JP2000250393A - Device and network education, devices for instructors and learners used for network education - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a teaching material suited to each learner, by judging an understanding degree of leaning of the learner. SOLUTION: A learner's computer 102 is provided with a teaching material requesting means 21 for requesting a teaching material, a teaching material display means 22, and a test answering means 23 for sending an answer of a test. An instructor's computer 103 is provided with a teaching material distributing means 31 for transmitting the requested teaching material, a teaching material data storage means 32, a teaching material selecting means 33 for selecting the corresponding teaching material, a learner's understanding degree information storage means 34 for storing the information on the understanding degrees of learning of each leaner, a distribution range limiting means 35 for permitting the distribution of a corresponding teaching data based on the information on the understanding degree of learning, a test result judging means 36 for judging an understanding degree of each learner based on the answer of the test, a teaching material utilization state judging means 37 for judging an understanding degree of each learner based on the utilization state of the teaching material, a teaching material re-composing means 38 for changing a teaching material composition for each learner based on the information on an understanding degree of learner, and an individual teaching material data storage means 39 for storing the re-composed teaching material data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network education device used for providing remote education via a network, and teacher and student devices used therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a teacher's computer and a student's computer have been connected to each other via a wired or wireless network, and remote education has been performed using these computers. For example, in distance education such as “The University of the Air”, a viewer who is a student receives a lecture with video and audio projected on a television receiver, but the same teaching material is distributed to each student. . That is, the learning material is not distributed according to the learning comprehension level of each student or the progress of the learning.

[0003] In addition, in consideration of the learning comprehension of each student,
A remote lecture support device that distributes teaching materials according to the degree of understanding for each student has also been proposed. For example, such a device is disclosed in JP-A-9-62173. With such devices, students can be tested,
The comprehension level is determined based on the correct answer rate, and based on the comprehension level, a teacher's computer selects a teaching material suitable for the student and distributes it to the student's computer.

[0004]

However, conventionally,
The same teaching material is prepared for all students, and the teaching material has a configuration in which items and the like are arranged in a predetermined order. Since only the next item is selected when the item is completed, the next item is selected.For example, for items that are well understood, the content of the teaching materials should be rough, and for items that are not well understood, There is also a problem in that it is not possible to provide teaching materials in a detailed manner for each student, such as providing more detailed contents to the students.

In the past, since students' understanding was judged on the basis of the correct answer rate of the test, even students who understood well and answered correctly with one answer did not understand much, The students who answered only a few times and finally answered were evaluated as having a uniform understanding, and there was a problem that the understanding level could not be accurately judged for each individual student. That is, in the past, when judging the degree of understanding of a student, no consideration was given to the process that the student considered before correctly answering the test or the process of deepening the understanding while the student looked at the teaching materials.

Conventionally, when a student changes an existing teaching material into a teaching material suitable for himself / herself or learns a certain item of a certain teaching material according to his / her own level of understanding and progress of the learning, the student is asked to change the item. It is not possible to call up and refer to related items from another teaching material, and there is a disadvantage that the learning content is uniform.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a flexible teaching material whose contents can be modified or reconstructed to more accurately judge a student's learning comprehension. To provide a teaching material suitable for each student, and to obtain a network education device, a teacher device and a student device used for network education, which are configured so that the content of the teaching material can be edited from the student as well. With the goal.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, a network education apparatus according to the present invention comprises at least one student device and a teacher connected to the student device via a communication network. Teaching device display means for requesting the teacher device to transmit a teaching material file, and a teaching material display for displaying an image based on the teaching material file sent from the teacher device. Means,
The teaching device includes a teaching material data storage unit storing teaching material data including a plurality of teaching material files associated with each other, and receives a teaching material transmission request sent from the student device and transmits the teaching material. A teaching material distributing means for transmitting the corresponding teaching material file to the requested student, a teaching material selecting means for selecting and taking out the teaching material file requested by the student from the teaching material data storage means, and storing information on learning comprehension for each student. A distribution range for giving permission to distribute the learning material file selected by the learning material selecting means to the student who has requested the transmission of the learning material file, based on the learned student understanding degree information storage means and the learning understanding degree information. And limiting means.

According to the present invention, the student device sends a teaching material transmission request to the teacher device via the teaching material requesting device, and displays the teaching material file sent in response to the request by the teaching material display device. The teacher device selects the requested teaching material file by the teaching material selecting means, permits distribution of the teaching material file by the distribution range limiting means based on the learning comprehension information for each student, and sets the teaching material by the teaching material distributing means. Distribute the file to student devices.

[0010] In the present invention, the student device may further include a test response unit for transmitting a response result to the test sent from the teacher device to the teacher device, wherein the teacher device may include a test response device. The method further includes a test result determination unit that receives the test result, determines the degree of understanding of the student based on the score result, and accumulates the determination result in the student understanding degree information for each student.

According to the present invention, the student device sends the answer to the test sent from the teacher device by the test answering means to the teacher device.
The test result is received from the student device, and the test result determining means determines the understanding level for each student based on the test result, and stores the result in the student understanding level information.

In the present invention, the teacher device monitors the distribution of the teaching materials to the students by the teaching material distributing means, determines the degree of understanding of the students based on the use state of the learning materials, and determines the determination result for each student. The present invention is further characterized by further comprising a teaching material use status judging means for accumulating the comprehension information.

According to the present invention, the teacher apparatus monitors the use state of the teaching material for each student by the teaching material use state determining means, determines the understanding level for each student based on the monitoring result, and accumulates the information in the student understanding level information. .

In the present invention, the teacher device increases the number of teaching material files which can be distributed to the student based on the student comprehension information for a portion where the student has a low degree of understanding, and increases the student material file for a portion where the degree of understanding is high. And a teaching material reconstructing means for changing the association of the teaching material files so as to reduce the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the teaching material.

According to the present invention, the teacher device increases or decreases the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student according to the degree of understanding of the student by the teaching material reconstructing means, and changes the association between the teaching material files.

In the present invention, the teacher device can arbitrarily increase or decrease the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to students,
It is characterized by further comprising a configuration changing means for adding another teaching material data or other data and temporarily changing the association between the teaching material files.

According to the present invention, the teacher device allows the configuration changing means to arbitrarily increase or decrease the number of teaching material files which can be distributed to the student, add different teaching material data or other data, and temporarily Change the association between teaching material files.

In the present invention, the student device may further include a configuration change requesting means for requesting the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files, and the teacher device may transmit the association change request from the student device. When you receive
The configuration changing unit may temporarily change the association between the teaching material files.

According to the present invention, the student device requests the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files by the configuration change requesting means, and the teacher device receives the change request and changes the configuration. To temporarily change the association between the teaching material files.

In the present invention, the student device further includes teaching material association requesting means for requesting the teacher device to associate data of the teaching material file being displayed with other data, and When receiving the teaching material association request from the student device, the device displays the data of the teaching material file displayed on the student device and the other data so that when either one is displayed, the other is displayed at the same time. And a teaching material associating means for associating.

According to the invention, the student device requests the teacher device to associate the data of the displayed teaching material file with other data by the teaching material association requesting means. Upon receiving the request, the teaching material associating means associates the data of the teaching material file displayed on the student device with the other data so that when one of them is displayed, the other is displayed at the same time. Do.

In the present invention, the teacher apparatus may further comprise a connection source confirming means for confirming a connecting place of the student and changing a range of a teaching material file which can be distributed according to the connecting place. .

According to the present invention, the teacher device confirms the student's connection location by the connection source confirmation means, and changes the range of the distributable teaching material file according to the connection location.

A teacher device used for network education according to the present invention is a teaching material comprising a plurality of teaching material files which are mutually connected to one or more student devices via a communication network and are associated with each other. Teaching material data storage means for storing data, a teaching material distribution means for receiving a teaching material transmission request sent from the student device, and transmitting a corresponding teaching material file to the student who has requested the transmission of the teaching material; Means for selecting and extracting a teaching material file requested by the student, means for storing student understanding information for each student, and information for learning comprehension information for each student. Distribution range limiter giving permission to distribute the learning material file selected by the above to the students who requested the transmission of the learning material file. Characterized by comprising the, the.

According to the present invention, the teaching material file requested by the student device connected via the communication network is selected by the teaching material selecting means, and based on the learning comprehension information of each student, the distribution range limiting means. The distribution of the learning material file is permitted, and the learning material file is distributed to the student device by the learning material distribution means.

In the present invention, there is further provided a test result judging means for receiving a test result from the student device, judging the degree of understanding of the student based on the scoring result, and accumulating the judgment result in the student comprehension information for each student. It is characterized by having.

According to the present invention, the test result is received from the student device, the test result determining means determines the understanding level for each student based on the test result, and accumulates the information in the student understanding level information.

In the present invention, the distribution of the teaching materials to the students by the teaching material distributing means is monitored, the understanding level of the students is determined based on the use state of the learning materials, and the determination result is stored in the student understanding information for each student. It is characterized by further comprising a teaching material use status determining means.

According to the present invention, the use state of the teaching material is monitored for each student by the teaching material use state determining means, and the understanding level is determined for each student based on the monitoring result, and is accumulated in the student understanding level information.

According to the present invention, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student is increased for a part with a low degree of understanding of the student, and the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student for a part with a high degree of understanding based on the degree of understanding of the student A teaching material reconstructing unit for changing the association between the teaching material files so as to reduce the number is further provided.

According to the present invention, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student is increased or decreased according to the degree of understanding of the student, and the association between the teaching material files is changed.

In the present invention, a configuration changing means for arbitrarily increasing / decreasing the number of teaching material files which can be distributed to students, adding different teaching material data or other data, and temporarily changing the association between the teaching material files is provided. It is further characterized by comprising:

According to the present invention, the configuration changing means provides
Optionally, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student is increased or decreased, another teaching material data or other data is added, and the association between the teaching material files is temporarily changed.

In the present invention, when a teaching material association request is received from the student device, the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device are displayed at the same time when one of them is displayed. Like
It is characterized by further comprising a teaching material associating means for associating.

According to the present invention, when a request from the student device is received, either one of the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device is displayed by the teaching material association means. And the other are displayed at the same time.

The present invention is characterized by further comprising a connection source confirming means for confirming a connecting place of a student and changing a range of a teaching material file which can be distributed according to the connecting place.

According to the present invention, the connection location of the student is confirmed by the connection source confirmation means, and the range of the distributable teaching material file is changed according to the connection location.

Further, the student device used for network education according to the present invention is mutually connected to a teacher device capable of changing the association between a plurality of mutually associated teaching material files via a communication network, and , A teaching material requesting means for requesting the teaching device to transmit a teaching material file, a teaching material displaying means for displaying an image based on the teaching material file sent from the teaching device, and associating the teaching material file with the teaching device. And a configuration change request unit for requesting a change of the configuration.

According to the present invention, the teacher device capable of temporarily changing the association between the teaching material files requests the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files by the configuration change requesting means.

The student device used for network education according to the present invention is mutually connected to a teacher device capable of changing the association between a plurality of mutually associated teaching material files via a communication network, and Teaching material request means for requesting the teacher device to transmit the teaching material file, teaching material display means for displaying an image based on the teaching material file sent from the teacher device, and the teaching material being displayed on the teacher device. Teaching material association requesting means for requesting association of file data with other data.

According to the present invention, the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device can be associated with each other so that when one of them is displayed, the other is displayed at the same time. The teacher device is requested to associate the data of the displayed teaching material file with other data by the teaching material association requesting means.

[0042]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a network education apparatus according to the present invention, and a teacher apparatus and a student apparatus used for network education.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a network education device according to the present invention. In this network education device, one or more student computers 2 as student devices and teacher computers 3 as teacher devices are interconnected via a communication network 1 constructed using wired or wireless communication. It is configured to be connected to In this specification, the exchange of data between the student computer 2 and the teacher computer 3 is performed via the communication network 1 unless otherwise specified.

The student computer 2 includes teaching material requesting means 21 for requesting the teacher computer 3 to transmit teaching material data, and teaching material displaying means for displaying an image based on the teaching material data transmitted from the teacher computer 3. 22. Although not shown, the student computer 2 includes a sound reproducing unit such as a speaker for reproducing sound based on the teaching material data sent from the teacher computer 3.

Teaching material request means 21 and teaching material display means 22
Although not particularly limited, is a browser for displaying, for example, a World Wide Web (hereinafter, WWW) homepage. The teaching material display unit 22 displays the content of the teaching material as an image and also displays a button image indicating a request for the teaching material. The teaching material requesting unit 21 transmits a request to the teacher computer 3 by the student instructing the button image using a pointing device such as a mouse or an input device such as a keyboard while watching the display screen of the teaching material displaying unit 22. .

The teacher's computer 3 receives the request sent from the student's computer 2, and transmits the teaching material data to the student who has requested the transmission of the teaching material. Teaching material data storage means 32 which has been converted and stored; teaching material selecting means 33 which selects and retrieves the teaching material data requested by the student from the teaching material data storage means 32; and a student comprehension degree which stores information on the learning comprehension degree for each student. An information storage means 34 and a distribution range limiting means 35 for giving permission to distribute the learning material data selected by the learning material selecting means 33 to the students who have requested transmission thereof based on the learning comprehension information. ing.

The teaching material distributing means 31 is, for example, WWW server software, and the teaching material selecting means 33 is, for example, a common gateway interface (hereinafter, CGI) called from the WWW server software.
Software). Teaching material data storage means 3
2 and the student comprehension information storage means 34 are configured by a disk storage medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the teaching material data, and shows the structure of a mathematical teaching material data group.
For example, the mathematical teaching material data group 6 includes three chapters 1 to 3, each of which includes a chapter 1 file 60 and a chapter 6 file 6
It is stored independently as the first and third chapter files 62. Then, for example, the chapter 2 file group 63 includes a chapter 2 section 1 file 64, a chapter 2 section 2 file 65, and a chapter 2 section 3
Are stored independently in the three files of the section file 66, and the chapter 2 section 2 file group 67 is stored in the section 2 section 2 section 1
It is divided into a section file 68 and a section 2 section 2 section 2 file 69. As described above, in the present embodiment, the teaching material data is electronically filed independently of each other in a tree structure such as subjects, units, chapters, sections, and sections.
Each teaching material file is described in a sentence format using, for example, a hypertext markup language (hereinafter referred to as HTML), which is a description language of a WWW homepage.

In the present embodiment, information such as voices, figures, and moving images necessary for supplementary explanation of the text of another file or the text of another file from the text of a certain file at the same time as the text or as a supplementary explanation. In addition, they are associated so that they can be displayed and reproduced. In FIG. 2, a thin single arrow indicates this association, that is, a link. That is, in the illustrated example, from the end of the chapter 1 file 60 to the beginning of the chapter 2 file 61, from the end to the beginning of the chapter 2 section 1 file 64, and from the end to the chapter 2 section 2 file 65
From the beginning, from the end to the beginning of Chapter 2, Section 2, section 1 file 68; from the end, to the beginning of Chapter 2, Section 2, section 2 file 69; from the end, to the beginning of Chapter 2, section 3, file 66; Is supposed to be followed by the contents. This link information is also stored as one data of the teaching material data.

More specifically, for example, link information between the chapter 1 file 60 and the chapter 2 file 61 and link information between the chapter 2 file 61 and the chapter 2 section 1 file 64 will be described. "Mathematics teaching materials +2
Chapter 2 is described at the beginning and end of the chapter 2 file 61 as "Mathematics teaching material + 1 chapter" and "Mathematics teaching material + 2 chapters + 1 section". Mathematics teaching materials + Chapter 2 ".

In the present embodiment, the association between a character string of a part of the described content and a character string of another part, a video, or an image is also stored as one data in the teaching material data. In FIG. 2, the thick double-headed arrow indicates the association, that is, the link. In other words, in the illustrated example, the description of the content of “character string 1” in the chapter 2 section 2 item 1 file 68 is described in the term file 70.

FIG. 3 is a chart showing a description example of the student understanding level information 34. The student comprehension information 34 is described in a table format such as a database, and includes, for example, a “name” field for storing a student name, a “teaching material” field for storing a teaching material name, and a unit such as a chapter, a section, or an item of the teaching material. A “term” field to be stored, a “comprehension (point)” field that stores a test score (a value quantified with the highest being 100) as a student's level of understanding of the term, and a “storage” that stores the number of times the test has been taken "Understanding (number of tests)" field, "Understanding (number of times)" field storing the number of times the data of the item was displayed and the accumulated time displayed, and the student may be allowed to view the item It consists of a “permission” field for identifying whether or not it is.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to an example in which the teaching material display means 22 of the student computer 2 displays chapter 9, section 1, item 2 of the teaching material of a railway car as shown in FIG. Will be explained. In the display screen shown in FIG. 4, the student can place a cursor (arrow) on a button image with a mouse or the like and press a button of the mouse or the like (hereinafter, this operation is referred to as "pressing a button image"). ). [Section 1], [Section 2], [Section 3], [Section 4], [5
The buttons labeled “Sections”, “Section 6”, “Section 7”, “Section 8”, and “Section 9” respectively correspond to the sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5 of the teaching material of this railway vehicle. This is for making a request to open, that is, display, verses 6, 6, 7, 8, and 9. For example, when the button image [Section 5] is pressed, the request information of “Vehicle teaching material + Chapter 9 + Section 5” is transmitted as a request to open the teaching material of Chapter 9, Section 5 via the communication network 1 to the teaching material distribution means of the teacher computer 3. 31
Sent to

In the present embodiment, in order to send request information, for example, a teaching material described in the HTML language is displayed by using a function of a WWW browser which also serves as the teaching material display means 22 and the teaching material requesting means 21, and is used to display the teaching material. When the button image [Section 5] on the display screen is pressed, “Vehicle teaching material + Chapter 9 + 5
The argument "section" is sent to the CGI program which is the teaching material selecting means 33. Then, it is realized by using the function of the start processing of the CGI program on the WWW homepage.

The same applies to a button image designating a specific item. For example, when the button image [3] is pressed, an argument of “vehicle teaching material + chapter 9 + section 5 + 3” is sent as request information. . Further, in the case of the button image of “Next”, “vehicle teaching material + chapter + 1 + 1 section + 2
An argument of “item + next” is sent as request information, and in the case of a button image of “previous”, “vehicle teaching material + chapter 9+
The argument “1 clause + 2 terms + previous” is sent as request information.

When the teaching material distributing unit 31 receives the argument, the teaching material selecting unit 33 checks the teaching material information and determines the next teaching material to be displayed. The learning material selecting means 33 searches for a learning material file corresponding to the argument. For example, "vehicle teaching material +9
In the case of the argument of “Chapter + Section 5”, the file “Chapter 9 Section 5” of the vehicle teaching material is searched. When the file is found, the file is read out, and the distribution range restricting means 35 is inquired as to whether or not the teaching material can be distributed to the requesting student.

On the other hand, if the file of the corresponding teaching material is not found, the teaching material selecting means 33 which is a CGI outputs a text stating that the file was not found as its standard output. As a result, the fact that it cannot be found is displayed on the WWW browser which is the teaching material display means 22 of the student computer 2. Each teaching material file describes a file name such as “subject name + chapter + section + section”.

In the case where the request information is designated before or next to the displayed teaching material, for example, when the vehicle teaching material is displayed at the time of Chapter 9, Section 1, Item 2 when there is a request for the preceding teaching material. First, the teaching material selecting means 33 firstly reads “vehicle teaching material + 9
The teaching material data having the file name "Chapter + 1 section + 2" is read out, and then the file name described at the beginning of the teaching material data, for example, the file name "vehicle teaching material + Chapter + 1 + 1 section + 1" is read out. Then, if a teaching material file with this file name is found, it is read out and it is determined whether or not the teaching material can be distributed to the requesting student.
Contact When the teaching material file “vehicle teaching material + chapter 9 + section + 1” is not found, the teaching material selecting unit 33 outputs a sentence indicating that the teaching material was not found, and is not found in the WWW browser of the student computer 2. Is displayed.

The distribution range restricting means 35 determines from the contents of the student comprehension information as shown in FIG. 3 whether or not the student may view the item of the unit. It informs the teaching material selection means 33 that it is good. If there is no permission to see, the teaching material selecting means 33 is informed that it should not be seen. FIG.
In one or more rows in which the requesting student name is stored in the “Name” field, the section (or chapter) stored in the “Field” field of the row marked with a circle in the “Permission” field And sections) indicate the range in which the teaching materials can be viewed.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, Mr. Tamachi is permitted to see the teaching materials of the railway vehicle up to Ch. 1, Sec. If this permission range indicates a chapter or section that is equal to or larger than the item (or chapter or section) of the request information, the distribution range restriction unit 35 determines that it is easy to see. In the present embodiment, as a means for attaching the requester's name to the argument as the request information, a function of attaching internal data called a cookie, which is a specification of the WWW browser used as the teaching material requesting unit 21, to the CGI argument is used. That is, when the button image for changing the page is pressed and the CGI program serving as the teaching material selecting means 33 is called, the cookie attaches the user's unique name or number to the argument.

The teaching material selecting means 33 is provided with the distribution range limiting means 3
If it is determined that the content is acceptable, the data of the corresponding teaching material file is sent as standard output of the CGI to the teaching material displaying means 22 which is a WWW browser via the teaching material distributing means 31 which is a WWW server. Then, the teaching material display means 22 displays H
Display teaching material data as a TML document.

According to the first embodiment, a student requesting a teaching material presses a desired button image among the button images indicating the link destination displayed on the display screen, so that the teaching material of an arbitrary chapter, section, or section can be obtained. Also, since the teaching materials of the items before and after the item being displayed can be displayed, it is possible to review, for example, while viewing any teaching material according to the user's preference and learning motivation. In addition, based on student comprehension information,
Since the range of teaching materials that can be viewed for each student can be limited, the student can be controlled to concentrate on a certain range of items. Therefore, a sufficient educational effect can be expected.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing another example of the network education device according to the present invention. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a configuration for conducting an examination, a configuration for grasping the degree of understanding of a student according to the test result and the use status of the teaching material, and A configuration for reconstructing the teaching material data is added so that the teaching material is appropriate for each student. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the configurations and functions will be omitted.

Hereinafter, only the points different from the first embodiment will be described. When the test is distributed as teaching material data, the student computer 102 transmits the answer to the test to the teacher computer 103 via the communication network 1.
Test answering means 23 for sending the information through The test answering means 23 is composed of, for example, a WWW browser, displays an HTML sentence describing a test question, and describes in advance corresponding to the button image when the student presses the answer button image in the sentence. The number of the answer option is sent as an argument to the test result determination means 36 of the teacher computer 103, for example, a CGI program of a WWW server.

The teacher computer 103 includes a test result determining means 36, a teaching material use determining means 37, a teaching material reconstructing means 38, and an individual teaching material data storing means 39 constituted by a disk storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
Is further provided. Upon receiving the test result from the student computer 102, the test result determination means 36 scores, counts the number of repeated mistakes for the same question, etc., and determines which chapter or section the student understands based on the score. It is determined and stored in the student understanding level information.

The teaching material use status judging means 37 is constituted by a program on a WWW server, and the teaching material distributing means 31 is provided.
Monitors the flow of distributing materials to students on demand, accumulating which students have watched which materials, for how long, and how many times, based on which items are difficult to understand for each student Items that are easy to understand are determined and stored in the student comprehension information as student-specific comprehension information.

The teaching material reconstructing means 38 judges the understanding level of each student based on the student understanding level information, and explains the detailed contents of the chapters, sections and sections having a low understanding level to the student computer 102. In addition, the teaching material is changed for each student so that chapters, sections and sections having a high degree of understanding are displayed in a simple manner, and a program for storing the same is provided. For example, in the mathematics teaching material of the configuration shown in FIG.
The teaching material reconstructing means 38 changes the link and accumulates such that the chapter 2 section 2 file 65 is displayed next to the chapter 2 section 2 file 65 without displaying the chapter 2 section 2 paragraphs 1 and 2. .
In this case, the description at the end of the chapter 2 section 2 file is changed from “mathematics + chapter 2 + section 2 + 1 item” to “mathematics + chapter 2 + 3
Section ". Similarly, the description at the top of the chapter 2 section 3 file is changed from “mathematics + chapter 2 + section 2 + section 2” to “math +
Chapter 2 + Section 2 ".

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. Test questions are described in some electronic files of HTML sentences as teaching material data. The description of the test question includes the text of the question, the text of the option, and the description of the selection button. When the student presses the selection button image displayed on the student computer 102, the test response means 23 composed of a WWW browser executes the contents of the HTML document described corresponding to the button image, and the teacher computer 10
The combination of the number of the test question, the number of the answer, and the name of the user is sent to the test result judging means 36 of No.3. For example, if the test question is question A of Section 1, Section 1, section 1 of a railway car, the description of the test question is, for example, "railroad car + 1 + 1 +
1 + A ".

The description of the student's answer may be numerical information of a number corresponding to the selection button image or a character string inputted by the student. When a student inputs a character string as an answer, a test answering means 2 which is a WWW browser
3 displays a text box and an answer button described in the HTML language, a character string is input in the text box, and when the answer button image is pressed, the character string is sent to the test result determination means 36 which is a CGI. It is sent as an argument.

The test result judging means 36 is a correct answer file (not shown) stored in the teacher computer 103 in advance.
Is read, and the correct answer information and the answer are compared to perform scoring. The obtained test results are recorded in the student comprehension information. Although not particularly limited, student comprehension information includes:
For example, information on what percentage of correct answers are given when the test result is a perfect score of 100 points is accumulated. The accuracy rate is C
The standard output of the test result determination means 36 which is a GI is W
It is sent to the teaching material display means 22 which is a WWW browser via the teaching material distribution means 31 which is a WWW server.

The test result judging means 36 accumulates the number of times the student has answered the same test in the student comprehension information. If the level of comprehension is low, it is necessary to repeat the test many times to get a score of 100 points. Therefore, the greater the number of tests, the lower the level of comprehension even if the score is the same. The test result judging means 36 determines in advance, for example, the standard of the number of tests. For example, if the number of tests is 90 or more, the number of tests is “S”, and if the number of tests is 80 or more, the number of tests is 2 The number of tests is "A" and the number of tests is 80 and the number of tests is 5
"B" for less than 80 tests, "C" for 80 or more and less than 8 tests, "B" for 60 or more and less than 3 tests, 60 If the number of tests is equal to or more than 6 and the number of tests is less than 6, the score is "C", if the score of the test is 30 or less, "Z", and the other is "D". , "B", "C",
Only the determination results of “D” and “Z” may be recorded.

Upon receiving the teaching material request from the student, the teaching material selecting means 33 selects the next teaching material to be displayed in the same manner as in Embodiment 1, and if the student is allowed to view the teaching material, , The teaching material data to the student computer 102.
Send to The teaching material selecting unit 33 sends information for identifying the selected teaching material to the teaching material use state determining unit 37. This identification information also includes the name of the student who made the request. For example, if Mr. Tamachi requested a ninth verse, one verse and two paragraph of a railway car,
"Tamachi + railcar + chapter 9 + section + 2".

The teaching material use status judging means 37 accumulates the number of times the same teaching material is opened in the student understanding level information based on the identification information. For example, "Tamachi + railway car + Chapter 9 + Section 1 +
When the information “2” is received from the learning material selecting unit 33, the learning material use state determining unit 37 determines, in the table of the student comprehension information (see FIG. 3), the line in which “Tamachi” is described.
Search for a line with a description of "Railway vehicle" and a section of "Chapter 9 + Section + 2". If the line is found, the value stored in the "Understanding (number of times)" field of that line Is added to.

If there is no corresponding line, the teaching material use state judging means 37 newly creates a line with the student name of "Tamachi", and the "teaching material" field, "item" field and "comprehension ( "Time count") fields, "railroad vehicle", "chapter 9 + section + 2" and "1" are written. The display time is also written in the "understanding (number of times)" field in minutes. The display time is set after selecting the teaching material A for the certain student B by the teaching material selecting means 33,
Next, it is the time until another teaching material request is issued from the student B, and is sent to the teaching material use state determining means 37 together with the result of the selection of the teaching material, and written by the teaching material use state determining means 37. When the browsing of the teaching material is completed, information for notifying the end of the browsing of the teaching material is sent from the teaching material requesting means 21 of the student computer to the teaching material selecting means 33 together with the student name. If the same student has seen the same teaching material before, the current viewing time is added to the time they have seen.

The use condition determining means 37 determines that the longer the browsing time of a certain student for a certain item, the lower the understanding of the item. As an example of the determination criterion, the determination may be made based on the number of times and time when the teaching material is displayed until a score of 60 or more is obtained in the test as described below. For example, "S" if the number of browsing times and browsing time are within 1 and 2 minutes, "A" if within 1 and 15 minutes, "B" if within 1 and 30 minutes, 3 and 20 minutes If it is less than "B", it is determined as "C" if it is less than four times and less than 30 minutes, and it is "D" otherwise, it may be recorded in the student comprehension information together with this determination result.

The teaching material reconstructing means 38 reconstructs the teaching material when the teacher starts the teacher computer 103 or at regular intervals. The teaching material reconstructing means 38 reads the student comprehension information of all the students in order, and obtains the understanding degree obtained from the score and the number of examinations for all the items of the teaching material.
Alternatively, based on the degree of understanding obtained from the number of times and the display time of the teaching material, or both, the reconstructing of the teaching material according to the degree of understanding is performed.

For example, in the teaching material data, there are 1 and 2 items in the chapter 9 section 2 of the railway vehicle, and the teaching material file of chapter 9 section 2 section 1 is linked to the teaching material file of the chapter 9 section 2 of the railway vehicle. The teaching material file of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 Section 2 is linked to the teaching material file of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 Section 1 and the teaching material file of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 Section 2 is linked to the teaching material file of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 Section 2 Assume that you are linked. In addition, although there are paragraphs 1 and 2 in Chapter 9 of the railway car, at present, the teaching material file of the chapter 9 of the railway car 9
Assume that the section material files are linked. Less than,
An example of reconstructing the teaching material under this assumption will be described.

The teaching material reconstructing means 38 finds that, for a student named “Tamachi”, for example, the understanding degree of the railway car 9: 2 is “A” and the understanding degree of the railway car 9: 3 is “D”. In the case of, all the teaching material data is copied, and another recording location such as a Tamachi directory is provided, for example, and recorded again as individual teaching material data for Tamachi. And
The teaching material reconstructing means 38 reconstructs the individual teaching material data for Tamachi.

The teaching material reconstructing means 38 determines that detailed explanation is not required for each item of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 with a high degree of understanding, and determines that the link destination at the end of the teaching material file of the railway vehicle Chapter 9 Section 2 is unnecessary. The description was rewritten from "Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 2 + 1" to "Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 3", and the description at the beginning of the teaching material file of Railway vehicle Chapter 9 / Section 3 was replaced with "Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 2 + Section 2" From "Railroad Car + Chapter 9 + 2
Section ". On the other hand, the teaching material reconstructing means 38 considers that it is necessary to add a more detailed explanation to the railway car 9: 3, which has a low understanding level. Search the teaching material data for the teaching material files of the clauses such as Section 1 and Section 9 Section 3 Section 2 of the railway vehicle. Specifically, a file in which the left 10 characters of the file name are “railway vehicle + 9 + 3” is searched. In the case of this example, since there is a teaching material file of “Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 3 + 1” and a teaching material file of “Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 3 + 2”, links to these teaching material files are added in the order of items.

More specifically, the description “Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 4” at the end of the teaching material file of Railroad car 9 / Section 3 is replaced with “Railway vehicle + Chapter 9 + Section 3 + 1” and the railroad car 9 The descriptions at the beginning and end of the teaching material file of section 3, section 1 are referred to as "railway vehicle + chapter 9, section 3, section 3" and "railroad car + chapter 9, section 3, section 2, section 2," respectively. The descriptions at the beginning and end are respectively "railway vehicle + chapter 9 + section 3 + 1" and "railway vehicle + chapter 9 + section 4". By reconfiguring the link relation in this way, individual teaching material data according to the degree of understanding of the student is formed.

When individual teaching material data is provided, the teaching material selecting means 33 first selects the student name of the request information sent from the student computer 102 when selecting the teaching material according to the student's teaching material request. For example, if the student name is "Tamachi", it is checked whether or not the individual teaching material data for Tamachi exists in the storage location called the Tamachi directory. If there is individual teaching material data for Tamachi, the teaching material selecting means 33 reads the individual teaching material data and provides it to the student in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

According to the second embodiment, the student's understanding of the teaching material is determined in consideration of the test results, the examination process, the process of using the teaching material, and the like. Provides more detailed explanations and simplifies explanations for units with a high degree of understanding, so that students can provide teaching materials with different configurations according to their level of understanding for each unit. Can provide the most suitable teaching materials even when using teaching materials.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing still another example of the network education device according to the present invention. The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the configuration for changing the link relationship between the teaching material files, the data of the teaching material files, the data such as sentences, videos, sounds, and the like held by the students or the teaching materials in the server are provided. A configuration for associating with other data such as file data is added. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the configurations and functions will be omitted.

Hereinafter, only differences from the first embodiment will be described. The student computer 202 requests the teacher computer 203 to change the link relationship between the teaching material files, and a teaching material association request for requesting to associate the data of the teaching material file with other data. Means 25 are further provided.

The configuration change request means 24 is, for example, an HTM
The description file is composed of an L-format description file. The description file includes, as input items, a file name of a learning material file whose link relation is to be changed, and a file name of a learning material file to be a new link destination and a link source. And a button for executing the change. When the button is pressed in the description file, the file name of the teaching material file to be changed and the file name of the teaching material file as a new link destination and a link source are stored in the CGI of the teacher computer 203.
Is sent as an argument to the configuration changing means 40.

The teaching material association request means 25 is, for example, W
It is composed of an input format in an HTML language using a function of a WW browser, and is a file name of a teaching material file targeted by the student computer 202 by a student, a character string therein, and a file of another teaching material file to be associated with the file name. When a name is input and an execution button is pressed, the file name and the character string are passed as arguments of the teaching material associating means, which is a CGI.

The teacher's computer 203 includes an individual teaching material data storage unit 39 and a temporary teaching material data storage unit 41 each composed of a disk storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, a configuration changing unit 40, and a teaching material association unit 4.
2 is further provided. The configuration changing means 40 is CGI software for creating a copy of the teaching material data and changing the link relationship as in the second embodiment, and is input from the teacher computer 203 or input from the student computer 202. Make changes according to.

The teaching material associating means 42 is constituted by a CGI program, and associates data of a teaching material file with data of another teaching material file, and when one of the teaching materials is displayed, the other is also displayed at the same time. Make such an association.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described. To be more specific, for example, there are sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Chapter 1 of the railway car, and links from sections 1 to 3 of these sections continue, and from section 3 to chapter 1 of the railway car Assume that the link continues to section two. Then, the link was continued from the railway car, Ch 1, Ch 1, s 1, to the rail car 1: Ch 1, s 4,
When the student wants to continue the link from the railway vehicle, Chapter 1, Section 1, Section 4, to the railway vehicle, Chapter 1, Section 2, the student uses the configuration change requesting unit 24 as a teaching material file for which the link is to be changed on the display screen. +1 section + 1 section + 1 section ”, leave the file name of the teaching material file as the link source blank, and change the file name of the teaching material file as the link destination to“ railway vehicle + 1 section + 1 section + 4 ”. Press the button to execute the change. As a result, the configuration changing means 40, which is a CGI program, informs the linking object + railway vehicle + 1 section + 1 section + 1 section + link destination + railway vehicle + 1 section + 1 section + 4
Argument "is passed.

The configuration changing means 40 sets a storage location called a temporary directory, copies the teaching material data as temporary teaching material data there, and, based on the teaching material data stored in the temporary directory, the teaching material of “Railroad vehicle + 1 chapter + 1 section + 1 section + 1”. The file is read out, and the link destination is rewritten and stored as “railroad vehicle + 1 chapter + 1 section + section 4”. Then, the student gives an instruction from the student computer 202, changes the link source of the file “railroad vehicle + 1 chapter + 1 section + 4” in the temporary teaching material data to “railroad vehicle + 1 chapter + 1 section + 1 + 1”, and links again. The previous part is rewritten to “railway vehicle + 1 chapter + section 2”, and the link source of the file “railroad vehicle + 1 chapter + section 2” is further rewritten to “railway vehicle + 1 chapter + 1 section + section 4.” In addition to the instruction from the student computer 202, the teacher can execute the configuration change unit 40 using the teacher computer 203 using the same argument as the request from the student side, so that the teacher can make the change. It has become.

Then, the student enters the student computer 20
2 sends a teaching material request to the teacher computer 203,
The learning material selecting means 33 first searches the temporary learning material data for the presence of the target learning material, and if so, uses this as the learning material data and requests the student in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Display teaching materials.

The configuration change request means 24 may send the name of the student who made the request to the configuration change means 40 together with the request. In that case, the configuration changing means 40 creates a storage location called a directory of the student's name in the temporary directory, copies and stores the student-specific teaching material data in the storage location, Make configuration changes to the data in the directory. At the time of use, the teaching material selecting means 33 uses the teaching material data in the name directory in the temporary directory if the name of the student who made the teaching material request is present. Also, the teacher can temporarily delete the teaching material data. When the temporary teaching material data is erased, the teaching material selecting means 33 uses the original teaching material data, that is, the teaching material data stored in the teaching material data storage means 32.

Further, regarding the association of the teaching materials, for example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the teaching material association requesting means 25 sends the file name “Mathematics + Chapter 2 + Section 2 + 1”, “Character string 1”, “ The file name “term file” is passed as an argument to the teaching material association means 42 which is a CGI. Here, the file to be associated may be a file of other teaching material data, or may be a file for explanation or the like which the student has previously transferred to the teacher computer 203 using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). .

The teaching material associating means 42 reads “Mathematics + Chapter 2+
A file called "2 clauses + 1 term" is selected from the teaching material data and read out, and a character string "character string 1" therein, followed by a symbol for association (for example, "kanren") and a file name "term file" are described. I do. For example, it becomes a character string such as “kanren + term file”. When the teaching material data is changed in this way, the teaching material data may be copied in advance as a temporary file and associated therewith, or a personal directory may be created, similarly to the configuration change. The teaching material data may be copied and stored therein, and may be associated therewith.

For example, if the student's request is “Mathematics + Chapter 2 + 2
In the case of “section + 1”, the learning material selecting unit 33 checks a character string in the data of the learning material when reading and providing the learning material, and when there is a character string “kanren”,
Assuming that there is a request for the character string data immediately after this, the data is selected and read at the same time, and transferred to the teaching material display means 22 of the student computer 202. Before searching the normal teaching material data, the teaching material selecting means 33 examines the temporary directory and the directory for each individual, and if any of them includes the teaching material data requested by the student, Use with priority.

According to the third embodiment, since the link between the teaching materials can be freely changed by the student or the teacher, the teacher can increase or decrease the items of the teaching material during the lesson or add a description to a part of the contents of the teaching material. In addition, students can construct their own easy-to-read textbooks and accumulate what they noticed during self-study in association with teaching materials. Further, even if the teaching materials and units are different, mutually related information can be displayed at the same time, so that the learning effect can be improved.

Embodiment 4 FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing still another example of the network education device according to the present invention. The fourth embodiment is obtained by adding a configuration to the first embodiment to determine the range of the teaching materials that can be distributed according to the connection locations of the students. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the configurations and functions will be omitted.

Hereinafter, only the points different from the first embodiment will be described. The teacher computer 303 checks whether the student's connection place is, for example, his / her home or the classroom, and determines the range of the teaching materials that can be distributed according to the connection place. Connection source information table 44 indicating the correspondence between the numbers inherent in the terminals connected to the Internet and the connection locations as shown in FIG.
When there is a learning material request from the student computer 302 having the IP address, a connection-specific restriction table 45 indicating which chapter, section, or section may be shown to the student for each learning material depending on the connection location. In addition. The connection source confirmation unit 43 is a subprogram called by the distribution range restriction unit 35. Meanwhile, the student computer 3
02 has, for example, a unique IP address as the connection source information 26 of the student computer 302.

An example of the connection source information table 44 is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 8, the IP address is “123.05.18.
9.012 "or" 123.56.189.01 "
If "5.", the connection location is the classroom and "123.
In the case of "056.200.030", the connection location is at home. An example of the connection-specific restriction table 45 is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 9, when the connection place is at home, the student is not allowed to see the chapter 1 section 1 section 1 of the railway car, but when connecting from the classroom, the student is not allowed to see 1 Indicates that you may look at Chapter 1, verse 1.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described. When the student requests the teaching material from the student computer 302, the teaching material requesting unit 21 sets the connection source information 26 as
For example, it reads the IP address of the student computer 302 and sends it to the teaching material selection means 33 together with the teaching material request and the student name. The teaching material selecting means 33 selects the teaching material in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and gives the distribution range limiting means 35 the contents of the teaching material, for example, the file name of the teaching material file indicating the subject of the teaching material and the chapter, section, or section. And the IP address and student name. The distribution range restricting means 35 checks the student comprehension information in order to determine whether or not the teaching material can be distributed.

Subsequently, the distribution range restricting means 35 checks the file name and IP address of the teaching material file with the connection source confirming means 4.
Send to 3. The connection source confirming unit 43 refers to the connection source information table 44, and receives the I sent from the student computer 302.
Check whether there is a P address. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 8, the IP address is “123.056.189.
If it is “012”, the connection source confirmation unit 43 determines that the connection is made from the classroom, and “123.056.200.03”.
If "0", it is determined that the connection is made from home.

Subsequently, the connection source confirming means 43 refers to the connection-specific restriction table 45, and determines whether the file of the chapter, section or section of the teaching material requested by the student may be distributed to the student. .
Then, the connection source confirming unit 43 returns a determination result as to whether or not the student is allowed to show the teaching material requested by the student to the distribution range limiting unit 35. The distribution range limiting unit 35 sends the teaching material file to the teaching material display unit 22 of the student computer 302 when there is no distribution limitation of the teaching material, as in the first embodiment. A character string that cannot be viewed due to restrictions is sent to the teaching material display means 22 of the student computer 302.

According to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to limit the range of the teaching material that can be viewed by the student depending on whether the student uses the teaching material for self-study at home or in the class. This allows students to provide detailed explanations for review at home, for example, while showing only brief explanations to students during class, so that learning materials can be appropriately adjusted according to the type of learning such as self-study or class. Can be used properly, and the teaching effect of learning increases.

[0104]

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the present invention, the student device sends a teaching material transmission request to the teacher device via the teaching material requesting means, and transmits the teaching material file transmitted in response to the request. On the other hand, the teacher device selects the requested teaching material file by the teaching material selecting device, and permits the distribution of the teaching material file by the distribution range limiting device based on the learning comprehension information for each student. Then, the teaching material distribution means distributes the teaching material file to the student device, so that the student can study while viewing any teaching material according to his / her preference and willingness to learn.
Since the range of teaching materials that can be viewed for each student can be adjusted based on the student understanding level information, a sufficient educational effect can be expected.

According to the next invention, the student device sends the response result to the teacher device by the test answering means in response to the test sent from the teacher device, while the teacher device uses the student device for the test. The teacher receives the test results from the device, judges the comprehension level for each student based on the test results by the test result judgment means, and stores it in the student comprehension information. To understand the degree of understanding for each student.

According to the next invention, the teacher device monitors the use state of the teaching material for each student by the teaching material use state determination means, determines the understanding level for each student based on the monitoring result, and accumulates it in the student understanding level information. Therefore, the teacher can grasp the degree of understanding for each student in consideration of the process of using the teaching materials.

According to the next invention, the teacher device uses the teaching material reconstructing means to increase or decrease the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the students according to the student understanding level and to change the association between the teaching material files. By providing more detailed explanations for lesser units and simplifying explanations for more understandable units, we can provide teaching materials with different configurations for each student according to their understanding level. it can.

According to the next invention, in the teacher apparatus, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student can be arbitrarily increased or decreased by the configuration changing means, or another teaching material data or other data can be added to the teacher device. Teachers can change the association between the teaching material files and add or remove items in the teaching materials during the class as needed, or add explanations to a part of the contents of the teaching materials, thereby improving the learning effect .

[0109] According to the next invention, the student device requests the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files by the configuration change request means, and the teacher device receives the change request and changes the configuration. Since the association between the teaching material files is temporarily changed by the means, the student can construct an easy-to-read textbook dedicated to himself or add his own explanation and the like, thereby increasing the learning effect.

According to the next invention, the student device requests the teacher device to associate the data of the displayed teaching material file with other data by the teaching material association requesting means. Upon receiving the request, the teaching material association means displays the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device so that when one of them is displayed, the other is displayed at the same time.
Since the association is performed, the student can construct a teaching material in which mutually related information is displayed at the same time even if the teaching material and the unit are different, so that the learning effect can be improved.

According to the next invention, the teacher device checks the connection location of the student by the connection source confirmation means, and changes the range of the teaching material files that can be distributed according to the connection location. The teaching materials can be properly used depending on whether the teaching materials are used for self-study and the case where the teaching materials are used in a class, and the teaching effect of learning is improved.

According to the next invention, the teaching material file requested by the student device connected via the communication network is selected by the teaching material selecting means, and the distribution range limiting means is selected based on the learning comprehension information for each student. The teacher adjusts the range of teaching materials that can be viewed for each student based on the student comprehension information in order to permit the distribution of the teaching material files and to distribute the teaching material files to the student devices by the teaching material distribution means. Can be expected to have a sufficient educational effect.

According to the next invention, the teacher receives the test result from the student device, determines the degree of understanding for each student based on the test result by the test result determining means, and accumulates it in the student understanding degree information. In addition, it is possible to grasp the degree of understanding for each student in consideration of the degree of the test and the process of the test.

According to the next invention, the use state of the teaching material is monitored for each student by the teaching material use state judging means, the understanding level is judged for each student based on the monitoring result, and is accumulated in the student understanding level information. In addition, it is possible to grasp the degree of understanding for each student in consideration of the process of using the teaching materials.

According to the next invention, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the students is increased or decreased according to the student understanding level by the teaching material reconstructing means, and the association between the teaching material files is changed. By adding more detailed explanations and simplifying the explanations for units with a high degree of understanding, it is possible to prepare teaching materials with different configurations according to the degree of understanding for each unit for each student.

According to the next invention, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student can be increased or decreased, or different teaching material data or other data can be arbitrarily added to the teaching material files by the configuration changing means. To change the association, the teacher can add or remove items from the teaching material during the lesson or add a description to a part of the content of the teaching material as needed.
The learning effect can be improved.

According to the next invention, when a request from the student device is received, one of the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device is displayed by the teaching material associating means. The teacher can provide the students with materials that display related information at the same time, even if the materials and units are different, so that the other is displayed at the same time. Because it is possible, learning effect can be improved.

According to the next invention, the connection location of the student is confirmed by the connection source confirmation means, and the range of the teaching material file that can be distributed is changed according to the connection location. The teaching material can be properly used depending on the case where the teaching material is used and the case where the teaching material is used in the class, and the teaching effect of the learning is improved.

According to the next invention, the teacher device which can temporarily change the association between the teaching material files is requested by the configuration change request means to change the association between the teaching material files. By temporarily changing the association between teaching material files, students can build their own easy-to-read textbooks,
Since a unique explanation can be added, the learning effect can be improved.

According to the next invention, the data of the teaching material file and the other data displayed on the student device are
The data of the displayed teaching material file is associated with the other data by the teaching material association request means to the teacher device that can be associated so that either one is displayed and the other is displayed at the same time. The teacher device makes such an association so that the student can construct the teaching materials so that the related information is displayed at the same time, even if the teaching materials and units are different. Can improve the learning effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network education device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of teaching material data used in the network education device.

FIG. 3 is a table showing a description example of student comprehension information used in the network education device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display screen of the network education device.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network education device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network education device according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network education device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a chart showing an example of a connection source information table in the network education device.

FIG. 9 is a chart showing an example of a connection-based restriction table in the network education device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 communication network, 2 student computers (student devices), 21 teaching material request means, 22 teaching material display means,
23 Test response means, 24 Configuration change request means, 25
Teaching material association request means, 3 teacher computer (teacher device), 31 teaching material distribution means, 32 teaching material data storage means, 33 teaching material selection means, 34 student comprehension information storage means, 35 distribution range limiting means, 36 test result determination means 37, teaching material use status determining means, 38 teaching material reconstructing means, 40 configuration changing means, 42 teaching material associating means, 43
Connection source confirmation means.

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[Claims] Claims 1. An apparatus comprising: one or more student devices; and a teacher device interconnected with the student devices via a communication network, wherein the student devices include a teaching material file on the teacher device. Teaching material request means for requesting transmission; and teaching material display means for displaying an image based on a teaching material file sent from the teacher device, wherein the teacher device has a plurality of teaching materials associated with each other. Teaching material data storage means for storing teaching material data composed of files, a teaching material distribution means for receiving a teaching material transmission request sent from the student device, and transmitting the corresponding teaching material file to the student who requested the transmission of the teaching material; A teaching material selecting means for selecting and taking out a teaching material file requested by the student from the teaching material data storing means; and a student understanding degree information storing means for storing learning understanding degree information for each student. Distribution range limiting means for granting permission to distribute the learning material file selected by the learning material selecting means to the student who has requested transmission of the learning material file based on the learning understanding degree information. A network education device characterized by the following. 2. The student device further comprises test answering means for sending an answer result to the test sent from the teacher device to the teacher device, wherein the teacher device performs a test from the student device. 2. The test result judging means according to claim 1, further comprising: a test result judging means for receiving the result, judging the degree of understanding of the student based on the scoring result, and accumulating the judgment result in the student understanding degree information for each student. Network education equipment. 3. The teacher device monitors the distribution of the teaching material to the students by the teaching material distributing means, determines the degree of understanding of the students based on the use state of the learning materials, and determines the determination result for each student. 3. The network education apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a teaching material use status determination unit that accumulates in the information. 4. The teacher device increases the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student for a part with a low degree of understanding of the student and distributes to the student a part with a high degree of understanding based on the degree of understanding of the student. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a teaching material reconstructing unit configured to change an association between the teaching material files so as to reduce the number of possible teaching material files.
4. The network education device according to 2 or 3. 5. The teacher device arbitrarily increases or decreases the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to students, adds different teaching material data or other data, and temporarily changes the association between the teaching material files. The network education apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a configuration changing unit. 6. The student device further includes a configuration change requesting unit for requesting the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files, and the teacher device receives an association change request from the student device. 6. The network education apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the association between the teaching material files is temporarily changed by the configuration changing unit. 7. The student device further includes teaching material association requesting means for requesting the teacher device to associate data of the teaching material file being displayed with other data. Upon receiving a teaching material association request from the student device, the teaching material file data and other data displayed on the student device are associated with each other so that when one of them is displayed, the other is displayed at the same time. The network education apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a teaching material associating means for performing the following. 8. The teacher device according to claim 1, further comprising a connection source confirmation unit for confirming a connection place of the student and changing a range of a teaching material file which can be distributed according to the connection place. 8. The network education device according to any one of 1 to 7. 9. A teaching material data storage means interconnected with one or more student devices via a communication network and storing teaching material data including a plurality of teaching material files associated with each other, and a student device. Receiving the teaching material transmission request sent from the user, and selecting the teaching material file requested by the student from the teaching material distribution means for transmitting the corresponding teaching material file to the student requesting the transmission of the teaching material, and the teaching material data storage means. A learning material selecting means to be taken out, a student comprehension information storage means storing information on the learning comprehension level for each student, and transmitting the learning material file selected by the learning material selecting means based on the learning comprehension information. Means for restricting the distribution range that gives permission to distribute to the students who have requested For the teacher apparatus that. 10. A test result judging means for receiving a test result from the student device, judging the degree of understanding of the student based on the scoring result, and accumulating the judgment result in the student understanding degree information for each student. The teacher device used in the network education device according to claim 9, characterized in that: 11. The use of teaching materials for monitoring the distribution of teaching materials to the students by the teaching material distributing means, determining the understanding level of the students based on the usage status of the learning materials, and accumulating the determination result in the student understanding level information for each student. The teacher device according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising a status determination unit. 12. Based on the student comprehension information, the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student is increased for a part with a low degree of understanding of the student, and the number of teaching material files that can be distributed to the student is increased for a part with a high degree of understanding. 12. The teacher device according to claim 9, further comprising a teaching material reconstructing means for changing an association between the teaching material files so as to reduce the number. 13. A structure changing means for arbitrarily increasing or decreasing the number of teaching material files which can be distributed to students, adding different teaching material data or other data, and temporarily changing the association between the teaching material files. The teacher device used in the network education device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein: 14. A learning material association request is received from a student device, and data of a teaching material file and other data displayed on the student device are displayed simultaneously when one of them is displayed. The teacher device used in the network education device according to any one of claims 9 to 13, further comprising a teaching material associating means for associating. 15. The system according to claim 9, further comprising a connection source confirming means for confirming a connecting place of the student and changing a range of a teaching material file which can be distributed according to the connecting place. A teacher device used in the network education device according to one of the above aspects. 16. A method for connecting a plurality of mutually associated teaching material files to a teacher device via a communication network and requesting the teacher device to transmit the teaching material files. Teaching material request means, teaching material display means for displaying an image based on the teaching material file sent from the teacher device, and configuration change request means for requesting the teacher device to change the association between the teaching material files. A student device used for network education characterized by performing. 17. A method for connecting a plurality of mutually associated teaching material files to a teacher device via a communication network and for requesting the teacher device to transmit a teaching material file. Teaching material request means, teaching material display means for displaying an image based on the teaching material file sent from the teacher device, and associating the data of the teaching material file being displayed with other data on the teacher device. A student device used for network education, comprising: teaching material association requesting means for requesting.