FR3112271A1 - Transportable system and adaptive learning method - Google Patents

Abstract

Transportable system and method for adaptive learning The invention relates mainly to a transportable system for customizable remote learning (1), comprising means of movement (6, 7, 8), means of connection to a remote network, a plurality of user interface modules, wireless connection and communication means configured to pair each interface module with the learning system, and control and command means configured to: connect at least one interface to an online platform; • interact with the user via the interface module to o select at least one training course adapted to the user's needs; and o analyze the data generated by the user via the interface module in question. Figure to be published with abstract: Figure 1

Description

Transportable system and adaptive learning method

The invention falls within the field of multimedia learning, and relates more particularly to a transportable system offering adaptive learning services.

The invention also relates to a method for adapting and evaluating training data.

In the field of multimedia learning, there are now many solutions allowing learners to choose personalized training, without forcing them to move to a physical place of learning. Such learning solutions are available online via a local or wide area computer network, and allow the learner to choose personalized training from home. This is an advantage over a traditional teaching system in which a teacher provides a set of learners with general learning content that is not specifically adapted to each learner.

However, these online learning methods have drawbacks. Without a teacher, it is not easy to guide the learning step by step for each apprentice. On the other hand, the knowledge assessment process is difficult to implement. This results in a frequent dropout of apprentices, who do not finish the training they have chosen.

To overcome the various drawbacks mentioned above, the object of the invention is to propose a transportable learning system configured to adapt to the educational needs of apprentices.

• connecter au moins un module d’interface à une plateforme en ligne ;
• interagir avec l’utilisateur via le module d’interface pour
  • sélectionner au moins une formation adaptée aux besoins de l’utilisateur ; et
  • analyser les données générées par l’utilisateur via le module d’interface considéré.

To this end, the invention relates to a transportable system for customizable remote learning, comprising means of movement, means of connection to a remote network, a plurality of user interface modules, means of connection and wireless communication configured to pair each interface module with the learning system, and control and command means configured to:

• connecting at least one interface module to an online platform;
• interact with the user via the interface module to
  • select at least one training adapted to the needs of the user; And
  • analyze the data generated by the user via the interface module considered.

• Le système est configuré pour générer un profil d’apprentissage de l’utilisateur.
• Le système est configuré pour connecter simultanément la pluralité de modules d’interface sur la plateforme en ligne.
• Le système comprend une unité de calcul et de génération d’environnement en réalité virtuelle configurée pour générer la plateforme en réalité simulée, et en ce que chaque module d’interface est un dispositif d’immersion en réalité virtuelle ou augmentée du type casque sans fil, ou filaire, ou autonome.
• Pour analyser les données générées par l’utilisateur, les moyens de contrôle et de commande sont configurés pour :
• générer au moins un questionnaire ;
• analyser les réponses de l’utilisateur et le temps de réponse ;
• identifier le choix de documents effectué par l’utilisateur pour répondre au questionnaire, et
• afficher, sur un dispositif d’affichage compris dans le système, les documents consultés par l’utilisateur et les réponses apportées par ce dernier.
• L’analyse des données générées par l’utilisateur est réalisée en temps réel.
• Les moyens de déplacement comprennent au moins un moyen de préhension du type poignée rétractable de transport.
• Les moyens de connexion à un réseau distant comprennent au moins un port Ethernet et/ou au moins un module de connexion sans fil du type WiFi ou GSM.
• Le système comprend des moyens de connexion audio et/ou vidéo, et/ou des moyens de connexion à un bus informatique du type USB.

The system may also include the following optional features considered separately or in all possible technical combinations:

• The system is configured to generate a user learning profile.
• The system is configured to simultaneously connect the plurality of interface modules to the online platform.
• The system comprises a virtual reality environment calculation and generation unit configured to generate the simulated reality platform, and in that each interface module is a virtual or augmented reality immersion device of the wireless headset type , or wired, or autonomous.
• To analyze the data generated by the user, the control and command means are configured to:
• generate at least one questionnaire;
• analyze user responses and response time;
• identify the choice of documents made by the user to answer the questionnaire, and
• display, on a display device included in the system, the documents consulted by the user and the responses provided by the latter.
• Analysis of user-generated data is performed in real time.
• The moving means comprise at least one gripping means of the retractable transport handle type.
• The means of connection to a remote network comprise at least one Ethernet port and/or at least one wireless connection module of the WiFi or GSM type.
• The system comprises audio and/or video connection means, and/or connection means to a computer bus of the USB type.

• Sélection d’au moins une formation adaptée aux besoins de l’utilisateur ;
• Analyse des données générées par l’utilisateur via le module d’interface considéré.

The invention also relates to a personalized remote learning method implemented by a transportable personalized remote learning system, comprising means of movement, means of connection to a remote network, a plurality of user interface modules paired with the system by wireless connection and communication means, and control and command means configured to implement the successive steps of:

• Selection of at least one training adapted to the needs of the user;
• Analysis of data generated by the user via the interface module considered.

• Le procédé comprend une étape supplémentaire de génération d’un profil d’apprentissage de l’utilisateur vis-à-vis de la formation.
• L’analyse des données comprend les étapes successives de :
• Génération d’au moins un questionnaire ;
• Analyse des réponses et du temps de réponse de l’utilisateur ;
• Identification du choix de documents effectué par l’utilisateur pour répondre au questionnaire, et
• Affichage, sur un dispositif d’affichage compris dans le système, des documents consultés par l’utilisateur et des réponses apportées par ce dernier.
• La génération d’un profil d’apprentissage de l’utilisateur comprend les étapes de :
  • Attribution d’un indice relatif à l’efficacité et à la compatibilité vis-à-vis de la formation effectuée et analysée ; et
  • Proposition d’un choix de formations corrélées à l’indice préalablement déterminé.

The method may also include the following optional characteristics considered separately or according to all possible technical combinations:

• The method includes an additional step of generating a learning profile of the user vis-à-vis the training.
• Data analysis includes the successive steps of:
• Generation of at least one questionnaire;
• Analysis of user responses and response time;
• Identification of the choice of documents made by the user to answer the questionnaire, and
• Display, on a display device included in the system, of the documents consulted by the user and of the responses provided by the latter.
• Generating a user learning profile includes the steps of:
  • Allocation of an index relating to the effectiveness and compatibility with respect to the training carried out and analysed; And
  • Proposal of a choice of training courses correlated to the previously determined index.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge clearly from the description given below, by way of indication and in no way limiting, with reference to the appended figures:

There shows a schematic perspective view of the transportable and customizable learning system of the invention;

It is specified that the figure essentially represents an embodiment of the subject of the invention but that there may be other embodiments which meet the definition of the invention.

With reference to the , the invention relates to a transportable remote and customizable learning system 1, which is easily transportable by a user, whether he is a teacher or an apprentice. The learner is a user who follows a training, while the teacher is a user who checks, if necessary, the good progress of the training by the apprentices.

The learning system 1 has the shape of a suitcase, preferably parallelepipedic in shape with two opposed parallel walls respectively upper 2 and lower 3 and four side walls 5, 6 each extending in a plane perpendicular to the upper 2 and lower walls 3.

Since the learning system 1 is transportable, it comprises means for moving said system. In particular, the means of movement comprise a first fixed transport handle 6 arranged in one of the side walls 4 of the learning system 1, and a second telescopic transport handle 7 arranged in another of the side walls 5. , the means of movement comprise rollers 8 formed in the lower wall 3 of the system 1.

In this way, a user can transport the learning system 1 either by carrying it using the first fixed handle 6, or by rolling it using the second telescopic handle 7.

The learning system 1 comprises computer means which are accessible via the upper wall 2 and/or via the lower wall 3, which upper 2 and lower 3 walls are both removable. These computer means typically comprise a motherboard, as well as a plurality of electronic cards among which at least one card comprising a graphics processor, at least one data storage device, an electrical power supply device, and means for cooling the fan type. In addition, the system includes hot air extractors provided in its walls 2, 3, 4, 5 to ensure the cooling of the computer means.

The computer means also include means for connection to a remote local or extended network. These means of connection to the remote network include in particular and without limitation a network switch, wireless connection means of the GSM and/or WiFi type, as well as an Ethernet type card. In fact, the learning system 1 includes Ethernet connectors arranged in at least one of its walls 2 - 5.

The computer means also include video and/or audio connection means, for example a multiplexer card of the HDMI type (for "High Definition Multimedia Interface", in French High Definition Multimedia Interface) connected to an HDMI connector provided in at least the one of the walls of the system 1. The computer means also comprise means of connection to a computer bus, for example of the USB type, as well as the associated connectors arranged in at least one of the walls of the system 1.

The learning system 1 also comprises display means, for example a screen making it possible to control the operating parameters of the learning system 1.

The learning system 1 comprises a plurality of interface modules between said system 1 and the users, as well as wireless connection and communication means, for example of the WiFi type, making it possible to pair the interface modules to said system 1. Each paired interface module thus allows the user to interact with learning system 1.

Furthermore, the computing means of the learning system 1 comprise control and command means, typically at least one processor electrically connected to the motherboard, which are configured to generate an online platform to which each user provided with his module interface can connect and access it. In a particularly advantageous manner, the learning system 1 allows simultaneous connections of the interface modules of several users on the same online platform. Typically, from a few users to several hundred users can be present on the platform simultaneously.

In a particularly advantageous manner, the computing means comprise a unit for calculating and generating the environment in virtual or augmented reality, which is configured to generate the online platform in simulated reality. In fact, the user interface modules are virtual or augmented reality immersion devices, typically virtual or augmented reality headsets (VR headsets) connected wirelessly to the computer means of the system, via the connection and communication means wireless. Alternatively, these VR headsets are wired or standalone.

The transportable customizable learning system 1 of the invention is configured to implement a customizable learning method which will now be described. To do this, at least one artificial intelligence algorithm, for example an artificial neural network, is recorded in the data storage device and is implemented by the control and command means.

The process makes it possible to manage a set of indicators and criteria and then to use the results for statistical purposes aimed at describing the path of the user learner and analyzing his results, in other words "program his learning path by generating a learning profile. Such criteria are for example the criteria listed in existing and known taxonomic tables, such as for example the taxonomy of Krathwohl, or Bloom or Simpson.

The implementation of the process by the means of control and command therefore makes it possible to assist the learner in his construction of knowledge, by replacing at least in part the presence of the teacher in his teaching role.

The control and command means initially ensure the connection of each interface module to the online platform, so that each user can interact with the control and command means via his interface module. In other words, each user is connected to the online platform via his interface module.

The implementation of the method then ensures the selection of at least one training course intended for the user learner and adapted to his needs. This training can simply be chosen by the learner or recommended by the teacher. The learner then follows this training according to a learning and evaluation scheme which will be described.

Then, the control and command means analyze the data generated by the user via his interface module. To do this, the means of control and command implement several sub-steps respectively of pedagogical support, management of pedagogical resources and evaluation.

As part of the educational support, a plurality of questionnaires, for example multiple-choice questionnaires, are offered to the user. To answer it, the user has access to educational documentation included in a database recorded in the storage device of the learning system 1. This documentation can take the form of text files, but also of video files and/or or audio or even 3D files, and are made available to the user in training. These documentary resources are classified according to the training, and the list of documents available to the learner according to the chosen training is given by the teacher or proposed by the means of control and command. This list can of course be modified at any time to better adapt to the prerequisites of the learners and to the evolution of the training courses, which prerequisites are assessed according to the answers to the questionnaires and the type of documents consulted by the apprentice.

Once the questionnaires have been completed, the means of control and command analyze the veracity of the answers provided by the user as well as the time spent answering each question. The control and command means also analyze which responses have been made without consulting the documents, and which responses have been made at random.

Depending on the behavior and results obtained by the learning user as part of his learning path, the data is recorded in real time by the control and command means in order to trace the events of his path (errors , behaviors, time spent consulting documents, number of documents consulted, etc.). Events are brought to the attention of each user via messages that appear depending on the situation encountered. These take the form of instructions or sanctions that guide the learner's progress in real time, for example advice or reorientation if the learner provides too many wrong answers or does not consult the right documents.

Once the data relating to the questionnaires have been processed, the control and command means return all the statistical data and model them for example in a graph. This graph gives the learning profile of the learner in all the dimensions relating to his learning process. The dimensions are, for example, the validation time of a response, the number of errors per questionnaire, the number of documents consulted, etc. All these parameters can be personalized by the teacher according to the educational scenarios that he wishes to create and/or according to the educational reference that he must apply in the training program. The pedagogical support system adapts to all types of pedagogy by objectives reference systems.

As part of the educational resource management sub-step, the control and command means identify the choice of documents made by the learner user to answer the questionnaire, as well as the total duration of consultation of the documents and the time spent to consult each document.

The means of control and command then trace on a graph the documentary choice made by the apprentice, the quantity of documents consulted and the time spent. This statistical data relating to the use of the documentation by the learner during the learning sequence can be consulted by the teacher (also connected to the online platform), this statistical data including the number of documents consulted, the number of documents that can be consulted, the consultation time per document and the total consultation time. These data complete the learning profile

During the evaluation sub-step, the control and command means perform various evaluations listed below.

The first evaluation is the diagnostic evaluation during which the process makes it possible to evaluate whether the learner's prerequisites are consistent with the training course or the course that he must follow as part of his training.

The second evaluation is the formative evaluation which ensures the control of the learner's progress through a series of exercises-tests which are carried out at the end of each training session carried out during the pedagogical support sub-stage. .

For each completed questionnaire, formative assessment data is generated. All the formative evaluation data is added up by the control and command means to trace the apprentice's learning path. This sub-step makes it possible to obtain, at the end of the course, a “continuous assessment” type evaluation. The results of this type of evaluation make it possible to modify the training content in order to better adapt it to the learning logic of the apprentices.

The third evaluation is the summative evaluation, which allows the implementation of calibrated tests in a limited time which allows the means of control and command to generate a final mark for the learner sanctioning the training followed. The user's learning profile is then completed with these latest data, and a proposal for a choice of other training courses correlated to this profile can then be offered to the user.

In a particularly advantageous manner, the method of the invention is implemented within the framework of an online platform in simulated reality. In this case, in addition to the different steps described below, the method comprises additional steps which will be described below. In addition, the stages of pedagogical support, resource management and evaluation which were implemented successively are carried out simultaneously in the context of learning in simulated reality.

Prior to the implementation of the steps of the process described above, the calculation unit considered generates a simulated reality environment adapted to the training followed by the apprentice user(s).

The actually simulated environment generated constitutes the context in which the training and the pedagogical relationship take place. This environment can accommodate different teaching practices, both collectively (simultaneity of user connection) and individualized.

This environment is a three-dimensional creation that reproduces the reality of a context with its factors, relationships and actors. It constitutes the “theatre” of an educational scenario with its didactic means and its educational resources.

Depending on the virtual environment to be created, an interactivity catalog is produced with its evaluation device. The whole constitutes the specifications or the training program.

In this type of educational situation, all the possible motor actions that the learners can perform in immersion and the conditions of execution are programmed according to the training reference system concerned. The virtual educational environment has no limit of space independent of the notion of time and place. It makes it possible to democratize access to documentary resources for all learners wherever they are physically located.

The virtual learning environment is made up of different elements described below:

Decorative elements relating to the theme, field or subject taught. They are made to give the atmosphere of immersion and are chosen and refined as much as possible to define a simple and coherent context with the desired educational environment.

Virtual interactive elements (tools, books, equipment, etc.). They are the didactic elements that allow the learner to implement his learning process. These are scripted to allow learners to learn in an immersive situation. They integrate statistical data indicators which will be processed in real time by the control and command means as part of the process evaluation sub-step.

In this virtual environment, the learning process of the learner in an immersion situation takes place within the framework of an activity or a task to be carried out. The entire dimension of its interactivity is created in synthetic image by the calculation unit considered, in accordance with the expected educational properties. The learner's operating procedure can be recorded virtually, allowing it to be viewed later for correction or demonstration purposes.

In addition, the process implemented by the control and command means ensures the management of a set of data related to the behavior of the user which will be described below. Indeed, the behavioral evaluation carried out within the framework of the process consists in measuring the course of the different behaviors of the learner during the execution of his task and comparing them with standardized criteria recorded in a database.

Learning behavior is defined by four measurable criteria, namely the learning process, the learning gesture, the psychosocial learning behavior and the educational socialization profile.

The learning process is the learner's ability to build a reality from elements that he has already integrated. The learner acts according to a goal of his own. This psychological mechanism allows learners to adapt to the environment or, on the contrary, to the ability to modify the environment to adapt it to their own needs. Also, these complex mechanisms are only observable through the results they produce.

The learning gesture is a sequence of motor activity carried out by the learner and measured by the means of control and command. In the simulated reality platform, these gestures are observable and measurable by means of control and command, and defined as a sequence of activities described by action verbs.

Psychosocial learning behavior defines the learner's ability to respond to a task by adopting an appropriate behavior. This behavior is observable and therefore can be identified by a series of indicators associated with a repository and a set of appropriate criteria (for example, assembling objects, using a tool, categorizing a set of elements).

The process of educational socialization is linked to the learning profile and is the learner's ability to live in an educational situation in which he integrates the norms, values and by which he builds the identity of his learning profile.

These user behaviors therefore allow the acquisition of adaptation data by the control and command means, and are compared with behaviors calibrated and linked to the criteria of known taxonomic tables. The process then generates a final learning profile integrating these behavioral data.

The purpose of the process is therefore to verify, in this environment in simulated reality, the following points:

Check if the learner has the prerequisites to perform the tasks he will have to do (diagnostic evaluation).

Check what the learner does while carrying out his educational task (formative assessment).

Check and sanction what the learner does (summative evaluation).

Check the learner's ability to transfer or reproduce what he has done under different conditions (prospective evaluation or short- and medium-term evaluation after the training course).

Claims (13)

Transportable system for customizable remote learning (1), comprising means of movement (6, 7, 8), means of connection to a remote network, a plurality of user interface modules, means of connection and communication without wire configured to pair each interface module with the learning system, and control and command means configured for:

• connecting at least one interface module to an online platform;
• interact with the user via the interface module to
  • select at least one training adapted to the needs of the user; And
  • analyze the data generated by the user via the interface module considered.

System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the control and command means are configured to generate statistical data forming a learning profile of the user. System (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is configured to simultaneously connect the plurality of interface modules to the online platform. System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises a virtual reality environment calculation and generation unit configured to generate the platform in simulated reality, and in that each interface module is a device immersion in virtual or augmented reality of the wireless, or wired, or autonomous headset type. System (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, to analyze the data generated by the user, the control and command means are configured for:

• generate at least one questionnaire;
• analyze user responses and response time;
• identify the choice of documents made by the user to answer the questionnaire, and
• displaying, on a display device included in the system (1), the documents consulted by the user and the answers provided by the latter.

System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the analysis of the data generated by the user is carried out in real time. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the displacement means comprise at least one gripping means (7) of the retractable transport handle type. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means of connection to a remote network comprise at least one Ethernet port and/or at least one wireless connection module of the WiFi or GSM type. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means of audio and/or video connection, and/or means of connection to a computer bus of the USB type. Personalized remote learning method implemented by a transportable personalized remote learning system (1), comprising means of movement (6, 7, 8), means of connection to a remote network, a plurality of user interface paired to the system by wireless connection and communication means, and control and command means configured to implement the successive steps of:

• Selection of at least one training adapted to the needs of the user;
• Analysis of data generated by the user via the interface module considered.

Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises an additional step of generating a learning profile of the user vis-à-vis the training. Learning method according to Claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the analysis of the data comprises the successive steps of:

• Generation of at least one questionnaire;
• Analysis of user responses and response time;
• Identification of the choice of documents made by the user to answer the questionnaire, and
• Display, on a display device included in the system (1), of the documents consulted by the user and of the answers given by the latter.

Method according to any one of Claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the generation of a user learning profile comprises the steps of:

• Allocation of an index relating to the effectiveness and compatibility with respect to the training carried out and analysed; And
• Proposal of a choice of training courses correlated to the previously determined index.