mouse, a microphone, a camera, Characters from a scanner, etc.
Information input means 101 for inputting images, voices, still images, moving images, etc., data transmitted from another terminal device via the communication means 100, and information input means 101 of the own terminal.
Information storage means 1 for storing data input from
02, information display means 103 for displaying these transmission data and input data on a display or a speaker, the information input means 101, the information storage means 102, and an information management means 104 for managing the information display means 103. Further, data regarding the lesson support means 105 for supporting the progress of the lesson and the operation of the teaching material, the practice / self-study support means 106 for supporting the practice during the class and the self-study after the class, and the questions and answers between the teacher and the students. An education support means 108 having a question / answer control means 107 for controlling the above is provided.

The distinction between the teacher and the student is made by activating the system based on the teacher ID table stored in the information storing means 102 as shown in FIG. 2, for example, when the system is activated. The information management means 104 compares the ID with the person's ID. In addition to the teacher, TA (Teaching Assist) that assists in lessons and exercises.
stant) and SA (Student Assistant)
nt) and the like may be present in plural. Students are teachers and TAs,
Questions can be asked with the SA as the respondent.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 1, a lesson is conducted using a teacher end device 1 and a student terminal device 2 connected to a computer network 15. A student (hereinafter referred to as a questioner) or a TA, SA, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a respondent) during a class exercise
When asking a question, the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 of the questioner sends a question from the communication means 100 to the teacher terminal device 1 via the computer network 15, and the teacher terminal device The communication means 100 of the device 1 receives this, and the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 performs question / answer processing.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process of question / answer, and these processes are performed by the teacher terminal device 1.
And question / answer control means 1 of the student terminal device 2
07. The description will be given below.

When the questioner makes a question (S30), the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 refers to the respondent table stored in the information storage means 102 of the student terminal device 2. This respondent table is shown in FIG.
It has fields such as priority order, respondent ID, and terminal device name, and constitutes the respondent information of the present invention. The priorities are set in the respondent table in order to determine the order of inquiries from the student terminal device 2,
Alternatively, it is for facilitating the change of this order.

Question / answer control means 1 of student terminal device 2
Reference numeral 07 indicates whether or not the respondent registered in the respondent table is currently responding, that is, the respondent's response status, based on the priority order provided in the respondent table, for the teacher through the communication means 100. The inquiry / answer control means 107 of the terminal device 1 is inquired. If the respondent who made the inquiry is responding, the respondent having the next priority in the respondent table is inquired. As a result of sequentially inquiring in this way, if all the respondents registered in the respondent table are responding, the inquiries are made again from the beginning (S31, S32). Further, if the respondent who has made the time is not answering, the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 and the student terminal device 2 respectively ask / answer the question / answer.
The answer process is continued (S33), and the questioner can ask the questioner. Further, when it is desired to ask a question to only a specific respondent, it becomes possible by registering only that respondent in the respondent table and setting the priority to 1.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the processing when all the respondents set in the respondent table in FIG. 3 are responding. These processes are performed by the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 and the student terminal device 2, respectively. In this case, the information storage unit 102 of the student terminal device 2 is provided with a question waiting buffer for the questioner to input the question contents from the information input unit 101 during the question waiting time. A field of mail address is added to the field as shown in FIG. Further, the information storage means 102 of the teacher terminal device 1 is provided with a request queue for storing a response request (request event) from the questioner. The flowchart will be described below.

When the questioner makes a question (S40), the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 causes the question / answer of the teacher terminal device 1 based on the priority order provided in the respondent table. Inquire to the control means 107 (S
41, S43). At this time, if there is an answerer who is not answering, question / answer processing is executed by the question / answer control means 107 of each of the answerer's teacher terminal device 1 and the inquirer's student terminal device 2 (S44). ).

On the other hand, if all the respondents are responding (S4
2) Send a request event to the request queue provided in the information storage means 102 of the teacher's terminal device l of all the respondents set in the respondent table (S).
45). Further, the questioner inputs the question by the information input unit 101 to the question waiting buffer of the information storage unit 102 of the student terminal device 2 (S46). If the answer of one of the respondents is completed in the middle of the input and the question waiting is resolved (S47), the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher's terminal device l of the respondent, based on the request event, Via the communication means 100, the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 of the student (questioner) who has made a question is notified via the communication means 100 that the question waiting for the respondent has been canceled. Thereby, the question / answer control means 10 of the student terminal device 2
7 is the information (question) entered in the question waiting buffer
Is transmitted to the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher's terminal device 1 of the respondent via the communication means, and the questioner can ask the respondent a question (S44).

On the other hand, the question waiting time limit has been set in the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2, and the waiting time for the question has not been resolved (S47), and this time waiting limit for the question has passed. If so (S48), the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 transmits the question e-mail to the designated respondent or all the respondents based on the email address set in the respondent table, or , Referring to a database that collects past questions and their answers, displays a search start screen on the information display means 103 of the student terminal device 2, and executes alternative processing of question / answer processing (S4).
9).

The question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 selects one of the above-mentioned e-mail function for sending an e-mail and the database search function for referring to the database and displaying the search start screen. It can be executed selectively, and can be processed by the interrogator's convenience.

The interrogator can cancel the request event by using the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2. As a result, useless questions can be eliminated. Further, the number of questions of the student obtained based on the request event stored in the request queue is stored in the information storage means 102 of the teacher terminal device l, and this information is stored in the information display means of the teacher terminal device l. 10
3, the respondents can change the order of the request events and adjust the order of the responses so that the respondents can give a fair response.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a process different from FIG. 4 in the case where all the respondents set in the respondent table in FIG. 3 are responding. These processes are performed by the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 and the student terminal device 2, respectively. In this case, the information storage means 102 of the teacher terminal device 1 of each respondent is
When the respondent is answering, an answer waiting buffer is provided for storing the question from the questioner sent from the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 through the communication means. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, there is also provided an answer waiting buffer management table in which the maximum number of accepting answer waiting questioners and the buffer capacity are set, and constitutes the answer waiting buffer management information of the present invention. ing. Further, as in the case of the second embodiment, the respondent table is shown in FIG.
An email address field has been added, as shown in. The flowchart will be described below.

When the interrogator asks a question (S500), the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 asks the question / answer of the teacher terminal device 1 based on the priority order provided in the respondent table. An inquiry is made to the answer control means 107 (S501, S503). At this time, if there is an answerer who is not answering, the question / answer control means 10 of each of the answerer's teacher terminal device 1 and the inquirer's student terminal device 2
The question / answer process is executed by step 7 (S504).

On the other hand, if all the respondents are responding (S50
2) Then, the reply waiting buffer management table provided in the information storage means 102 of the teacher's terminal device 1 of the respondent is referred to in the order of priority (S505). At that time, if the number of questioners waiting for an answer for the respondent is greater than or equal to the maximum number of questioners waiting for an answer set in the response waiting buffer management table, the respondent with the next priority in the respondent table The reply waiting buffer management table is referred to (S505, S507).

If the number of question-answering questions for the respondent is less than the maximum number of question-answering questions,
The question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 transfers the question entered by the questioner by the information input means 101 to the answer waiting buffer of the information storage means 102 of the teacher terminal device 1 of the respondent via the communication means 100. Enter the answer and set the respondent in the answer waiting state and wait for the answer (S508, S51).
0). At this time, the question entered in the reply waiting buffer is
When the buffer capacity set in the reply waiting buffer management table is exceeded, the question / answer control unit 107 of the student terminal device 2 refers to the reply waiting buffer management table of the respondent having the next priority in the respondent table. (S5
09), search for the teacher terminal device 1 provided with the information storing means 102 having the answer waiting buffer having the remaining capacity for storing the question. If there is a teacher terminal device 1 capable of storing the question, the question is stored in the answer waiting buffer, and the answerer is placed in the answer waiting state and the answer is waited for (S510).

In step S510, when the answerer's answer is completed while the answer waiting state is finished, and the answer waiting state is canceled, the answerer's teacher terminal device 1 and the questioner's student terminal device 2 Each question / answer control means 1
The question / answer process is executed by 07 (S504).

Further, when asking a question, as a result of referring to the answer waiting buffer management table of all the respondents set in the answerer table, the maximum waiting number of all the answerers and the answer waiting buffer If it exceeds the capacity (S506), the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 causes a part of the information storage means 102 of the teacher terminal device 1 having the currently input answer waiting buffer. The question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 is temporarily used to input the question, and the question input to the information storage means 102 is designated based on the mail address set in the respondent table. Send an email to all or all respondents. Further, the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2 refers to a database that collects past questions and their answers, and the information display means 1 of the student terminal device 2
Display the search start screen on 03. These are executed as an alternative process to the question / answer process (S511).

As in the second embodiment, the electronic mail function for transmitting the electronic mail and the database search function for displaying the search start screen by referring to the database are the questions / answers of the student terminal device 2. Either one of them can be selectively executed by the control means 107, and the processing can be performed by the one that is convenient for the questioner.

The questioner can refer to the question of another questioner stored in the above-mentioned waiting buffer, and if there is a question similar to the question he / she wants to intervene, link to the question. You can As a result, when the question is answered, the questioner with the link can also obtain the answer. Respondents can also refer to the questions stored in the above-mentioned reply waiting buffer, and if there are qualities having the same content, they can be linked and answered at once.

The questioner can also cancel the answer waiting state by the question / answer control means 107 of the student terminal device 2. In this case, if a link has been established between other trousers, that link is also released. This can prevent the respondent from answering a useless question.
Further, the question / answer control means 107 of the teacher terminal device 1 can prevent the question entered in the answer waiting buffer from being shown to other questioners.

Further, although the class support means 105 and the practice / self-study support means 106 are provided in the first, second, and third embodiments, only one of them may be provided.

Further, in the second and third embodiments, as a means for not being able to ask a question, a question is sent to the respondent set in the respondent table by e-mail, and the questions and answers are collected. I have shown an alternative process of providing a database that is available, but in addition to these, prepare multiple alternative processes,
You may choose from among them.

In the first, second, and third embodiments, as long as the computer network 15 is connected, the questioner and the respondent may be in the classroom or between remote places. May be a local area network or a wide area network.

[0044]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

Since it is possible to set multiple respondents,
The questioner is less likely to wait for an answer, and can practice efficiently.

By providing a buffer for inputting a question when waiting for a question or waiting for an answer, a questioner can effectively use the contents of the question, and the question can be asked without forgetting. .

If the respondent is in the middle of answering, the question is sent by e-mail, or the database in which past questions and answers are collected is referred to. If you want to know the answer by e-mail or as soon as possible, you can refer to the database, which can be adapted to the questioner's convenience.

Further, since the respondents can change the order of the questioners waiting for an answer, it is possible to give a fair answer.

Further, since it is possible to refer to the question contents of other questioners and to link to the question if necessary, there is an effect that the questioner does not have to enter the same question. Respondents have the advantage of not having to answer the same question.

Further, since it is possible to prevent other questioners from referring to the content of the question, the questioner can freely ask the question without worrying about the other questioners.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an education support system according to first, second and third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a teacher ID used to distinguish a teacher from a student according to the first, second, and third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of a question / answer control unit using a respondent table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of a question / answer control unit using a respondent table and a question waiting buffer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of a question / answer control unit using a respondent table and a reply waiting buffer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an answerer table for setting an answerer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a respondent table for setting the respondents according to the second and third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a table for managing a reply waiting buffer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional education support system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 teacher terminal device, 2 student terminal device, 13 baseband LAN, 15 computer network, 100 communication means, 101 information input means, 102 information storage means, 103 information display means, 104 information management means, 1
05 Class support means, 106 Exercise / self-study support means, 1
07 Question / answer control means, 108 Educational support means.

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. In an education support system for supporting a lesson conducted by a teacher and a student using a plurality of terminal devices connected to a computer network, each terminal device transfers data to another terminal device and transmits information. Communication means for notifying, information input means for inputting information to a terminal device, data transmitted from another terminal device via the communication means and data input from the information input means are stored. Information storage means, information display means for displaying the transmitted and input data, and a question / answer for controlling data relating to questions from students and answers from respondents including teachers and teacher assistants Control means, and the respondent information including IDs of a plurality of respondents, terminal device names and question priorities is stored in the information storage means of the student terminal device, The question / answer control means of the end device checks the answer status of whether each respondent is answering in order via the communication means based on the priority of the respondent, and the answer not responding. An education support system, characterized in that a question input by a student from the information input means is transmitted to the terminal of a person through the communication means. 2. A request queue for storing a request event is provided in the information storage means of the respondent's terminal device, and when all the respondents included in the respondent information are answering when the student asks a question. , The question / answer control means of the terminal device of the student who asked the question transmits the request event to the request queue in the information storage means of the end device of each respondent via the communication means, The question / answer control means of the terminal device of the respondent who has completed the answer of (1) through the communication means to the terminal device of the student who made a question based on the request event stored in the request queue of the information storage means. The education support system according to claim 1, wherein the respondent notifies that the respondent is not responding and enables the question and answer with the student to be started. 3. The education support system according to claim 2, wherein the question / answer control means of the student terminal device has a function of canceling the request event transmitted to the request queue. 4. A question waiting buffer is provided in the information storage means of the student terminal device, and when all the respondents included in the respondent information are answering when the student asks a question,
The student who asked a question can input the contents of the question into the question waiting buffer of his / her own terminal device by the information input means, and the question / answer control means of the student terminal device is configured to use the question waiting buffer when the student asks a question. 4. The education support system according to claim 3, wherein the contents of the question input to are transmitted to the respondent via the communication means. 5. An e-mail address information is added to the answerer information, a question waiting time limit is set in the question / answer control means of the student terminal device, and when the student asks a question, the answerer information is added to the answerer information. When all the included respondents are answering and the set question waiting time limit has passed, the question / answer control means of the student terminal device specifies the contents of the question waiting buffer as a question e-mail. 5. The education support system according to claim 4, wherein the information is transmitted to all of the respondents who have made a reply through the communication means. 6. A question waiting time limit is set in the question / answer control means of the student's terminal device, all the respondents included in the respondent information are answering when the student asks a question, and the setting is made. When the question waiting time limit has passed, the question / answer control means of the student terminal device is provided in the information storage means of the respondent terminal device, and is sent to the database device collecting past questions and their answers. 5. The education support system according to claim 4, wherein the search start screen is displayed on the information display means of the student terminal device. 7. An e-mail address information is added to the respondent information, a question waiting time limit is set in the question / answer control means of the student terminal device, and when the student asks a question, the respondent information is added to the respondent information. When all the included respondents are responding and the set question waiting time limit has passed, the question / answer control means of the student terminal device uses the contents of the question waiting buffer as a question e-mail. E-mail function to send to designated respondents or all respondents through the communication means, and reference to a database device that collects past questions and their answers provided in the information storage means of the respondent's terminal device And a database search function for displaying a search start screen on the information display means of the student terminal device, and by the question / answer control means of the student terminal device, Education System according to claim 4, wherein the or selectively executing one of the functions. 8. The question / answer control means of the respondent's terminal device stores the student's question count in the information storage means of the respondent's terminal device based on the request event stored in the request queue. 8. The education support system according to claim 7, wherein this information is displayed on the information display means of the terminal device of the respondent, and the respondent can rearrange the order of the request events based on this information. . 9. The question / answer control of the student terminal device when an answer waiting buffer is provided in the information storage means of the respondent terminal device and all the respondents included in the answerer information are responding. The means is provided in the information storage means of the terminal device of the respondent having a higher rank based on the priority order set in the respondent information, for the question input from the information input means of the student terminal device. It is characterized in that it is possible to start a question as it is by inputting it into the reply waiting buffer through the communication means to put it in a reply waiting state, and when the reply waiting state is resolved during or after the input to the reply waiting buffer. The education support system according to claim 1. 10. The education support system according to claim 9, wherein the question / answer control means of the student terminal device has a function for canceling the answer waiting state. 11. The answer storage buffer management information for setting the maximum number of accepting students waiting for an answer and the capacity of the answer waiting buffer is provided in the information storage means in the respondent's terminal device. When the student inputs more questions than the remaining capacity of the answer waiting buffer of the answerer, the question / answer control means of the terminal device gives each answer based on the priority order set in the answerer information. 11. The remaining capacity of the answer waiting buffer of the person's terminal device is checked, and the question is stored in the answer waiting buffer of the respondent having the remaining capacity of the buffer capable of storing the question. Education support system. 12. The e-mail address information is added to the respondent information, the student inputs more questions than the remaining capacity of the respondent's waiting buffer, and is set in the respondent information. If all the answer waiting buffers in the information storage means of each respondent's terminal cannot be queried because there is no remaining capacity, the question / answer control means of the student's terminal device is currently inputting A question is entered by temporarily using a part of the information storage means of the answerer terminal device in the answer waiting buffer, and the question / answer control means of the answerer's terminal device inputs the entered question. The education support system according to claim 11, wherein the education support system transmits the e-mail to all the designated respondents or all the respondents via the communication means. 13. The student inputs more questions than the remaining capacity of the answer waiting buffer of the answerer, and the information storage means is in the end device of each answerer set in the answerer information. When there is no remaining capacity in all the answer waiting buffers and the question cannot be asked, the question / answer control means of the student terminal device is provided in the information storage means of the answerer's terminal device to display past questions and their answers. 12. The search start screen is displayed on the information display means of the student terminal device by referring to the collected database devices.
Education support system described. 14. The e-mail address information is added to the respondent information, the student inputs more questions than the remaining capacity of the respondent's waiting buffer and is set in the respondent information. When all the answer waiting buffers in the information storage means of each respondent's terminal cannot be queried because there is no remaining capacity, the question / answer control means of the student's terminal device is currently inputting Enter a question by temporarily using a part of the information storage means of the respondent terminal device in the answer waiting buffer
An electronic mail function in which the question / answer control means of the respondent's terminal device sends the input question as an electronic mail to the designated respondents or all respondents via the communication means, and a student's terminal device Question / answer control means refers to a database device that is provided in the information storage means of the respondent's terminal device and collects past questions and their answers, and starts searching on the information display means of the student terminal device. 12. The education support system according to claim 11, further comprising a database search function for displaying a screen, wherein either one of the functions is selectively executed by the question / answer control unit of the student terminal device. . 15. When a question is stored in the reply waiting buffer in the information storage means of the terminal device of each respondent, another respondent or student can individually write the contents via the communication means. If there is a question with similar content that can be referred to by the information display means of the terminal device, a link is made to the question stored in the answer waiting buffer, and the respondent answers the question. The question / answer control means of the respondent's terminal device automatically sends the answer to the respondent's or student's terminal device to which the link is established via the communication means. Item 14. The education support system according to item 14. 16. The question / answer control means of the respondent's terminal device has a function of setting a question entered in the answer waiting buffer so that other respondents or students cannot refer to it. The education support system according to claim 15.