JP2001188464A - Electronic education system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic education system in which a teacher and a student can transfer information in one to one fashion via a communication network, also is capable of realizing teaching in many pairs, and is capable of automatically charging to the student when the teacher and the student transfer information in one to one fashion. SOLUTION: Registration for lectures and student information are inputted to a WWW server 102 and the server 102 stores teacher-student combination data in a teacher-student database 103 from teacher information of courses of lectures registered by students for credit and the inputted student information and retrieves the teacher-student combination data in the database 103 by making the inputted student information as a key and, then, the server 102 performs an online instruction between a teacher and a student based on teacher information and student information to be obtained from the retrieved teacher-student combination data and performs charging to the student.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic education method using a communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art WWW (World Wide) connected to a communication network such as the Internet or an intranet.
Web) Prepare a homepage on the server, communicate with the above communication network, read the homepage of the WWW server side on the client side connected to the communication network, and download the school information from the homepage displayed on the display screen of the client. There are ways to acquire or take classes at school.

[0003] For example, when recruiting school students on the communication network, it is necessary to connect to the communication network.
A homepage for school introduction is prepared on the WWW server, and a client connected to the communication network accesses the WWW server and displays the homepage for school introduction on the display screen of the client.

[0004] Further, when taking a school class on the communication network, a WW connected to the communication network is required.
Prepare the homepage of the virtual school (virtual school in cyberspace) on the W server, and the client connected to the above communication network accesses the WWW server and displays the homepage of the virtual school on the client's display screen, Receive.

[0005] Examples of such a case in which the client obtains school information from the homepage or receives school lessons include: a homepage that displays school information such as introduction of school courses, fee structure, classroom location, provision of an application form, and the like. Example: The homepage of the foreign language school "NOVA (trademark)", the homepage of the English conversation school "AEON (trademark)", etc. ・ The homepage of the guidance of the learning system by videophone "Trademark)" on the website of "Study Ochanama"-Sending and receiving assignments and correction results by e-mail Example: "Internet English conversation" on the website of the English conversation school "AEON (Trademark)" etc. There is.

However, in any of the above embodiments, the client must access the homepage of each independent school. In addition, the learning method specified by each school according to the content of each homepage,
・ For a mere school information homepage, go to school for study after applying for admission. ・ For the videophone learning system, use the designated videophone system. Transmission and reception vary depending on the school.

[0007]

Among the above-mentioned electronic education methods, the electronic education method for performing home education provides education when providing teaching materials, images, and sounds provided from a WWW server to a plurality of clients. There is a drawback that there is a plurality of persons who receive education for one person.

[0008] Ideally, language education is performed between one educated person and one educator. However, such a system in which a plurality of one-to-one educations are combined is provided by a communication network such as the Internet. At present, this has not been realized as far as the applicant has examined.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic education method in which an educator and an educator can exchange information one-on-one with a person who is educated via a communication network, and can realize education in many groups. Is to provide.

[0010] A second object of the present invention is to provide an electronic education system in which a person who receives an education via a communication network and a person who receives the education can be automatically charged when information is exchanged on a one-to-one basis. It is to provide a method.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 applies for education,
After the application, a first client for receiving education and a second client for providing language education to the first client.
Clients are connected via the mediation server,
The first client accesses the mediation server to apply for language education, and the mediation server that accepts the application automatically sets a combination of the first client who has applied and the second client which provides the education. Then, registering in the mediation server, the first client, after making an application, accesses the mediation server, the mediation server, a second client corresponding to the accessed first client, Detected based on the automatically set combination, the mediation server mediates and transfers information exchanged between the detected second client and the accessed first client. .

[0012] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic education method according to the first aspect, the education is a language-related education, and the information transferred from the first client to the second client is an education. The voice of the recipient,
The information transferred from the second client to the first client is a voice of an educator.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic education method according to the first aspect, the first client and the second client are provided.
The information is transferred in the form of voice mail between the clients.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic education method according to the first aspect, the first client is connected to the second client.
Counting the number of times the mediation server has been accessed to exchange information with the client in the mediation server,
It is characterized in that charging is performed according to the result of the counting.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a virtual school for foreign language conversation on the WWW in this embodiment. FIG.
In this embodiment, the virtual school system according to the present embodiment includes a computer system (hereinafter, a center) 101 installed in a center that provides a homepage of a foreign language virtual school on a WWW server, a student client machine 106, and a teacher. Client machine 10
8 inclusive.

The center 101 includes a WWW server 102, a teacher / student database (hereinafter abbreviated as a teacher / student DB) 10
3. It has a mail server 104.

The communication network 105 is a publicly disclosed communication network, and in the present embodiment, the Internet is assumed.

The WWW server 102 includes a student client machine 106 and a teacher client machine 108
Access to the teacher / student DB 103 and process data in response to access from the
Also, a service such as provision of a homepage is provided to each teacher client machine 108.

The teacher / student DB 103 stores various information about each teacher and each student.

The mail server 104 includes a student client machine 106 and a teacher client machine 10
Manage e-mails and voice mails from 8

The student client machine 106 and the teacher client machine 108 are equipped with a browser, and access the center 101 using the communication function and the HTML document analysis / display function of the browser. Various services from the center 101 are received. For example, the foreign language conversation virtual school homepage 107 of the present embodiment is browsed.

All the server machines and client machines have a communication device (not shown) such as a modem.

In such a system configuration, in this embodiment, the homepage of the foreign language conversation virtual school is browsed by accessing the WWW server 102 of the center 101 from each student client machine 106. On the homepage, the student selects a school, applies for a course, conducts a foreign language lesson between the student and the teacher in charge, and the WWW server 102 processes the charge for the student.

Hereinafter, using the flow chart, regarding the system of the foreign language conversation virtual school described above,
The processing content of the education method in the communication network will be described.

The flow chart of FIG. 2 shows the processing contents when the homepage of the virtual school for foreign language conversation is browsed from the student client machine 106, and the school is selected and a course application is made.

When the center 101 is accessed from the student client machine 106, a foreign language conversation virtual school homepage received from the WWW server 102 is displayed on the student client machine 106 (step S210). . The guidance of each foreign language conversation school on the homepage is browsed on the student client machine 106 (step S220).

As a result of browsing the guidance of each foreign language conversation school on the student client machine 106, a foreign language conversation school is selected, and the application for admission to that school is made by the WWW server 102.
(Step S230). After applying for admission to a foreign language school, student client machine 1
On the homepage 06, the course guidance of the applied school is browsed (step S240).

As a result of browsing the guidance of each course on the student client machine 106, a course is selected, registration of attending the course and the student ID of the student on the student client machine 106 are transmitted to the WWW server 102 (step S2).
50). When the course registration is completed, the WWW server 102 automatically saves the teacher / student record record, which is data of the combination of the teacher ID in charge of the selected course and the student ID, in the teacher / student DB 103, and ends the process. (Step S
260).

The flow chart of FIG. 3 shows the contents of processing when a student receives a lesson in a foreign language conversation from a teacher through the WWW server 102 and the mail server 104 as an intermediary. From the homepage of the foreign language conversation virtual school displayed on the student client machine 106 to the center 101, the start of the lesson of the course registered in FIG. 2 and the student ID of the student on the student client machine 106
Is transmitted (step S310).

The WWW server 102 extracts a teacher / student record record from the teacher / student DB 103 using the student ID as a key (step S320). Based on the teacher ID and the student ID recorded in the teacher / student record record, the WWW server 102 The permission to use the lesson mail box of each student is transmitted to the teacher client machine 108 and the student client machine 106 and transmitted (step S330). From this point, the student / teacher lesson begins.

When the student client machine 106 transmits a voice mail generated from a voice message blown by the student to the center 101 by e-mail software for exchanging voices, the mail server 10
In the teacher's lesson mail box, the voice
The mail is saved (step S340). The teacher client machine 108 obtains and checks the voice mail from the student from the teacher's lesson mail box of the mail server 104 (step S35).
0).

Subsequently, the teacher client machine 108
Sends a voice mail generated from a voice message sent by the teacher to the center 101 by e-mail software for exchanging voices, and the voice mail is stored in the mail box for student lessons in the mail server 104. Is saved (step S360).
The student client machine 106 is the mail server 1
Get the voice mail from the teacher from the lesson mail box of student 04 and check it (step
S370).

The above steps S340 to S370
Is repeated until one lesson is completed (step S380). After the completion of one lesson, the WWW server 102 saves the learning history of the student with the above-mentioned student ID and the teaching history of the teacher with the above-mentioned teacher ID in the teacher-student DB 103 (step S390), and performs the charging process described below. (Step S395), the process ends.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of the billing process for the student in the WWW server 102.

The WWW server 102 stores the student ID to be processed.
It is checked whether or not the student's payment method is prepaid (prepayment) (step S410). If the payment method is not prepaid, the charge information of the student with the student ID in the teacher student DB 103 is added and updated (step S430). The billing information for this student is
For example, this is reflected later on the credit card withdrawal of the student.

In the case of prepaid, the WWW server 102
Decrements the prepaid counter stored in the teacher student DB 103 of the student having the student ID to be processed (−
1) Perform (Step S420). At this time, if the prepaid counter has become 0, the WWW server 102 transmits a warning of the prepaid balance 0 to the student client machine 106 of the student ID to be processed (step S450), and executes the processing. finish.

If the prepaid counter is not 0, the WWW server 102 transmits the prepaid balance to the student client machine 106 of the student ID to be processed (step S460), and ends the processing.

The following embodiment can be carried out in addition to the above embodiment.

1) In the above embodiment, the lesson is performed by voice mail, but a real-time lesson can be performed by using a videophone or an Internet telephone.

2) In the above-described embodiment, the lesson is performed by voice mail. However, the lesson can be performed by transmitting and receiving the student's assignment and the teacher's correction result by ordinary e-mail.

3) In the above-described embodiment, the student registers the attendance in the WWW server 102 so that the assigned teacher predetermined for each course is assigned to the student.

However, by making it possible to register teachers who wish to work at each school indicated on the homepage of the foreign language conversation virtual school in the WWW server 102, the teacher employment function is provided. You may.

4) In the above embodiment, the WWW server 1
02, when the course registration is completed, the teacher / student record record, which is the data of the combination of the teacher ID in charge of the selected course and the student ID, is automatically saved in the teacher / student DB 103. Students can be combined in the following ways: ・ Allocate students so that the load of each teacher registered in the same course is equal. ・ Select the desired students of each teacher in the order of registration of each teacher registered in the same course. Various policies of the center 101 can be applied, such as assigning students according to the number.

5) In the above embodiment, a foreign language school was assumed, but the application of the present invention is not limited to a foreign language school, but can be applied to various educations.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the present invention, a combination of a client of a student who has applied for an application to a mediation server and a client of a teacher who provides education are automatically set and registered. The teacher's client corresponding to the selected student's client is detected based on the automatically set combination, and information transferred between the detected teacher's client and the accessed student's client is transferred as an intermediary. .

Therefore, the educated person can exchange information one-on-one, and can realize education in many groups. Further, according to the present invention, a person who is going to receive education can receive education at home and exchange information by voice mail, so that he can receive education at his / her favorite time. In addition, since the billing is performed automatically, those who give and receive education do not need to keep their own records.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a foreign language conversation virtual school of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a teacher / student database registration process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an online lesson process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a charging process according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Center 102 WWW Server 103 Teacher / Student Database 104 Mail Server 105 Communication Network 106 Student Client Machine 107 Foreign Language Conversation Virtual School Homepage 108 Teacher Client Machine

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Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims 1. After applying for education, after applying,
A first client for receiving education and a second client for providing language education to the first client are connected via a mediation server, and the first client accesses the mediation server The intermediary server that has accepted the application automatically sets the combination of the first client that has applied and the second client that performs the education, registers the combination in the intermediary server, The first client accesses the mediation server after making an application, and the mediation server detects a second client corresponding to the accessed first client based on the automatically set combination, The mediation server establishes a connection between the detected second client and the accessed first client. Electronic educational wherein the transferring mediate the information received. 2. The electronic education method according to claim 1, wherein the education is language education, and the information transferred from the first client to the second client is a voice of a person to be educated. An electronic education method, wherein information transferred from the second client to the first client is a voice of an educator. 3. The electronic education method according to claim 1, wherein the information is transferred between the first client and the second client in the form of a voice mail. 4. The electronic education method according to claim 1, wherein the mediation server counts the number of times the first client has accessed the mediation server for exchanging information with the second client, An electronic education method, wherein billing is performed according to the result of the counting.