JP2000172161A - Education system, communication support method in the same and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply a method for causing a learner to be conscious that he is learning with the other learner for giving presence to the learner in an education system using internet. SOLUTION: In an education system where a server 101 supplying various teaching material contents are connected to the user terminals 102 of plural entering users by internet 103, the server 101 stores a table where the user names of the entering users are made to correspond to the picture files of symbols showing the subscribing users in a data base(DB) 104 for respective subscribing users. The user names and the symbols of the subscribing users are screen-displayed with the teaching material contents supplied from the server based on the table stored in DB 104 when the server 101 is logged in.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for giving a learner a sense of realism as if he / she is learning with other learners in an educational system using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, various systems using a network have been devised.

[0003] An educational system using the Internet is one of them. In the educational system, a user (learner) logs in to a server that provides teaching material contents from his / her own user terminal and provides the teaching material contents. It is a system that makes it possible to learn by receiving The provision of the teaching material content can be received using a browser on the user terminal.

According to such an educational system, for example, a virtual school is constructed on the Internet, and learners who enter such a virtual school can take classes while staying at home. Become.

[0005]

In the above-described educational system, the learner usually learns by himself, so, for example, when a virtual school is constructed, like a real school, Lessons will not be taken in the same space as other classmates, and lessons will be less realistic for students in virtual schools than in real schools. There are drawbacks.

[0006] In order to solve this drawback, the present inventors make the learners aware that they are learning together with other learners or communicate with other learners. I thought it would be better if we could make it possible.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of making a learner aware that he / she is learning with another learner in order to give the learner a sense of reality in an educational system using a network. Is to provide.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for enabling communication between learners.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an educational system in which a server for providing various teaching material contents and user terminals of a plurality of subscribing users are connected via the Internet. The server manages, for each subscribed user, a subscribed user table in which user identification information of the subscribed user and an image file of a symbol representing the subscribed user are associated, and each user terminal logs in to the server. In this case, a communication support method is provided in which, based on the subscribing user table, user identification information and symbols of the subscribing user are displayed on the screen together with the teaching material contents provided from the server.

[0010] This allows the subscribing user (learner) to be conscious of learning with other learners, thereby giving the learner a sense of realism.

[0011] The above-mentioned server associates, for each teaching material content provided by itself, the content identification information of the teaching material content with the user identification information of the subscribing user who is provided with the teaching material content. Each user terminal refers to the above-mentioned learning material-specific learner table at predetermined time intervals and manages only the user identification information and symbols of the subscribing users who have been provided with the same learning material content as their own. Can be displayed on the screen.

Thus, the learner can know the learner who is learning the same teaching material content.

The server manages a login user table including user identification information of a subscribing user who has logged in to the server. Each user terminal refers to the login user table at predetermined time intervals, A symbol of a subscribed user who is logged in to the server and a symbol of a subscribed user who is not logged in to the server,
The display mode can be changed.

Thus, the learner can know whether or not another learner is currently studying.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the server manages a login user table including user identification information of a subscribing user who has logged in to the server. When the symbol on the screen is specified, the user terminal refers to the login user table, and if the symbol is for a subscribed user who has not logged in to the server, creates and transmits an e-mail addressed to the subscribed user. Providing a first user environment for performing chatting, and if the symbol is a symbol of a subscribing user who has logged in to the server, the first user environment and a chat for performing chatting with the subscriber are provided. A communication support method characterized by providing one of the second user environments is provided.

[0016] Thereby, the learner can communicate with other learners. For more information,
The learner can communicate with other learners in a non-real-time manner by creating and sending an e-mail addressed to the other learner. By chatting with the other learner, real-time communication can be obtained.

At this time, when the symbol of the subscribing user who has logged in to the server is specified, each user terminal specifies one of the first user environment and the second user environment. Third for accepting
It is preferable to provide a user environment.

[0018] The chat performed in the second user environment can be either a text chat or a voice chat.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, in an education system using the Internet, a symbol representing another learner is displayed on a screen so that the learner is made aware that he / she is learning with another learner. Things. Also,
In the present embodiment, when a symbol on the screen is designated,
It is intended to provide a user environment for enabling communication between learners.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the education system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the educational system according to the present embodiment includes a server 1 for providing various teaching material contents.
01 and the user terminals 102 (102
a to 102n) are connected via the Internet 103.

Here, an instructor for receiving a question or the like regarding the teaching material content is provided.
Let 2a be the instructor's user terminal (instructor terminal) and 102b-102n be the learner's user terminal (learner terminal).

The server 101 is provided with a database (DB) 104 storing various tables described later in addition to various teaching material contents.

The operation according to the present embodiment is realized by software. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, in the user terminal 102 including the CPU and the memory, the operation according to the present embodiment can be realized by the CPU executing the program stored in the memory. Therefore, both of the user terminals 102 execute a program (actually, a program for realizing the operation according to the present embodiment).
It is installed in a browser dedicated to the education system according to the present embodiment. ) Is downloaded from the server 101 or obtained in the form of a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, and is installed in advance.

FIG. 3 shows a class table stored in the DB 104.

As shown in FIG. 3, the class table 300
Stores identification information (for example, a user name) of a subscribed user (instructor / student) registered in advance in the education system according to the present embodiment. Further, in association with each user name, an attribute indicating whether the subscribing user is an instructor or a learner, and a file name of a symbol image file representing the subscribing user are stored.

FIG. 4 shows a login table stored in the DB 104.

As shown in FIG. 4, the login table 40
0 is the user terminal 1 logged in to the server 101
02 is stored at the time of login and deleted at the time of logout.

Although not shown, the class table 300 and the login table 40 are stored in the DB 104.
In addition to 0, a subscriber who previously stores information (for example, user name, date of birth, IP address, e-mail address, password, etc.) relating to the subscriber who has made a contract with the operator of the education system. An information table is stored.

The operation according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 shows a user terminal 1 according to this embodiment.
02 shows the flow of operation.

When the subscribing user logs in to the server 101 at the user terminal 102, the operation shown in FIG. 5 is performed. In addition, the login to the server 101 can be performed in the user terminal 102 using, for example, a login screen as shown in FIG. 6. If the user is a valid subscriber, the user name and login date and time of the subscriber are entered in the login table 400.
To be stored.

As shown in FIG. 5, the user terminal 102
When a login is accepted from the server 101 (step 501), the user accesses the class table 300 stored in the DB 104 and reads a user name of one user (step 502).

Then, the user terminal 102
Is accessed, and it is determined whether or not the user name read in step 502 is stored in the login table 400 (step 503).

Here, the user terminal 102 executes step 5
02 is stored in the login table 400
If the file name is stored in the image file, an image file having a symbol image file name corresponding to the user name is acquired, and displayed on its own screen together with the user name (step 50).
4).

The user terminal 102 executes step 50
If the user name read in step 2 is not stored in the login table 400, an image file having a symbol image file name corresponding to the user name is obtained, shaded, and the user name is added together with the user name. (Step 505).

When the operations after step 502 are performed for all the subscribing users stored in the class table 300 (step 506), the symbols and user names of these subscribing users are, for example, as shown in FIG. It will be displayed on the screen of the user terminal 102.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 700 denotes an icon display area on which various icons are displayed, and 701, a teaching material content display area on which the content of the teaching material content is displayed. The person display area 702 is an area where the symbol and the user name of the subscribing user are displayed.

In the example of FIG. 7, in the person display area 702, “teacher A”, “B”, “D”, “F”, “G”,
Since "H" has logged in, the user has entered step 50 in FIG.
4, the corresponding symbol is displayed as it is, but since "C" and "E" are not logged in, the corresponding symbol is shaded and displayed in step 505 of FIG. .

Thus, the subscribing user can be conscious of learning with other subscribing users. Also, the subscribing user can know whether or not another subscribing user is currently logged in.

Returning to FIG. 5, the user terminal 102
Unless a logout instruction is received (step 507), a communication routine described later is executed (step 508) every time a predetermined time (here, 30 seconds) elapses (step 509).

When the user terminal 102 receives the logout instruction (step 507), the server 1
01 is requested to log out (step 510). When logout is requested, the server 101 deletes the user name and the login date and time stored at the time of login from the login table 400.

FIG. 8 shows a processing procedure of the communication routine executed in step 508 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, the user terminal 102
First, it is determined whether any symbol has been clicked (step 801).

In this embodiment, the person display area 70
When the subscribed user clicks the symbol displayed in 2, the user environment for enabling communication with the subscribed user represented by the symbol is provided. Specifically, when the symbol of the subscribed user who is not logged in is clicked,
Create an e-mail addressed to the subscribed user represented by the symbol
Providing a first user environment for sending, when the symbol of the logged-in subscribed user is clicked,
One of a first user environment and a second user environment for chatting with a subscribing user represented by the symbol is provided.

Therefore, when the symbol is clicked (step 801), the user terminal 102
Then, it is determined whether or not the user name corresponding to the symbol is stored in the login table 400 (step 802).

If the user name corresponding to the clicked symbol is not stored in the login table 400 (step 802), only non-real-time communication by e-mail can be performed. .First to send
Is provided (step 806).

In step 806, the user terminal 1
In step 02, a mail routine having the same function as that of the existing mail software is started, and a screen such as that shown in FIG. 9 is displayed by the mail routine.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 900 denotes a mail area, which is displayed instead of the person display area 702.

At this time, in particular, the user terminal 102 accesses the subscribed user information table stored in the DB 104 by the mail routine, and uses the user name corresponding to the clicked symbol as a key, and Obtain an e-mail address and set the obtained e-mail address as the destination.

Thus, the subscribing user can perform non-real-time communication by creating and transmitting a mail addressed to the subscribing user who is not currently logged in.

On the other hand, when the user name corresponding to the clicked symbol is stored in the login table 400 (step 802), in addition to non-real-time communication by mail, real-time communication by chat may be performed. Since it is possible, the user terminal 102 displays a selection screen for allowing the subscribing user to select one of chat and mail as shown in FIG. 10 (step 8).
03).

If the subscribed user has specified the mail (step 804), the process proceeds to step 806, and if the subscribed user has specified the chat (step 80).
4), the user terminal 102 has a second
Is provided (step 805).

In step 805, the user terminal 1
In step 02, a chat routine that performs the same function as the existing chat software is started, and a screen such as that shown in FIG. 11 is displayed by the chat routine.

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 1100 denotes a chat area, which is displayed instead of the person display area 702.

At this time, in particular, the user terminal 102 accesses the user information table stored in the DB 104 by the chat routine, and uses the user name corresponding to the clicked symbol as a key, and An address is acquired, and a message is directly exchanged using the acquired IP address, thereby realizing a chat.

Thus, the subscribing user can perform non-real-time communication by creating and transmitting an e-mail addressed to the currently logged-in subscribed user, and can communicate with the currently logged-in subscribed user. By chatting, real-time communication can be achieved. In particular, in the case where an instructor is provided as in the present embodiment, the learner can directly ask the instructor about the contents of a question generated during learning by chat, which is convenient.

The mail routine has a function of notifying the user that the mail has been received, a function of providing a screen for creating a reply mail to the received mail, and various functions, like the existing mail software. It is preferred to fulfill.

In the chat routine, similarly to the existing chat software, first, when the first message is received, whether or not to acknowledge the reception is selected.
If so, it is preferable to be able to start a chat.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by displaying a symbol representing a subscribed user on a screen,
Since the subscribing user (learner) can be made aware that he / she is learning together with other learners, it is possible to give the learner a sense of realism.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to communicate between the subscribed users. At this time, the subscribing user can easily designate a communication partner simply by clicking a desired symbol on the screen.

[0063]

In the present embodiment, text chat is realized by exchanging text data messages. However, if the user terminal 102 has a microphone, voice data can be transmitted and received. Voice chat may be realized. Voice chat is a well-known technique, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, one class table 300 has been described. However, the subscribed users are divided into a plurality of classes, and the class table 30 for each class is set.
0, the user terminal 102 sets the class table 3 of the class to which the
00, and for the subscribed users belonging to the class,
The user name and the symbol may be displayed on the screen.

Further, in this embodiment, if the affiliated user information table stores the affiliated information such as the organization or department to which the affiliated user belongs, the user terminal 102 refers to the affiliated information in the affiliated user information table. Alternatively, a user name and a symbol may be displayed on a screen for a subscribed user storing the same affiliation information as the subscribed user who has logged in from the user.

In the present embodiment, a table for storing the subscribed users who are learning the learning material content is stored in the DB 104 for each learning material content, and the server 101 manages this table. By doing so, the user terminal 102 may refer to this table and display the user name and the symbol on the screen for the subscribing users who are learning the teaching material content that they are accessing.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display order of the user names and the symbols can be set in accordance with, for example, the following rules.

That is, first, the server 101 manages the line speed of the logged-in user terminal 102, and the user terminal 102 operates in the order of the subscribed user having the highest line speed.
The user name and the symbol may be displayed on the screen.

Second, the server 101 is connected to the user terminal 10
For each two, the number of logins is counted and stored.
The user terminal 102 may display the user name and the symbol on the screen in the order of the subscribing users who log in frequently.

Third, the user terminal 102 may refer to the attributes in the class table 300 and display the instructor's user name and symbol on the screen prior to the learner's user name and symbol.

Fourth, the user terminal 102 counts and stores the number of times of communication with each of the subscribers with whom the user has subscribed, and stores the number of users in descending order of the number of times of communication. The names and symbols may be displayed on the screen.

Fifth, the user terminal 102 stores and retains the user name of the subscribed user specified by the subscribed user in advance, and replaces the stored and stored user name and the symbol corresponding thereto with other subscribed users. May be displayed on the screen prior to the user name and symbol.

In this embodiment, the display form of the user name and the symbol can be changed as follows, for example.

That is, first, if the gender information of the subscribed user is stored in the subscribed user information table,
The user terminal 102 may change the display mode, such as changing the display color of the outer frame of the symbol, according to the gender by referring to the gender information in the subscription user information table.

Secondly, if the age information of the subscribing user is stored in the subscribing user information table, the user terminal 102 refers to the age information in the subscribing user information table and removes gray hair according to the age. The display mode may be changed by processing the symbol such as mixing or adding face wrinkles.

Third, the user terminal 102 may refer to the attributes in the class table 300 and modify the display mode of the instructor symbol by modifying the symbol such as adding a beard. .

Fourth, if the specialty field information of the subscribing user is stored in the subscribing user information table, the user terminal 102 refers to the specialty field information in the subscribing user information table, and according to the specialty field. The symbols may be processed to change the display mode, such as by adding props representing the field of specialty.

Fifth, if the content of the teaching material is such that the scoring result of an exercise or the like can be totaled, the server 101
However, if the past scoring results are stored and retained for each subscribing user, the user terminal 102 processes and displays the symbols of the subscribing users with excellent results, such as putting on a school cap. The mode may be changed.

Sixth, if the server 101 grasps a subscribed user who has not accessed for more than a predetermined time, the user terminal 102 changes the symbol of such a subscribed user to a sleeping face. For example, the symbol may be processed to change the display mode.

Further, in the present embodiment, the education system using the Internet has been described.
Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to an education system using another network such as an AN.

The display mode of the symbols in the present embodiment may be a moving image display. For example, cameras are attached to the instructor terminal 102a and the learner terminal 102b, and the facial expressions of the user sitting at each terminal are photographed. Each terminal transmits the image to the server 10 in frame units.
Send to 1. The server 101 receives the image and updates the symbol image file of each user as needed. Each terminal refers to the login table 400 in which the identification number of the logged-in user is stored, and acquires a symbol image file of the logged-in user at predetermined time intervals, for example, at one-second intervals. And, at any time, the acquired symbol image,
It is displayed in the person display area 702. That is, in the operation flow shown in FIG.
Until 1 second.

In this embodiment, the subscribing users displayed in the person display area 702 may or may not include the subscribing user who uses the user terminal 102.

Further, the server 101 and the user terminal 102
In any of the communications between the user terminal 102, the user terminal 102 may actively access the server 101 to acquire data, or the server 101 may actively transmit data to the user terminal 102. .

[0084]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In an educational system using the Internet, the learner can be made aware that he or she is learning with other learners in order to give the learner a sense of realism.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to make communication between learners.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an education system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a user terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a class table stored in a database according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a login table stored in a database according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the user terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a login screen displayed on the user terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display of a symbol and a user name on the user terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a communication routine executed in step 508 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a screen display of the user terminal according to the embodiment at the time of mail creation / transmission.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a selection screen displayed on the user terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a screen display state of the user terminal during a chat in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: server, 102: user terminal, 103: Internet, 104: database, 300: class table, 400: login table, 700: icon display area, 701: teaching material content display area. 70
2 ... person display area, 900 ... mail area, 1100 ...
Chat area.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Masaaki Goto 1-15-3, Chuocho, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 1-15-3 Towa Computer System Co., Ltd. (72) Takaaki Habara 504-2 Shinanomachi, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Hitachi Inside Electronic Services Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Reiwa Yamagishi 504-2 Shinanomachi, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Hitachi Electronics Service Co., Ltd. (72) Mutsuji Takesada 504-2 Shinanomachi, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi Electronics Co., Ltd. Within Service Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mina Imai 504-2 Shinanomachi, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Within Hitachi Electronics Service Co., Ltd.

Claims (27)

[Claims] 1. An educational system including various educational material contents to be connected to a network and a user terminal of a plurality of subscribing users, wherein the server includes, for each subscribing user, a user of the subscribing user. A subscribed user table in which identification information and an image file of a symbol representing the subscribed user are associated with each other; and for each educational material content provided by itself, content identification information of the educational material content and provision of the educational material content A learning material-specific learner table associated with the user identification information of the subscribing user receiving the information, and each user terminal is provided from the server based on the subscribed user table when logging in to the server. Display of user identification information and symbols of subscribing users along with educational material contents A communication support method characterized by referring to the learning material-specific learner table at predetermined time intervals and displaying only the user identification information and symbols of the subscribing users who have been provided with the same learning material content as the user. . 2. The communication support method according to claim 1, wherein the server manages a login user table including user identification information of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server, and each user terminal has a predetermined user terminal. A communication method characterized in that a display mode is changed by referring to the login user table for each time and displaying a symbol of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server and a symbol of a subscribed user who has not logged in to the server. How to help. 3. The communication support method according to claim 1, wherein said server manages a log-in user table including user identification information of a subscribing user who has logged in to said server, and each user terminal is provided on a screen. When a symbol is specified, the login user table is referred to, and if the symbol is a symbol of a subscribed user who has not logged in to the server, a first e-mail for creating and transmitting an e-mail addressed to the subscribed user is provided. If a symbol of a subscribing user who provides a user environment and logs in to the server, the first user environment and the second user environment for chatting with the subscriber. A communication support method characterized by providing one of the following. 4. The communication support method according to claim 3, wherein each of the user terminals, when a symbol of a subscribing user who logs in to the server is designated, the first user environment and the second user environment. A communication support method for providing a third user environment for receiving designation of any one of the user environments. 5. The communication support method according to claim 3, wherein the chat performed in the second user environment is one of a text chat and a voice chat. 6. A server to be connected to a network,
In a communication system including user terminals of a plurality of subscribed users, the server associates, for each of a plurality of predetermined subscribed users, user identification information of the subscribed user, and an image file of a symbol representing the subscribed user. The user terminal manages the login user table including the user identification information of the subscriber who has logged in to the user terminal, and when each user terminal logs in to the server, based on the subscription user table, The user identification information and the symbol of the subscribing user are displayed on the screen, and the symbol of the subscribing user who has logged in to the server and the subscribing user who has not logged in to the server are displayed by referring to the login user table. The mode is changed and the login user table is changed at predetermined time intervals. Referring to Le, the symbols of subscribing users logged into the server, in a symbol of subscribing users who are not logged into the server, communication support method characterized by changing the display mode. 7. A server for providing various teaching material contents to be connected to a network, and user terminals of a plurality of subscribing users, wherein the server includes, for each subscribing user, user identification information of the subscribing user; And a recording medium storing a program to be installed in each user terminal in the education system which manages a subscription user table in which image files of symbols representing the subscription users are associated with each other. In this case, based on the subscription user table, a program describing a processing procedure of a process of displaying the user identification information and the symbol of the subscription user on a screen is recorded together with the teaching material content provided from the server. Recording medium. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the server identifies, for each teaching material content provided by the server, content identification information of the teaching material content, and
In a case where a learning material-specific learner table associated with the user identification information of the subscribing user who is provided with the learning material content is managed, in the process of displaying the user identification information and the symbol on the screen, the processing is performed at predetermined time intervals. A program further describing a processing procedure of a process of displaying only the user identification information and the symbol of the subscribing user who has been provided with the same learning material content as the user with reference to the learning material-specific learner table. A recording medium characterized by the above-mentioned. 9. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein when the server manages a login user table including user identification information of a subscribing user who has logged in to the server, user identification information and a symbol are stored. In the process of displaying on the screen, at every predetermined time, the login user table is referred to, and the symbol of the subscribed user who has logged in to the server and the symbol of the subscribed user who is not logged in to the server are displayed. A recording medium characterized by recording a program further describing a processing procedure of a process for changing an aspect. 10. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein when the server manages a login user table including user identification information of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server, a symbol on a screen is displayed. If specified, refer to the login user table, and if the symbol is a symbol of a subscribed user who has not logged in to the server, a first user environment for creating and transmitting an e-mail addressed to the subscribed user And if it is a symbol of a subscribing user logging in to the server, one of the first user environment and a second user environment for chatting with the subscriber. A recording medium characterized by recording a program further describing a processing procedure of the processing for providing one of the two. 11. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein, in the processing for providing the first user environment or the second user environment, a symbol of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server is specified. In this case, a program further describing a processing procedure of a process of providing a third user environment for accepting designation of one of the first user environment and the second user environment is recorded. Recording medium characterized by the following. 12. An educational system comprising a server to be connected to a network and user terminals of a plurality of subscribing users, wherein the user terminal used in the educational system displays teaching material contents provided from the server. A user terminal which displays a screen having a display area to be displayed, and a display area in which user identification information of each subscribed user and a symbol representing each subscribed user are displayed. 13. The user terminal according to claim 12,
A symbol representing a subscribed user displayed on the screen is displayed by changing the display mode between a subscribed user who is logged in to the server and a subscribed user who is not logged in to the server. Terminal. 14. An educational system comprising a server to be connected to a network and user terminals of a plurality of subscribing users, wherein the server comprises, for each subscribing user, user identification information of the subscribing user;
And managing the subscribed user information in which the image information of the symbol representing the subscribed user is associated, and when each user terminal logs in to the server, based on the subscribed user information, A communication support method characterized by displaying user identification information and symbols on a screen. 15. The communication support method according to claim 14, wherein the symbols are displayed as moving images. 16. An educational system comprising a server to be connected to a network and user terminals of a plurality of subscribing users, wherein the server comprises, for each subscribing user, user identification information of the subscribing user;
And image information of a symbol representing the subscribed user,
Each of the user terminals, when logging in to the server, refers to the storage unit and acquires at least the user identification information of another subscribed user and the image information of the symbol. And a display unit for displaying the user identification information and the image information of the symbol. 17. The educational system according to claim 16, wherein the storage unit further stores user identification information of a subscribing user who has logged in to the server (hereinafter, referred to as “login user information”). The obtaining means obtains the login user information by referring to the storage unit, and the display means displays, based on the login user information, a symbol of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server, and An education system characterized in that a display mode is changed and displayed with a symbol of a subscribed user who has not logged in. 18. A user terminal of a subscribed user connected to a server, wherein when logging in to the server, the server identifies, for each subscribed user, the user identification information of the subscribed user and the subscribed user. A user terminal, comprising: acquiring means for acquiring image information of a symbol to be represented; and display means for displaying the user identification information of the subscribing user and image information of the symbol. 19. A user terminal of a plurality of subscribed user terminals connected to a server, wherein when logging in to the server, at least user identification information of another subscribed user from the server, and ,
Acquiring means for acquiring image information of a symbol representing the subscribed user; display means for displaying the user identification information of the subscribed user; and image information of the symbol representing the subscribed user;
A user terminal comprising: 20. The user terminal according to claim 18, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to output, from the server, information identifying a subscribed user who has logged in to the server. The display means further includes: a symbol of a subscribed user who has logged in to the server, and a subscribed user who has not logged in to the server, based on the logged-in user specific information. A user terminal, wherein the display mode is changed and displayed with the symbol (1). 21. The user terminal according to claim 18, wherein the acquisition unit specifies a subscribing user receiving the same teaching material content as the user terminal from the server. Information (hereafter,
This is referred to as “user specific content identification information”. ) Is further obtained, and the display means displays only the user identification information and the symbol of the subscribing user who is provided with the same teaching material content as the user terminal based on the user-specific content specifying information. User terminal. 22. The user terminal according to claim 18, wherein the symbol of the subscribing user displayed by the display means is a moving image. 23. A server connected to user terminals of a plurality of subscribed users, wherein for each subscribed user, user identification information of the subscribed user;
And image information of a symbol representing the subscribed user,
A storage unit stored in association with, for a user terminal logged in to the server, transmitting means for transmitting at least user identification information and symbol image information of another subscribed user with reference to the storage unit, A server comprising: 24. A user terminal connected to a server together with another terminal, wherein when logging in to the server, the server identifies, for each subscribed user, user identification information of the subscribed user and the subscribed user. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a process of acquiring image information of a symbol and a process of displaying the user identification information of the subscribing user and the image information of the symbol. 25. A server connected to user terminals of a plurality of subscribed users, wherein for each subscribed user, user identification information of the subscribed user;
And image information of a symbol representing the subscribed user,
Processing for associating and storing, for the user terminal logged in to the server, referring to the storage unit, at least transmitting the user identification information and the image information of the symbol of another subscribing user,
Computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to realize the above is recorded. 26. A means for receiving registration of a request source for providing the teaching material content, and for the registered request source, via a network, the learning material content and a symbol indicating the state of the request source. A correspondence education system comprising: a providing unit that provides information; and a display unit that displays the symbol in addition to the teaching material content. 27. The correspondence education system according to claim 26, wherein the symbol information indicating the status of the request source includes image information of the symbol of the request source and information indicating the current status of the request source. The correspondence education system, wherein the display unit changes and displays a display mode according to information indicating a current state of the request source.