JP2001273374A - Education system and education method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To comprehensively enhance a learning effect by efficiency providing educational information according to its characteristics and providing the educational information according to a learning state of each student. SOLUTION: The education system is provided with three information distribution channels consisting of a form to participate in a course directly at a facility 104 to be provided by an education service or by a video tape or by receiving satellite broadcast, a form to transit and receive the educational information by connecting a computer 13 of the education service with a personal computer 11 of a student who takes the course via the Internet and a form to view the educational information transmitted by the satellite broadcast by a television receiver 28 at home, and uses a channel in accordance with characteristics of the educational information to be transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education system for providing education using various transmission means such as broadcasting and communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a business providing educational information such as a preparatory school, a cram school, a vocational school, a university, etc., a curriculum is organized according to a course or a grade selected by a student. The time and place where the lectures are held are set by the educational company, and in the case of receiving the desired lecture, the student generally goes to the place set at the set time and takes the course .

[0003] In the case of students attending other schools, such as high schools, junior high schools, or universities, or students in occupations at other times, such as preparatory schools, cram schools or vocational schools, It is difficult to set the opening times and locations uniformly for each student because the convenient time zone and places where students can go to school are different, and it is difficult to adapt to various lifestyles of students. could not.

[0004] In addition, the number of people who can attend the same lecture at one time is limited due to the limitation of the number of people who can accommodate the lecture.

In order to alleviate or remove such restrictions on time and place, lectures are given in classrooms and studios, and this video is distributed to a school building having a receiving facility such as an antenna via a communication or broadcast satellite and received. In the classroom, the viewers watch the video in a classroom.
For this reason, it became possible to take the same lecture at a plurality of school buildings regardless of the distance, and the restrictions on the place and the number of staff members were alleviated.

[0006] Also, lessons conducted in classrooms and studios are recorded on videotapes and played back at other times to be viewed by the students gathered in the classrooms, and the videotapes are delivered to other school buildings. Classes are also being played in the school building, and video tapes containing the lessons are lent to individual students, and the students are individually watched at booths separated by partitions. .

As described above, by adopting various attending modes, the students can select the attending mode suitable for their own lifestyle.

[0008] On the other hand, various courses provided by an educational company are provided in a lecture for the purpose of acquiring a certain content within a predetermined period such as six months or one year. I have to choose things.
Therefore, for those which cannot be included in the main lectures, new courses have been set up, or the students have been entrusted with the independent learning in the form of supplementary teaching materials or homework.

[0009] In addition, the ratio of the provision of educational information at the student's home is also increasing due to the individualization of the attending form so as to conform to the student's lifestyle.

[0010]

However, with respect to the part entrusted to the student's independent learning or the educational information provided at home, the execution of the learning is entrusted to the student's independence, so Even so, it was difficult to grasp the learning situation sufficiently, and it was not possible to effectively utilize the learning at home to improve the overall learning effect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide educational information with its characteristics in response to individualization of the educational information provision mode. An educational system that provides efficient use of the appropriate means, grasps the student's learning situation, and provides educational information according to the learning situation of each student to improve the overall learning effect. And educational methods.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided an education system for performing education by transmitting educational information between an educational company and a student. Education information providing means for providing educational information to the student, and educational company side transmitting / receiving means for transmitting the education information from the education company to the student and receiving information from the student. Features.

As described above, the provision of the educational information providing means and the educational company transmitting / receiving means enables the use of the educational information providing means or the educational company transmitting / receiving means in accordance with the characteristics of the educational information. Can transmit to students. In other words, if the education information is suitable for at least one-way provision from the education company to the student, the information is transmitted by the education information providing means, and the two-way transmission and reception of information between the education company and the student is required. If it is appropriate, it is possible to transmit and receive to and from students using the transmission and reception means on the educational company side. Educational information can be categorized into those that are suitable for provision to students from education providers and those that require two-way exchanges, in terms of practical characteristics based on the content and purpose of the education information. At the time of transmission, one or both of the educational information providing means and the educational company side transmitting / receiving means can be selected according to such substantial characteristics. Also,
Education information can also be categorized in terms of physical characteristics such as the form and amount of information. The educational information providing means and the educational company side transmitting / receiving means may differ in the form of information that can be transmitted, the amount of information that can be transmitted per unit time (capacity), and the like depending on their physical characteristics. Thus, according to the present invention, whether it is analog or digital data, or
The physical form of educational information, such as the form of information such as what frequency band carrier is used to transmit a signal, and the amount of information such as whether the amount of information when converted to digital data is large like a moving image In consideration of the characteristics, it is possible to select and transmit a unit having physical characteristics suitable for transmission among the educational information providing unit or the transmission / reception unit on the educational company side. As described above, the means used for transmission can be selected in accordance with the characteristics of the educational information, so that more efficient transmission of the educational information can be achieved as a whole system.

The physical characteristics of the educational information to be transmitted are:
A computer that manages and controls the entire system using indices such as the file type and the like represented by the extension and the amount of information and the like represented by the number of bits makes a decision. It is also possible to determine which of the side transmitting and receiving means is to be used, and to transmit by the means. An index indicating substantial characteristics of educational information such as whether it is suitable for one-way provision or necessity of two-way transmission / reception is added to the data, and the substantial characteristics are similarly calculated by a computer using such an index. The determination may be made to determine which means is to be used.

[0015] Here, the educational information is not limited to information provided from the educational business to the student for the purpose of allowing the student to acquire a certain level of knowledge and skills. Also includes information transmitted to the side.

The educational information providing means and the educational company side transmitting / receiving means are not limited to different transmitting means.
That is, the educational information providing means may have a transmission means capable of receiving information from the student.

The educational information providing means includes an educational information recording medium storing the educational information, and an educational information converting means for reading the stored educational information from the educational information recording medium and converting the stored educational information into at least one of video and audio. It is preferable to include

If educational information provided in real time, such as a lecture given directly by an instructor or a lecture transmitted via a transmission medium such as broadcast radio waves, is recorded on an educational information recording medium, the information conversion means , The same educational information can be received at different locations or times. In other words, the degree of freedom of the student's attending form expands,
The educational information can be provided in the form of attendance that matches the student's lifestyle.

Further, the educational information providing means may include a broadcast radio wave transmitting means for transmitting the educational information via a broadcast network.

As the educational information providing means, various transmission means can be used, but educational information mainly composed of moving images and having a large amount of information can be transmitted via a broadcast network.

Further, the broadcasting network may transmit information using an artificial satellite as relay means.

When providing educational information via a broadcast network, not only terrestrial broadcasts but also satellite broadcasts that transmit and receive radio waves using communication satellites or broadcast satellites as relay means can be used. If an artificial satellite is used as a relay in this way,
Education information can be transmitted more widely.

[0023] The educational information providing means may include a broadcast radio wave receiving means for receiving the educational information via the broadcast network.

By providing the broadcast wave receiving means in addition to the broadcast wave transmitting means as described above, the educational company can set up a facility for receiving the educational information transmitted by the broadcast wave and providing it to the students. In addition, the same kind of educational information can be provided in a wider range.

Further, the educational information conversion means may be installed in a facility provided by an educational company.

As described above, if the educational information conversion means is installed in the facility provided by the educational company and the student goes to the facility and receives the provision of the educational information, the educational company can be provided with the location conditions and Since facilities can be set in consideration of various conditions such as facilities, it is possible to provide students with a more suitable environment for attending.

The educational information conversion means may be installed at the student's home.

As described above, by installing the educational information conversion means at the student's home and receiving the provision of the educational information while the student is at home, the student can stay at home. Since it is possible to receive the provision of educational information, it is possible to save students who have difficulty in attending school due to traffic conditions or the like the trouble of receiving provision of educational information.

It is preferable that the educational company side transmitting / receiving means includes a manager responsible transmitting / receiving means for a person in charge of management of a specific student to transmit / receive information to / from the student.

In this way, the student can transmit and receive the educational information to and from the manager in charge of managing the specific student. If a student goes to an educational company's facility and receives education information, the student can meet directly with the manager, but there is a limit to the time that can be allocated to each student. If students can communicate indirectly using the sending and receiving means, students will be able to proceed with learning more smoothly, and managers will be able to grasp the student's learning situation more accurately and take appropriate follow-up Therefore, the learning effect can be further enhanced. In addition, students who study at home without using the facilities provided by the education company can communicate in the same way as students using the facilities provided by the education company. You can get enough follow-up from the person in charge,
Educators can also accurately grasp the learning situation of students who do not meet directly.

Further, the student receives the education information transmitted from the education business by the student transmission / reception means connected to the education business transmission / reception means via a network, and sends the information to the education business. It is preferable to transmit the information.

The student can be provided with the education information that requires the two-way transmission and reception of the information by providing the student-side transmitting / receiving means in this way.

[0033] The network may be a communication network for transmitting and receiving information according to a TCP / IP protocol.

The transmission and reception of information between the educational enterprise and the students can use the so-called Internet according to the TCP / IP protocol, but is not limited to this. If the Internet is used for transmitting and receiving information, abundant hardware and applications are provided, so that education can be easily obtained.

Further, the present invention provides a method for providing a student with a place where the student receives provision of educational information from an educational company.
Allowing the user to select one or more locations including at least the student's home from options including the student's home and facilities provided by one or more educational providers; Providing educational information toward the student; transmitting first related educational information related to the educational information toward the student's home; and providing second related educational information related to the educational information. Storing in a recording medium that can be obtained from a computer of the educational company via a network, receiving a transmission request for the second related educational information from the student, and responding to a transmission request from the student. The computer of the education business operator retrieves the second related education information stored in the recording medium and transmits the second related education information to the student via a network. , An educational method comprising the steps of receiving the information transmitted from the student to the second related educational information of said transmitted.

The education information is associated with each other in a curriculum organized based on a predetermined learning goal.
If a particular curriculum such as a specific course is selected from a curriculum composed of such interrelated educational information, the other curriculum constituting the curriculum is Related educational information. In this way, if a major curriculum that includes appropriate educational information to be provided uniformly to all students as specific educational information is selected, the curriculum that will be positioned as a supplement to this major curriculum The information is defined as relevant education information. The student first selects a centralized learning location by selecting a location to receive the provision of specific educational information, which is the main curriculum, from a plurality of locations including the home. Since the main curriculum is the center of learning, by leaving this course location to the student's choice, the overall learning can proceed efficiently and the learning effect can be enhanced. The supplementary curriculum that requires the transmission of information from the student shall be provided as the second related educational information in response to the student's request for transmission, and transmitted to the student's home. If the object that can achieve the object is transmitted to the student's home as the first educational information, efficient information transmission becomes possible as the whole system.

Here, as the related education information, for example,
A) Learning contents that require repetitive practice and form the basis of learning; b) School information, entrance examination information, vocational information and qualification information,
C) Information that motivates students to learn, d) Information about learning methods and health management, but is not limited to these.

Here, when providing the first related educational information to the student from the educational company, it can be provided through various transmission paths including a communication network and a broadcasting network.

Also, the case where the specific educational information and the related educational information are the main curriculum and the supplementary curriculum, respectively, has been described as an example. However, the specific educational information and the related educational information are not limited to these, and the specific curriculum and the related educational information may be specified in the entire curriculum. Is selected, the other educational information can be defined as relevant educational information of the specific educational information.
Thus, the particular educational information may include a portion of the supplemental curriculum in addition to the main curriculum.

Further, in accordance with the information transmitted from the student with respect to the second related educational information, the computer of the educational company retrieves the third related educational information from the recording medium, and via the network, The method may include a step of transmitting to the student.

As described above, when not only the second related educational information is transmitted from the educational business but also the third related educational information is further transmitted according to the information transmitted from the student, the educational Educational information can be more interactively exchanged between the business operator and the students.

The step of transmitting the first relevant educational information to the student's home is a step of transmitting the first relevant educational information to the student's home via a broadcast network. May be included.

When the selected place is the student's home only, the step of providing the educational information to one of the selected places is provided by transmitting the educational information to a broadcasting network. And transmitting to the student's home via

[0044] In the case where the selected attending place is a facility provided by an educational company, the step of providing the educational information to any of the selected attending places includes: The method may include a step of transmitting the information to a facility provided by the educational company via a broadcast network.

[0045] In the case where the selected attending place is a facility provided by an educational company, the step of providing education information to any of the selected attending places is performed by the step of providing the educational information. May include a step of directly transmitting educational information to a student who has attended the facility provided by the instructor.

[0046]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of an education system according to the present invention.

First, according to the present invention, three information distribution channels are provided between an education business operator and students, and information is transmitted through the most suitable channel according to the relevance or position of each educational information in the curriculum. By providing or giving and receiving, it enhances the overall learning effect. Here, the three channels are provided by connecting a channel for transmitting and receiving educational information in a form where students receive lectures in a school building, and a terminal such as a personal computer of the student via a communication network. It is composed of a channel for transmitting and receiving information and a channel for transmitting educational information through a satellite broadcast by an educational company.

First, a curriculum planned and provided by an educational company will be described. FIG. 2 schematically shows the association of each piece of educational information making up the curriculum.

The curriculum is roughly divided into a main curriculum containing standard contents to be learned and a supplementary curriculum supplementing the main curriculum. Here, the curriculum is not necessarily limited to the learning content of the subject, but includes various educational information.

The main curriculum plays a role of introduction in the entire curriculum. Items to be learned by the student are determined according to the purpose of the course, and specific contents of the course are determined based on the items. In this way, the main curriculum is composed of the courses that include the standard contents that serve as the basis for curriculum organization.

Since the main curriculum is expected to play a role as an introduction as described above, it is appropriate that the curriculum is first uniformly provided to all students through the form of a lecture. With respect to such a major curriculum, the content of the lecture is selected for a standard student assumed based on the plan intention of the course.

The students are expected to learn all the information provided by the lecture, but it is difficult for all the students to acquire 100% due to various conditions such as the progress and the abilities of the individual students. Therefore, each student performs work such as solving a practice problem by himself / herself (repetitive practice), thereby repeatedly touching the information provided by the lecture, or establishing knowledge by performing training related to such information. It is desirable. In addition, it is necessary to confirm whether necessary items have been acquired by the learning up to that time (confirmation of achievement). In addition, in order to continue learning toward the goal of passing the desired school, it is necessary to motivate students for daily learning.
Further, by providing information (learning instruction) on the learning method, health management, and the like, the learning can proceed smoothly. In addition, information on various careers such as school information, entrance examination information, occupation information and qualification information is also important information for students (these information can be included in "motivation" or "learning guidance"). . In addition, there is a time limit in the main curriculum, so some items cannot be included in the lecture. In addition, since standard students are assumed, there are actually students who cannot fully understand even listening to the lectures, or who want to learn more. Therefore, it is preferable to provide supplementary information to students who do not fully understand, and to provide more advanced information to students who want to learn (this information supplements the learning of the main curriculum itself) From the viewpoint of "repetitive practice".)

The supplementary curriculum is composed of information including the contents described above, and enhances the learning effect by supplementing the contents of the main curriculum in various aspects.

The contents of the system according to the present invention will be described below for each channel.

<Lecture Channel in School Building> The basic attending mode of the students in this channel is that the students attend the lectures of the instructor in the classroom and attend.

While taking such a course as a basis, it is also possible to take a course in a different form derived from this. For example, a lecture given in a classroom or a studio 101 is taken by a video camera 102, and a recording medium 103 such as a video tape or a DVD (hereinafter, a video tape will be described as an example, but the recording medium is not limited to this. May be recorded on a recording medium such as a cassette tape or a CD-ROM.), And a plurality of students are collected in a classroom 104 at a predetermined time, reproduced on a VCR 105, and transmitted to a television. It is possible to take a form of attending a lecture by broadcasting it on the receiver 106 (the VCR and the television receiver correspond to educational information conversion means). Each student may borrow a videotape at a convenient time, or play the videotape individually on a VCR at a booth 107 partitioned by partitions or the like, and view the videotape from a television receiver 108. it can. The recorded lectures are distributed not only at the school building where the lecture or recording was conducted (hereinafter referred to as “headquarters school”), but also at another school building equipped with receiving equipment (hereinafter referred to as “branch school”) by distributing through the satellite broadcasting network. 200)
It can be used for broadcasting, recording, etc. In this way, each student can take a lecture of the same quality in a classroom in a place easily accessible at a convenient time.

In order to realize the above-described attending mode, the headquarters and the branch school 200 are required to provide the classroom 10 for the lecture.
4, a studio 101 for recording lectures, a photographing device 102 such as a video camera, a recording / reproducing device 105 such as a VCR, and broadcasting devices 106, 108 and 2 such as a monitor.
03. Although FIG. 1 shows a case where there is one head school and one branch school, the present invention is naturally applicable to a case where there are a plurality of branch schools. Further, in the present invention, there may be a plurality of facilities having the functions of the above-mentioned headquarters school,
The functions of the headquarters school described above may be dispersedly provided in a plurality of facilities.

The schedule of the main curriculum is stored in the storage device 2 of the management server (computer) 1 installed in the headquarters school. The recorded data of each lecture in the main curriculum is stored in the first education information storage device. In accordance with an instruction from the management server 1, the first education information provision control server (computer) 4 retrieves the recorded data from the first education information storage device 3 and controls a broadcast radio wave transmission device (broadcast radio transmission means) 5 for satellite broadcasting. The recording data is transmitted to the branch school 200 via an artificial satellite such as a communication satellite or a broadcasting satellite. The first education information provision control server 4 includes a playback device 105 such as a video deck and monitors 106 and 108.
And the like, and broadcasts in the school building according to the curriculum. As shown in FIG. 3, the branch school 200 includes:
A broadcast radio wave receiving device (broadcast radio wave receiving means) 205 for receiving recorded data and the like transmitted via an artificial satellite, and a received data storage device 202 for storing received recorded data are provided. It is controlled by the installed branch management server 201. The branch management server 201 is connected to the management server 1 of the headquarters school building via the communication network 12 or the like, and transmits data.

The first educational information provision control server 4 may be a video server. The first education information storage device 3 is a storage device such as a hard disk built in or connected to the first education information provision control server 4, and stores the first education information provision control server 4 according to an instruction from the management server 1. It may read data. Further, the first educational information storage device 3 may be a device for mechanically storing a recording medium such as a video tape or a video disk such as a video rack or the like, and automatically or manually from such a storage device. The recording medium may be taken out, loaded into the first education information provision control server 4, and broadcast. Similarly, the branch management server 201 and the reception data storage device 202 may be storage devices such as a video server and a hard disk, or the reception data storage device 202 may be a device that mechanically stores a recording medium.

The information transmitted by satellite broadcasting from the first educational information providing server 4 is not limited to the main curriculum, and other related educational information may be transmitted according to the substantial contents and physical characteristics of the educational information. It may be.

<Bidirectional Communication Channel> In this channel, education information is exchanged using a terminal operated by a student.

First, a schematic configuration of an apparatus related to transmission and reception of information on this channel will be described with reference to FIG.
A terminal (student terminal) 11 such as a personal computer is installed at the student's home or the like, and a telephone line, ISDN
A browser that is set so that it can be connected to the Internet via a communication network 12 such as a line and that interprets an HTML file and displays a Web page is mounted. On the education business side, W
A WW (World Wide Web) server (computer) 13 and a mail server (computer) 14 are provided. The WWW server 13 is connected to a database server (computer) 15 that manages various databases by a network such as a LAN. WWW server 1
3. The mail server 14 and the database server 15 are all connected to the management server 1 via a network such as a LAN. The management server 1 is connected to a terminal (charge terminal) 16 such as a personal computer managed by a charge (control person) responsible for managing a specific student via a network such as a LAN. The homeroom terminal 16
The mail server 14 can be connected to a network such as a LAN or the Internet. Here, the homeroom teacher is a person in charge of individual management of each student, grasps the learning situation of each student, and performs necessary follow-up.

FIGS. 4, 8, 12, 15, and 19
5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using the student terminal 11.

First, the student connects to the WWW server 13 of the educational company via the Internet. Students are UR
When L (Uniform Resource Locators) is input (step (S) 1), the HTM specified by this URL
A home page described in L (Hypertext Markup Language) is transmitted from the WWW server 13 to the student's personal computer (step 2) and displayed on the display. FIG. 5 shows a display example of the display of the student terminal 11 on which a homepage established by the educational company is displayed.

On the home page, a link is provided to a student-only Web page. When the pointer is moved to an area where "Shinsei Higashi clicks here, MY HOME PAGE" is displayed and the mouse is clicked (step 3) A login screen is transmitted from the WWW server 13 (step 4), and a student-specific login screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display of the student terminal 11.

On the log-in screen, the student is required to input a student ID number and a password. Since each student is uniquely assigned a student ID number when applying for the course,
This student ID number is used as the ID. Since each student is also given a password for login, the student enters a student ID number and a password in a predetermined space and clicks a send button (step 5).

The attribute information such as the student's name, gender, high school name, address, and school of choice is obtained by having the student describe in a study application form or the like. Uniquely assigned student ID number and each student's name, gender, high school name, address,
The attribute information of the desired school is stored in the student attribute information database 1
7 and the data of each student is managed by this student number. In addition, the student attribute information database 17
Also stores the password given to the student.
FIG. 7 shows a configuration of data stored in the student attribute information database.

The entered student ID number and password are transmitted from the student terminal 11 to the WWW server 13. WWW
The server 13 transmits a search request for the student's password specified by the student ID number to the database server 15, and the database server 15 searches the student attribute information database 17 (step 7), and the searched password Is transmitted to the WWW server 13 (step 8). In the WWW server 13, the database server 15
The password extracted through the process is compared with the entered password (step 9). If the entered password matches the password given to the student, the WWW server 13 generates a personalized Web page and sends it to the student's personal computer 11 (step 10). ). FIG. 9 shows an example of an individual page displayed on the display of the student terminal 11. On the web page for each individual, the names of the students extracted from the student attribute information database are combined and displayed. On this page, the "achievement confirmation test", "e-mail from homeroom teacher", "admission information" Various menus such as "corner" can be selected.

When the student selects the “achievement degree confirmation test” (step 11), the selected information is transmitted to the WWW server 13. The WWW server 13 requests the database server 15 to search for the attendance history information of the corresponding student by the student ID number specified by the previous input (step 12). The database server 15 searches the attendance history database 18 (step 13), and transmits the searched attendance history to the WWW server 13 (step 14). The attendance history database 18 stores data of courses that students have applied for, and also stores history information on the attendance status of past attended courses and courses currently in progress. FIG.
0 indicates the configuration of data stored in the attendance history information database 18.

The WWW server 13 is the database server 1
A progress confirmation page is generated from the attendance history acquired through Step 5 (Step 15), and transmitted to the student terminal 11 (Step 16). FIG. 11 shows a display example of the progress confirmation page displayed on the display of the student terminal 11. On the display, each subject name and up to which of the ten total courses are taken are displayed by enclosing circles in numbers indicating the number of courses enclosed in a square displayed on the right side of the subject name. The display example shows that the student has taken the second class of the difficulty-based system English grammar IV, the fourth class of the mathematics IA / IIB, and the second class of the Japanese history B.

If the student wants to take the test for confirming the achievement level of the system-specific English grammar IV for each difficulty level, he selects and clicks the numeral portion indicating the second class on the right side of the subject name (step 17). When a signal indicating the selection is transmitted from the student's personal computer 11 to the WWW server 13, the W
The WW server 13 requests the database server 15 to search for the problem information of the achievement degree confirmation test of the second lesson of the difficulty-specific system English grammar IV (step 18). The database server 15 searches the question database 19 (step 1).
9) The retrieved problem information is transmitted to the WWW server 13 (step 20). The WWW server 13 generates a Web page for the achievement confirmation test based on the problem information acquired from the problem database 19 through the database server 15 (Step 21), and transmits the Web page to the student terminal 11 (Step 22). FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the question database.

FIG. 14 shows a display example of the achievement degree confirmation test.

At the top of the screen, a question number and a question are displayed, and at the bottom of the question, four choices in parentheses of the question are displayed together with item numbers. Below the options, a button for scoring and a button for proceeding to the previous or next question are provided. At the bottom of the screen, the remaining time of the test is indicated by bars and numbers that grow over time.

When the student answers all 24 questions, the scoring button on the screen becomes valid. When this button is clicked, the answer data is transmitted to the WWW server 13 (step 2).
3). The WWW server 13 sends a search request for correct answer data for each question to the database server 15 (step 24). The database server 15 is the answer database 2
0 (step 25), and the retrieved correct answer data
The data is transmitted to the WW server 13 (step 26). The WWW server 13 collates the correct answer data obtained through the database server 15 with the answer data transmitted from the student, and performs scoring (step 27). FIG. 16 shows a data configuration example of the answer database 20. Next, the WWW server 13 requests the database server 13 to search for commentary data on each question (step 28). The database server 15 searches the commentary database 21 (step 2).
9) The retrieved commentary data is transmitted to the WWW server 13 (step 30). The WWW server 13 generates a commentary Web page from the commentary data acquired through the database server 15 and the answer data previously acquired (step 31), and transmits the commentary Web page to the student terminal 11 (step 3).
2). FIG. 17 shows a data configuration example of the commentary database.

FIG. 18 shows a display example of a commentary Web page.

At the top of the screen, the phrase selected by the student is inserted in parentheses to complete and display the sentence.
The correct and incorrect and the correct answer are also displayed. At the bottom of the answer, a commentary about the correct answer is displayed. The options displayed at the time of answering are displayed below the commentary. In the case of an incorrect answer, clicking on the number of the incorrectly selected option will display the meaning and usage description of the word at the top. Further, a detail button is provided on the right side of the commentary. When the student clicks the details button (step 33), the WWW server 13 searches the database server 1 for a content corresponding to this signal.
5 (step 34). Database server 1
5 searches the content file database 22 (step 35) and stores the searched content file in W
The data is transmitted to the WW server 13 (step 36). The WWW server 13 combines the example sentence as the detailed explanation acquired from the database server 15 and the Japanese translation data of the example sentence, and explains the explanation We
A page b is generated (step 37) and transmitted to the student terminal 11 (step 38). A voice button is provided at the top of the screen. When the student clicks the voice button (similar to step 33), the WWW server 13 obtains a voice file in which the voice for reading the correct answer is recorded from the content file database 22 through the database server 15 based on this signal, and The data is transmitted to the personal computer 11 and reproduced (similar to steps 34 to 38).

In this way, the student can use the personal computer 11 to perform a test for fixing knowledge and confirming the understanding in the lecture of the main curriculum in the school building at home.

The information that the student has connected to the WWW server 13 and has attended the achievement confirmation test of the second lesson in the difficulty-specific system English grammar IV and the result thereof are transmitted to the management server. In the management server 1, based on these data,
It instructs the database server 15 to update data in the attendance history database 18 and the results database 23 described later.

When the achievement confirmation test is completed, it is possible to return to the individual top page shown in FIG.

Next, a case will be described in which the student selects “mail from the teacher” on the individual top page shown in FIG.

When the student selects "mail from the teacher" (step 41), the WWW server 13 requests the mail server 14 to transmit the mail based on the signal indicating the selection from the student terminal 11 (step 42). ). The mail server 14 retrieves the corresponding mail from the mailbox (step 43) and sends it to the WWW server 13 (step 44). The WWW server 13 generates a mail exchange Web page including the document obtained from the mail server 14 (step 45) and transmits it to the student terminal 11 (step 46).

FIG. 20 shows a display screen example of the mail exchange Web page. The mail exchange page is provided with a field for displaying a message from the teacher at the top, and an input field for inputting a text of a reply mail from the student to the teacher at the bottom. The student who has read the message from the teacher writes a reply message in the input field (step 47), and clicks the "send reply" button provided at the bottom (step 4).
8) The reply message is transmitted to the mail server 14 via the WWW server 13 (step 49), and is stored in a charge mailbox provided in the mail server 13 (step 50). The instructor can access the mail server 14 from the instructor terminal 16 and read out the mail addressed to him from the mailbox. Exchange of e-mail is not limited to the case of passing through the WWW server 13 as described above,
The mail server 14 is connected to the Internet, and the mail server 14 is connected to the student terminal 11 via the Internet.
May be connected directly to exchange mail.

As described above, by using the exchange of e-mails, the teacher deepens the communication with the student, so that the teacher can grasp the state of the student more accurately. In addition, since the teacher can give advice to the student individually, motivation can be provided to maintain the student's willingness to learn.

Here, mail server 14 may be installed on the Internet or on a LAN.

The educational information transmitted and received between the student terminal 11 and the WWW server 13 is not limited to the above.

Web stored in WWW server 13
The page is displayed in HTML on the management server 1 by the education business.
A file is created or the created file is stored, and the HTML file stored in the management server
What is necessary is just to transfer to an eb server. Also, WWW
A program file to be executed by the student terminal 11 may be stored in the server 1, and the program may be executed and processed on the student terminal 11 from which the file has been downloaded.

WW responding to signal from student terminal 11
The processing in the W server 1 can be performed by the WWW server 1 activating a CGI script based on a transmission signal from a student terminal. In addition, the WWW server 1 responds to a signal from the student terminal 11.
3 may instruct the management server 1 to cause the management server 1 to function as an application server and to delegate processing to the management server 1.

<Teacher Management by Homeroom Teacher> Although a case has been described in which education information is exchanged with the student in charge through the homeroom terminal 16, the homeroom teacher can perform work for student management using the homeroom terminal 16. it can. Hereinafter, the student management operation by the homeroom terminal 16 will be described.

The teacher can perform the management work on the student in charge by the student management software on the teacher terminal 16.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure of a management operation using the charge terminal 16.

FIG. 22 shows an example of a login screen displayed on the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when the student management software is activated.

On the start screen, input of the ID number and password of the teacher is required. When the homeroom administrator inputs the ID number and the password and clicks the login button (step 51), the homeroom administrator reads out the homeroom attribute information file stored in the management server storage device 2 of the management server 1 and checks it against the password of the homeroom attribute information file. An authentication process is performed (step 52). If they match, the authentication result is sent to the charge terminal (step 53), and the operation proceeds to the work menu screen shown in FIG.

On the work menu screen, the menu is divided into work for each student (student personal management menu) and work for each homeroom class (class management menu), and buttons for performing each work. Is provided.

When the work for each student is selected (step 54), the management server 1 requests the database server 15 to search for the name of the student in charge and the course to be taken (step 55). The database server 15 includes a student attribute information database 17 and a student history database 18
Is transmitted (step 56), and the name of the retrieved student and the name of the attended course are transmitted to the management server 1 (step 57). The management server 1 generates a student personal management menu based on the name of the student in charge and the name of the course (step 58), and transmits it to the homeroom terminal 16 (step 59). FIG. 24 shows an example of a student personal management menu screen displayed on the display of the homeroom terminal 16. In the student personal management menu, a list of the names of the students in charge and the names of the courses to be taken are displayed, and a target student can be selected by checking a check box provided on the left side of the name. The student personal management menu screen is provided with a "mail" button and a "confirmation of course and progress" button. By clicking these buttons, the work for each student can be performed.

FIG. 25 shows a display example of the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when a mail transmission operation for a specific student (“Shintaro Higashi”) is selected. FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing an outline of the processing procedure of the homeroom terminal 16 when the mail transmission operation is selected.

When the mail operation is selected on the student personal management menu screen shown in FIG. 24 (step 61), a message input field is displayed on the screen together with the name of the student who is the destination, the name and date of the teacher, and the like. Is displayed. The teacher inputs a message in the input field (step 62), and presses a "send" button provided at the bottom of the screen to transmit the message (step 63) and store it in the student's mailbox of the mail server 14. (Step 64). Here, transmission and reception are directly performed between the charge terminal 16 and the mail server 14, but transmission and reception of mail may be performed via the management server 1.

FIG. 27 shows a specific student ("Shintaro Higashi")
7 shows a display example of the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when the attended course and progress confirmation menu are selected. FIG. 28 shows the homeroom terminal 1 when the course and progress confirmation menu are selected.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure of No. 6;

When the course and progress confirmation menu for each student is selected (step 65), the management server 1 requests the database server 15 to search the attendance history and test results of the student (step 65). 66). The database server 15 searches the attendance history database 18 and the results database 23 (step 67), extracts the attendance history and test results of the student, and transmits the search results to the management server 1 (step 68). The management server 1 generates a grade screen for the progress and comprehension confirmation test for each course to be taken (step 69).
(Step 70). FIG. 29 shows a data configuration example of the performance database 23.

Next, a case will be described in which the teacher performs work in class units from the teacher terminal 16.

The instructor selects a work in class units on the work menu screen shown in FIG. 23 (step 71). FIG. 30 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when the "class management menu" is clicked.

On the class management menu screen, there are provided a "class progress management" button, an "all class performance analysis" button, and an "e-mail to all class" button.
Each task can be selected. FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the processing procedure in case "class progress management" is selected.

In the class management menu shown in FIG. 30, "class progress management" is selected (step 72). When the course name is specified, the management server 1 requests the database server 15 to search for the attendance history and the results of the comprehension confirmation test of the course for the student in the homeroom class (step 73). The database server 15 searches the attendance history database 18 of all the attendees in the homeroom class to list the attendees who are attending the course and the attendance dates of the comprehension confirmation test (step 74). Next, the result database 23 is searched to acquire the results of the comprehension confirmation test of the listed students (step 75).
The database server 15 transmits these search results to the management server 1 (Step 76). The management server 1 generates a grade screen for the progress and comprehension confirmation test for each student in the homeroom class from the search results (step 77), transmits the screen to the homeroom terminal 16, and displays a "class progress management" screen on the display. (Step 78). Select the course name
When a "class progress management" button is clicked, a list of courses taken by the student in the homeroom class is displayed, and a method can be selected from the list. FIG. 32 is a display example of the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when "class progress management" is selected in the class management menu.

Next, the case where “performance analysis of all classes” is selected on the class management menu screen (see FIG. 30) will be described. FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing procedure when “analysis of results of all classes” is selected.

The teacher selects the work in class units from the work menu shown in FIG. 23 (step 81), and then selects “analysis of the performance of all classes” in the class management menu shown in FIG. 30 (step 82). ). When the course name is specified, the management server 1 requests the database server 15 to search the attendance history and the results of the test for understanding the degree of understanding of the course by the student in the homeroom class (step 8).
3). The database server 15 searches the attendance history database 18 of all the attendees in the homeroom class to list the attendees who are attending the course and the attendance histories of the comprehension confirmation test (step 84). Next, the result database 23 is searched to obtain the results of the comprehension confirmation test of the listed students (step 85). The database server 15 transmits these search results to the management server 1 (Step 86). The management server 1 generates a "class performance analysis" screen by converting the results of the comprehension confirmation test of the course of the student of the homeroom class into a line graph for each student based on the search results (step 87). The generated screen is transmitted from the management server 1 to the charge terminal 16,
A "class progress management" screen is displayed on the display (step 88). The selection of the course name can be performed by a method such as displaying a list of courses attended by the student in the homeroom class when the "class performance analysis" button is clicked, and selecting from the list. FIG.
Is an example of a display on the display when "Performance analysis of all classes" is selected on the class management menu screen (see FIG. 30).

Next, the case where “mail to all classes” is selected on the class management menu screen (see FIG. 30) will be described. FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing procedure when “analysis of results of all classes” is selected.

The teacher selects the work for each class from the work menu shown in FIG. 23 (step 91), and then selects “mail to all classes” from the class management menu shown in FIG. 30 (step 92). ). FIG. 36 shows a display example of the display of the homeroom terminal 16 when "mail to all classes" is selected on the class management menu screen (see FIG. 30). On the screen, an input field for a message to all the classes is displayed together with a call to all the classes as the transmission destinations, the name and date of the teacher. The teacher enters the message in the input field (step 93),
By pressing the "send" button provided at the bottom of the screen, the message is sent (step 94) and stored in the mailboxes of all the classes of the mail server 14 (step 95).

In this way, the teacher can perform various student management operations using the teacher terminal.

<Video Home Learning Channel> In this channel, a video reproducing apparatus including a tuner 27 and a television receiver 28 installed in the student's home is used.

[0110] The education business company provides video information mainly of moving images (here, "video information" includes audio information).
And other educational information (first related educational information)
Via the satellite broadcasting network to the student's home 300. The broadcast schedule of the educational information is stored in the management server storage device 2 of the management server 1 installed in the headquarters school. The video data is stored in the second education information provision control server 24. In accordance with an instruction from the management server 1, the second education information provision control server (computer) 24 extracts the video data from the second education information storage device 25 and controls a broadcast radio wave transmission device (broadcast radio wave transmission means) 26 for satellite broadcasting. ,
The video data is transmitted to the student's home via an artificial satellite 6 such as a communication satellite or a broadcasting satellite. Students are at home 30
The information transmitted by the antenna (broadcast radio wave receiving means) installed at the receiver 0 can be received and viewed through a television receiver (educational information converting means) 28 capable of receiving satellite broadcasting connected to the tuner 27.

In this channel, it is appropriate to provide a large amount of educational information, such as video information mainly composed of moving pictures, in the supplementary curriculum, but other educational information may be provided.

The delivered video information can be recorded on a videotape by a student at home using a recording / reproducing device such as a video deck, and can be reproduced and viewed at a convenient time.

Here, the second education information provision control server 24
May be a video server. The second education information storage device 25 is a storage device such as a hard disk built in or connected to the second education information provision control server 24, and stores the second education information provision control server 24 according to an instruction from the management server 1. It may read data. Also,
The second educational information storage device 25 may be a device for mechanically storing a recording medium such as a video tape or a video disk, such as a video rack, or the like. May be taken out, loaded into the second education information provision control server 24, and broadcast.

In FIG. 1, the first education information provision control server 4 and the first education information storage device 3 and the second education information provision control server 24 and the second education information storage device 25 are provided independently. However, the management server 1 and the management server storage device 3 may be configured with the same computer and storage device, or may be configured with the same computer and storage device.

As described above, in the present system, the three information distribution channels are selectively used in accordance with the characteristics of the educational information to be transmitted, so that the educational information can be transmitted more efficiently, and the student can be more effectively learned. Can be provided.

[0116] Although the educational business may decide which channel to transmit based on the substantial characteristics and physical characteristics of the educational information, the management server 1 determines the characteristics and transmits the information.
The channel to be transmitted may be determined. That is, the physical characteristics of the educational information to be transmitted are determined by the management server 1 using an index such as a file type indicated by an extension or an information amount indicated by the number of bits. Alternatively, it is determined which one of the transmission / reception means on the educational company side is used, and the transmission is performed by the means. An index indicating substantial characteristics of educational information such as whether it is suitable for one-way provision or necessity of two-way transmission / reception is added to the data, and the substantial characteristics are similarly calculated by a computer using such an index. Judge and decide which means to use.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 37 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
1 shows a schematic configuration of an education system according to the embodiment.

In this embodiment, a television receiver capable of receiving satellite broadcasts provided with an antenna (broadcast radio wave receiving means) of the home 300 and a tuner (educational information conversion) is also used for lectures taken in a school building in the first embodiment. Means) 2
The course is to be attended using 8.

As described above, if all of the educational information such as lectures provided by the educational business is received at home, the student or the educational business that lives in an inconvenient place or the like goes to the facility of the educational business. A sufficient amount of educational information can be provided to students who cannot afford to spend time. In addition, bidirectional education information can be exchanged between the student terminal 11 and the WWW server 13 via the Internet 12, and the provision of unilateral information to the student from the education company ends. Since two-way communication is possible without any difficulty, detailed guidance can improve the learning effect.

[0120]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In response to the individualization of the provision form of educational information, efficiently provide educational information using means according to the form and content of the information, grasp the learning situation of the students, and learn each student's learning By providing educational information according to the situation, the learning effect can be comprehensively improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of an education system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an association between respective pieces of educational information forming a curriculum;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a system configuration in a branch of the educational system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using student terminals.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a homepage established by an educational company.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a login screen exclusively for students;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in a student attribute information database.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using a student terminal.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an individual Web page.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in a attendance history information database.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a progress confirmation page.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using a student terminal.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a question database.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an achievement degree confirmation test.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using a student terminal.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a data structure of an answer database.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a commentary database.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a commentary Web page.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for transmitting and receiving information using a student terminal.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a mail exchange Web page.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a procedure of a management operation using a charge terminal.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a login screen when the student management software is activated.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a work menu screen.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a student personal management menu screen.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a mail transmission operation for a specific student is selected;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure of a homeroom terminal when a mail transmission operation is selected;

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a course and a progress confirmation menu of a specific student are selected.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing procedure of a homeroom terminal when a course and a progress confirmation menu are selected.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a data structure of a performance database.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a class management menu screen when a work in a class unit is selected on the work menu screen.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure when “class progress management” is selected;

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when “class progress management” is selected in the class management menu.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure when “analysis of results of all classes” is selected;

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when “analysis of results of all classes” is selected on the class management menu screen.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure when “mail to all the classes” is selected;

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a screen example when “mail to all classes” is selected on the class management menu screen.

FIG. 37 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an education system according to the second embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 (Headquarters) Management Server 2 Management Server Storage Device 3 First Education Information Storage Device 4 First Education Information Provision Control Server 5 Broadcast Radio Transmitter 6 Artificial Satellite 11 Student Terminal 12 Network 13 WWW Server 14 Mail server 15 Database server 16 Teacher terminal 17 Student attribute information database 18 Student history database 19 Question database 20 Answer database 21 Explanation database 22 Content file database 23 Grade database 24 Second education information provision control server 25 Second education information storage device 26 Broadcast radio wave transmitting device 27 Antenna and tuner 28 Television receiver 101 Studio 102 Camera 103 Video tape 104 Classroom 105 VCR 106 Television receiver 107 Scan 108 television receiver 201 (branch school) management server 202 receiving the data storage device 203 television receiver 205 broadcast wave receiver

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[Claims] An educational system for providing education by transmitting educational information between an educational company and a student, comprising: an educational information providing means for providing educational information from the educational company to the student; An educational system, comprising: an educational company-side transmitting / receiving means for transmitting educational information from a business to students and receiving information from the students. 2. The educational information providing means includes: an educational information recording medium storing educational information; and educational information reading the stored educational information from the educational information recording medium and converting the stored educational information into at least one of video and audio. The education system according to claim 1, further comprising a conversion unit. 3. The educational system according to claim 1, wherein said educational information providing means includes a broadcast radio wave transmitting means for transmitting the educational information via a broadcast network. 4. The educational system according to claim 3, wherein the broadcast network transmits information using an artificial satellite as a relay unit. 5. The educational system according to claim 3, wherein the educational information providing unit includes a broadcast radio wave receiving unit that receives the educational information via the broadcast network. 6. The educational system according to claim 2, wherein said educational information conversion means is installed in a facility provided by an educational company. 7. The educational system according to claim 2, wherein said educational information conversion means is installed in a student's home. 8. The transmission / reception means of the education business operator includes a transmission / reception means for a person in charge of management of a specific student for transmitting / receiving information to / from the student. The educational system according to item 1. 9. The student receives the education information transmitted from the education business by the student transmission / reception means connected to the education business transmission / reception means via a network, and sends the information to the education business. 2. The educational system according to claim 1, wherein the information is transmitted by using a computer. 10. The educational system according to claim 9, wherein the network is a communication network for transmitting and receiving information according to a TCP / IP protocol. 11. The student may be provided with at least one of a student's home and a facility provided by one or more educational operators as an attending place where the student receives provision of educational information from the educational operator. Selecting one or a plurality of places including a student's home; providing educational information to any of the selected attending locations; and providing first related educational information related to the educational information. Transmitting to the student's home; storing second related educational information related to the educational information in a recording medium that can be obtained from a computer of an educational company via a network; Receiving a transmission request for the second related educational information from a student; and storing the computer of the education business in the recording medium in response to the transmission request from the student. Extracting the second related educational information obtained and transmitting the second related educational information to the student via a network; and receiving the information transmitted from the student with respect to the transmitted second related educational information. And educational methods, including: 12. In accordance with information transmitted from a student with respect to the second related educational information, the computer of the educational company retrieves the third related educational information from the recording medium, and via a network. The method according to claim 11, further comprising transmitting to the student. 13. The step of transmitting the first relevant educational information to the student's home, the step of transmitting the first relevant educational information to the student's home via a broadcast network. The educational method according to claim 11, comprising: 14. The method of providing educational information to one of the selected attending locations when the selected attending location is only the student's home, comprising: transmitting the educational information to a broadcast network. 12. The method of claim 11 including transmitting to the student's home via 15. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of providing the educational information to any one of the selected attending places is performed when the selected attending place is a facility provided by an educational company. The method according to claim 11, further comprising transmitting the information to a facility provided by the educational company via a broadcast network. 16. In the case where the selected attendance place is a facility provided by an educational enterprise, the step of providing education information to any of the selected attendance places comprises: 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of directly transmitting educational information to a student who has attended the facility provided by the instructor.